Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, has appealed to Lagosians to be calm and eschew violent acts. Tinubu made the appeal, in a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media & Publicity of APC Presidential Campaign Council on Monday in Lagos. He said the outcome of the election in Lagos, […]
The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has upset the Presidential candidate of the ruling APC, Bola Tinubu in Lagos State in the contest by a margin of 9,848 votes. The State Collation Officer of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Adenike Oladiji, announced the results of the election on Monday. Oladiji is […]
The Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, has raised alarm over an alleged attempt to falsify the results of the Presidential and national assembly elections held on Saturday. Adediran (Jandor) raised the alarm in a press statement issued by his media aide, Gbenga Ogunleye on Monday in Lagos. “Any attempt to change the result […]
Mr Femi Gbajabiamila of the APC has emerged winner of the Surulere-1 Federal Constituency election held on Saturday. Prof. Virgy Oneyene, the INEC Returning Officer for the House of Representatives election in the constituency, declared the results in Surulere at 6.04 p.m on Sunday. According to her, Gbajabiamila polled 19,717 votes to beat his closest […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, officially opened the 2023 presidential election collation centre in Abuja. The collation centre is at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, set some ground rules for the collation of election results Yakubu advised political parties to only draw their figures from INEC. He […]
The Police Command in Lagos State says it arrested 23 suspects involved in electoral violence and other crimes during the general elections on Saturday. The Police Command in Lagos State says it arrested 23 suspects involved in electoral violence during general elections on Saturday. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to newsmen […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arrested nine persons for alleged vote buying in Osun, Ondo, Borno, Akwa Ibom and Sokoto States during the general elections. The ICPC Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Ogugua said the commission arrested four vote buyers in Osun […]
A 52-year-old man with a disability and two pregnant women were among the early voters who came out to exercise their civic responsibility at Eti-Osa constituency, Lagos State on Saturday. They spoke in separate interviews with The NewsZenith on the sideline of general elections that witnessed a large voter turnout. One of the women, Mrs […]
The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has cast his vote in Lagos State. The former Lagos State governor performed his civic right alongside his wife, Remi Tinubu, at Polling Units 085, Ward 3, Sunday Adigun, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State. The NewsZenith reports that voting delays at the polling unit due to late arrival […]
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state and his two immediate predecessors, Gbenga Daniel and Ibikunle Amosun, have commended the smooth conduct of the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The trio spoke in separate interviews with newsmen after casting their votes in their respective polling units. Abiodun, who voted at Ward-3, Unit-2, Osanyin, Iperu in […]