DUTSE—Special Adviser on Religious Affairs to Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, Alhaji Isah Ahmed Duniya Bahutu, Monday, knocked down and killed an ex-soldier (names withheld) and injured four others in Birnin-Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
The accident occurred when the special …Polls celebration gone wrong: Lamido’s aide kills one, injures 4 with car
The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has asked the 19 APC lawmakers in the state to return and commence sitting, saying the end of impunity has come with the victory of Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
“Buhari’s victory marks the beginning of sanity in the polity wracked by law…APC asks 19 Ekiti lawmakers to return
By Ben Agande
President Goodluck Jonathan has told his supporters and the Peoples Democratic Party to be celebrating rather than mourning because he has kept his word of ensuring a free and fair election.
In a message to the nation conceding defeat, President Jonathan reiterated that his…Celebate rather than mourning; my ambition not worth blood of any Nigerian – Jonathan
Governor Adams Eric Aliyu Oshiomhole of Edo State has congratulated the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 General elections, General Muhammadu Buhari, on his victory and emergence as President-elect, saying the victory represents a new dawn in the nation’s p…Buhari: It’s a new dawn – Oshiomhole
It has been reported that President Goodluck Jonathan has called his major challenger and the likely-winner of the 2015 presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC to congratulate him.
According to a source, the president spoke with Muhammadu Buhari on the phone…Breaking: Jonathan, Okorocha congratulate Buhari (Nigeria Presidential Election)
Nigeria‘s main opposition on Tuesday claimed victory in the country’s tense general election, as its candidate, former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari pulled ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Asked if the All Progressives Congress (APC) was claiming victory over Jonathan’s Peoples Democ…APC claims victory in election ahead of INEC’s declaration
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State, on Tuesday staged a protest at the gate of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Asaba, alleging manipulation of the results of the presidential election in the state.
The group, led by the party’s governorship candidate in the s…APC protests alleged inflated poll result in Asaba
Remi & Jonathan, Lagos:
[Visualisation] Presidential results in 25 states, FCT
ASABA—A Delta State High Court sitting at Ughelli in Delta State has sentenced one David Tamarakpo Pade to death by hanging for armed robbery and kidnapping of wife of a retired judge of the Court of Appeal, Mrs. Roli Awala.
The court also sentenced two of his accomplices to a total of 19 years i…Kidnapper of judge’s wife to die by hanging
The Special Assistant to Governor Ayodele Fayose on Information, Youth and Sports, Mr. Lanre Ogunsuyi, has said the outcome of the Saturday’s election signalled the end of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State.
The Peoples Democratic Party won all the three senatorial districts and the s…Fayose ‘ll defeat APC again, says aide
ABUJA-Buhari Support Organization, BSO, has alleged that the federal government has entered into an unholy alliance with some Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs with an aim of declaring the PDP winner in the states where the results are yet to be declared public.
The Organization also called…Arrest Fani-Kayode – Buhari Support Organization tells security agents
BENIN—EDO State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, rejected the results in weekend’s presidential and National Assembly elections in three local government areas of Akoko-Edo, Owan –East and Etsako – West, over alleged multiple and under-aged voting, among other irregul…Edo PDP rejects election results in three Lgs
By Simon Ebegbulem
BENIN—Traditional rulers from Ewohimi, in Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State, have threatened to invoke the gods of the land against one Osaigbovo Ugbegun who, at a traditional ceremony in the area penultimate week, declared himself as the Enogie (traditional r…Traditional rulers in Edo community threaten to invoke gods against impostor
ABUJA—Media mogul, Aleogho Raymond Dokpesi, yesterday, refuted the claim by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State that he (Dokpesi) went to the state on election day to induce voters with money to vote in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He expressed disappointment with the attitude …Dokpesi faults Oshiomhole on voters inducement allegation
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor, Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru & Jude Opara
ABUJA — Erstwhile Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) was last night sustaining his lead over President Goodluck Jonathan in the declared results of the presidential elections released by the I…Buhari leads, PDP kicks
THERE was panic and anxiety in Port Harcourt on Monday following the announcement of an imposition of curfew in the state by the Rivers State Government.
The Secretary to the Government, Mr. George Feyii, who made the announcement said that the curfew would be effective from 7pm to 6am.
Feyii…Amaechi imposes curfew on Rivers
Peoples Democratic Party senatorial candidate for Osun East, Mr Francis Fadahunsi, on Monday claimed that he escaped assassination attempt on his life on Sunday night.
Fadahunsi, who spoke through the director of publicity of his campaign organisation, Mr. Sola Olowoye, told journalists in…Osun senatorial candidate alleges threat
The American and British Governments have issued a stern warning to Nigerian authorities, asking them to jettison any attempt to distort the outcomes of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections.
The U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry and U.K. Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, in …America, Britain warn Nigerian officials against manipulating presidential, national assembly elections results
Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has called for total cancellation of the presidential election in six local council areas of the state, even as he accused the military of aiding the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the alleged electoral fraud.
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Reacting Monday, to the figures…Okorocha rejects poll result, accuse soldiers of complicity in electoral fraud
Eight suspected Boko Haram fighters were killed on Monday during fighting in Gombe and Bauchi states, northeast Nigeria, police, residents and local hunters said.
Gunmen believed to be Islamist militants have been roaming Bauchi and neighbouring Gombe since the weekend, when there was a series…Eight suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed in Gombe, Bauchi
The agent of the Peoples Democratic Party for the presidential election collation in Lagos State, Mr. Wahab Owokoniran, and his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, on Monday morning hotly disagreed during the collation exercise at the Independent National Electoral…PDP, APC clash over Lagos poll results delay
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Enugu state and Akwa Ibom State have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the entire results of the 2015 Presidential Election and National Assembly elections in the two states.
As at 8pm, Sunday, only three out of 17…APC Demands Cancellation of Elections in Enugu, A’Ibom
The Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, has applauded the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to use the Permanent Voter Card in the general elections which commenced on Saturday.
The ambassador, who spoke with journalists at the International…PVC better than US voter card – Ambassador
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any attempt to tamper with the results of the elections that were concluded nationwide on Saturday, saying Nigerians have voted peacefully and massively and they know who they have voted for.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its…APC warns against any attempt to announce fake election results
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside, says the party is in possession of a video evidence of rigging in Rivers State.
Mr Peterside was speaking via the telephone on Channels Television’s election monitoring programme in the early hours of M…We have Video Evidence Of Rigging In Rivers – Peterside
