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 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 […]
Some angry youths, on Saturday, attacked voters and journalists covering the general elections at Liberty area of Ibadan, the Oyo State. The youths attacked the vehicles passing through Liberty-Oke Ado road, particularly those on election duties. One of the vehicles attacked by the youths was occupied by newsmen, who were monitoring the elections. The youths […]
Voters at several polling units in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State waited endlessly for the arrival of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials on Saturday. INEC had scheduled the poll to open across the country at 8.00 a.m. Over 100 voters were seen, waiting for INEC officials at polling units 24-04-03-010, 24-04-03-013 and […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started distributing sensitive electoral materials to local councils in Lagos. This is coming ahead of the general election starting on Saturday with the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The distribution is being carried out under the watch of security agencies like the Army, Police and the Nigeria Security […]