2023 general elections
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PDP wins 25 out of 26 Osun State House of Assembly seats
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won 25 out of the 26 state constituencies in the House of Assembly election conducted on Saturday. The All Progressives Congress (APC) won only in Boripe/Boluwaduro state constituency, the constituency of the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola.
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APC wins Somolu House of Assembly Constituency 2
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, declared Mr Samuel Apata of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Lagos State House of Assembly Constituency 2 seat in Somolu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governorship and House of Assembly elections were held nationwide on Saturday. Prof. Issac Olasunkanmi Olusola, the Returning Officer for the…
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Anxious wait as INEC begins results upload
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started uploading the results of Saturday’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections on its iREV portal. This is just as candidates and their supporters wait anxiously for the final announcement of the results. As of 10pm on Saturday, 77,143 results for the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections had been uploaded to…
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Abiodun accuses opposition of causing violence in Ogun, vows to deal with perpetrators
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has condemned the pockets of violence witnessed in some parts of the state during the conduct of the governorship and House of Assembly elections on Saturday. The governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, blamed opposition elements, saying rather than subjecting the exercise to the people’s choice, turned a seamless electoral…
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INEC postpones election in 10 polling units in Lagos to Sunday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has postponed the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in 10 polling units in Victoria Garden City (VGC), in Lagos State to Sunday. The announcement was made on Saturday by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in the state, Mr. Segun Agbaje while addressing journalists at the VGC in Lagos. Agbaje explained that corps…
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Sporadic shooting as thugs snatch ballot box near Gov. Abiodun’s polling unit
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs snatched a ballot box at Ayegbami polling booth, Ward 3, Unit 5, in Iperu-Remo, Ogun State, shooting sporadically The thugs, it was gathered, stormed the polling booth not far from where Governor Dapo Abiodun voted and fire gun shots to scare voters away before snatching the ballot box. A resident…
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APC’s Folarin, Accord’s Adelabu lose polling units to Makinde
Oyo State governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Seyi Makinde has defeated both the candidate of the Accord Party, Chief Adebayo Adelabu and that of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Teslim Folarin in their respective polling units. At the election held at Unit 10, ward 9, Ibadan South East, Accord Party polled 38 votes, while the…
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Abiodun commends voters on peaceful election, lauds INEC
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has commended the people of the state for conducting themselves in an orderly manner during the governorship and state House of Assembly elections Speaking after casting his vote at his Ita-Osanyin Ward 3, Unit 2, Iperu, in Ikenne Local Government Area, the governor also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for ensuring that voting…
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Diri condemns the destruction of voting materials in Bayelsa
Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, has condemned the destruction of voting materials in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state by suspected thugs. While voters were casting their votes on Saturday for the House of Assembly election, hoodlums reportedly hijacked and destroyed voting materials meant for wards 2, 3, 4, and 5. The governor, in a statement by his Chief…
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I’ve lost confidence in INEC, says Atiku
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said he has lost confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the conduct of the 2023 general election. Atiku expressed his feelings at his Ajiya 012 polling unit, Yola, Adamawa State, when he and his wife Titi, cast their votes in the governorship and state House of Assembly…
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