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The presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress, (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari is leading in Oyo according to results of the local government released by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).Muhammadu BuhariBuhari Support Organizations. With the results from Oyo, Buhari appears to ...

Swatting aside the Governor Olusegun Mimiko variable, All Progressives Congress presidential applicant Muhammadu Buhari has won the decision in Ondo State. The aftereffects of Saturday’s presidential challenge in the State declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Prof. ...

At press conference yesterday, Umana Okon Umana, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, showed thousands of ballot papers that voters actually cast for his party in Ibesikpo local government area, but which were ...

The All Progressives Congress in Anambra State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of using residential houses, hotels and other secret places for collation of electoral results. The party also said that most of the legitimate collation centres were left ...

The results of the presidential election in 11 out of the 27 local government areas in Imo State collated on Sunday in Owerri, capital of the state, show that President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic ...

Comfort, Edo: PDP leads in seven LGAs in Edo State (Presidential): At Igueben, the PDP led with 6,854 votes while the All Peoples Congress followed with 5,692 votes. In Esan Central, PDP polled 12,003 votes while the APC polled 7,688 ...

Fellow Nigerians, I urge you to exercise patience and vigilance as we wait for all results to be announced — Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) March 29, 2015

An unspecified number of gunmen in a convoy of about 10 vehicles on Sunday stormed many polling units in Kirfi and Alkaleri Local Government Areas of Bauchi State and destroyed many electoral materials. Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, stated ...

Anne, Cross River: Deputy governor of Cross River State, Mr. Essien Cobham lost his polling unit in Odukpani Local Government Area, to Prince Bassey Otu of the Labour Party.

The Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, on Sunday faulted Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State. He alleged that there were many electoral irregularities, describing the elections in the state as a rape of democracy. Speaking ...