Winner of the Lagos West Senatorial District election held last Saturday, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola aka Yayi of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has recorded a feat in Nigeria no lawmaker has made before. With his announcement on Monday night as winner of the poll, Yayi becomes the first legislator in Nigeria to be consecutively elected…
A former Minister in Nigeria, Godsdey Orubebe, on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, caused a mild drama at the venue of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, elections collation centre in Abuja. Just when the Commission’s Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega had resumed the announcement of the results at the International Conference Centre, the ex-Minister of Niger…
Following speculations that Radio Nigeria, a broadcast station owned by the Nigerian government, has been announcing results of the presidential elections of some states, the management of the media organisation has debunked such. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Director General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Ladan Salihu, it was…
There is anxiety in the air as many Nigerians, as well as the world await the announcement of the winner of the presidential election held over the weekend across the country. The electoral umpire in the poll, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had promised to announce the winner of the election 48 hours after the…
Aproko247 has learnt that an unrest in Bauchi State on Monday morning has led to the death of a young man. It was alleged that a military officer shot dead the deceased. Our reporter gathered that the man was killed at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the state. It was…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has demanded the immediate suspension of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mrs Gesila Khan, for allegedly colluding with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to rig Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. “For Mrs Khan to have removed the…
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Saturday’s March 28, 2015 election has expressed satisfaction with the electoral process. Answering questions from newsmen at his Duara home in Kastina State after casting his vote, the former Head of State said he is happy with the peaceful conduct of the election, going by the…
An adhoc official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, met her untimely death on Saturday, while heading to her place of assignment for the presidential poll in Benue State. The lady, identified Blessing Agidi Odeh, our reporter learnt, was involved in a motorcycle accident on Saturday morning along the Obussa-Ebonyi road, in Oju local…
Some unidentified gunmen have killed not less than nine people in Gombe State. The victims were feared dead on Saturday by the insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram. Among them was a member of Gombe State House of Assembly, Umar Aminu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, representing Dukku South Constituency. The terrorists…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the extension of voting till Sunday, March 29, 2015. This is to make sure that eligible voters are not disenfranchised by the Commission from exercising their civic rights. In some areas in the country, the card reading machines deployed by INEC for accreditation of voters flopped. Due…