President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him on emerging winner of the just-concluded presidential election in Nigeria. Jonathan reportedly called Buhari at about 5:15pm, according to the Buhari Campaign Organisation, to hail him on the outcome of the election. It was said that the President and his opponent at the poll…
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Fayose Cheers Buhari, Urges Nigerians To Accept Result
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has released a statement congratulating candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 28, 2015 presidential election in Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, the governor also urged Nigerians to accept outcome of the poll. Prior to…
Senatorial Poll: Yayi Makes History; Dedicates Victory To God, Electorates
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…
Orubebe Disrupts Jega’s Poll Results Announcement
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…
Radio Nigeria Denies Announcing Results Before INEC
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…
Tension As Nigerians Await Presidential Poll Result
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…
Violence Erupts In Bauchi, One Killed
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…
Rivers APC Wants REC Suspended
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…
Buhari Okays Presidential Poll
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…
INEC Staff Die In Fatal Auto Crash
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…