Breaking News: INEC declares Douye Diri of PDP winner of Bayelsa Governorship election after supreme court ruling

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Douye Diri

The Independent Electoral Commission has declared the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate Douye Diri as the winner of the Bayelsa governorship election.

The chairman of the commission made this known in a press conference on Friday.

Details shortly…

INEC Declares APC’s David Lyon Winner Of Bayelsa Governorship Election

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Akinola Ajibola

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr David Lyon, has won the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State.

The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Faraday Orunmuwese, announced this on Monday morning.

Professor Orunmuwese returned Lyon as the winner of the keenly contested election after scoring the highest number of votes in the poll.

The APC candidate polled a total of 352,552 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Duoye Diri, who scored 143,172 votes.


Residents of Bayelsa had taken to various polling units in their respective wards to cast their ballots in a bid to elect a new governor to succeed Mr Seriake Dickson who is about to complete his second term as governor of the state.

Governor Dickson had supported Mr Diri to succeed him in his bid to ensure the PDP continues to rule in Bayelsa, following the exit of the state’s former governor and present Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, from office in 2012.

He was, however, unable to achieve this as Diri suffered defeat to his APC rival with a difference of over 180,000 votes.

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BREAKING: INEC official abducted in Lokoja

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According to The Nation An unidentified official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been abducted in SUBEB polling unit in Lokoja.

The abduction occured after gunmen shot sporadically into the air while voting was going on.

It was gathered voters scampered for safety before the gunmen went away with the official.

Meanwhile, voting has ended at Bishop Crowther LGEA Primary School Lokoja.

Sorting of votes and counting of ballots will commence by 2pm.

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Breaking: Buhari Re-Elected President For Next Four Years

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, has been declared winner of the Presidential election held on February 23, 2019.

Buhari, who is the incumbent President, defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to emerge winner in the keenly contested poll.

Announcing the final results of the election on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said President Buhari polled a total of 15,191,847 to defeat his closest rival and the PDP candidate, Atiku, who polled 11,262,978.



From start, Buhari proved to be the man to beat, leading all other candidates and ending with a wide margin of almost four million votes ahead of Atiku, and drawing his largest block of votes from the core Northern states.

The 76-year-old Buhari won in a total of 19 states, scoring the statutory 25 per cent of total votes cast in those states, while his main challenger, Atiku, won in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory.



The announcement of Buhari as winner brings to an end six days of an electoral process that began effectively after a week of postponement, prompted by logistical challenges in the distribution of electoral materials, according to INEC.

The shift in the date of the Presidential and National Assembly elections to February 23 from February 16 had triggered outrage across the country, heightening tension among the citizens and the political parties, with the ruling APC and main opposition PDP accusing each other of colluding with INEC to influence the outcome of the elections.

It also generated concern among local and international observer missions, casting doubt about the credibility of the process.

The fears were soon dispelled as INEC stepped up its communication with stakeholders, offering the assurance that it was set to deliver a free, fair and credible election.

Buhari’s victory comes amid protest by the main opposition party against what it describes as lack of level playing field in the run-up to the presidential election, as well as observed lapses in the electoral process, including alleged over-voting, vote buying and other forms of electoral manipulations.

The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, had declared that the results as being announced by INEC in Abuja were unacceptable by the party.



The party called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to halt the collation and announcement of results, insisting that the outcomes were not valid.

Also echoing the PDP National Chairman in a statement on Tuesday, the Deputy Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Tanimu Turaki, said, “We have evidence from the smart card reader accreditation data that what is being announced by INEC has been seriously tampered with and manipulated.”

He stated further, “The PDP predicates its demand on available evidence to the effect that data from the card readers are being reconfigured to suit the manipulations, rigging, and over-voting already carried out during the election in some states by the All Progressives Congress (APC).”

The election this year is the sixth since Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999. Buhari was first elected President in 2015, on his fourth attempt to lead the country.

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INEC to collate elections results manually

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Results of the general elections will be collated and transmitted manually, the  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said yesterday.

This is the only system that the law allows, according to INEC, which plans not to give the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) the power to recruit collation officers.

INEC insists that it has enough courage to conduct free and fair elections, but it urged Nigerians to prevail on political parties to comply with the guidelines for the exercise.

The position of INEC was made known by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Mr. Festus Okoye, at an interactive session with some media homes in Abuja. Okoye said INEC was ready for the conduct of the polls in 1, 558 constituencies and 774 Local Government Areas. He said the commission has concluded the identification and recruitment of over 814, 453 ad hoc staff.

Okoye spent much time to clarify issues surrounding collation of results. He said: “ For this general election, we are collating results manually and transmitting manually in accordance with the existing laws. Even in some advanced countries, some of them collate and transmit election results manually because in this age of technology, anything can happen. ” INEC has been consistent in following the processes and procedures in collating and transmitting results. If tomorrow the National Assembly changes the laws, we will adopt e-collation and transmission of results.

“The National Commissioner  said INEC will not allow Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs)to recruit collation officers.

Okoye added: “ The practice of recruiting collation officers centrally by INEC headquarters has been in practice since 2011. In all elections since 2011, including the 195 off-season elections since 2015, the recruitment of collation officers is centrally done by INEC headquarters.

“So, since 2011, no REC has been involved in the recruitment of Collation Officers. We will continue to recruit Collation Officers from INEC headquarters, we won’t allow RECs to do that.”

The commission met with the Committee of Vice Chancellors and agreed on the modalities for recruiting and forwarding the names of Collation Officers to INEC headquarters.

“Responding to a question, the National Commissioner said: “Collation Officers are not allowed to make phone calls or receive calls during collation.”

Okoye assured that the commission will be fair to all parties and candidates

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Breaking News: INEC Opens Portal For Recruitment of Election Staff

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INEC PORTAL FOR RECRUITMENT OF ELECTION STAFF

Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO)
Registration Area Center (RAC) Manager
Presiding Officer (PO)
Assistant Presiding Officer (APO)
Registration Area Technical Support (RATECH)

Click here http://pres.inecnigeria.org/

Gboyega Oyetola Winner Of Osun Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola, the winner of the Osun governorship election.

INEC declared Oyetola the winner of the poll after the supplementary election held in seven polling units on Thursday.

Oyetola had trailed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, by 353 votes going into the supplementary election.

His votes from Thursday were however enough to help him overturn the deficit and be returned as winner of the keenly contested governorship election.

The final votes announced by the electoral body shows that Oyetola got 255,505 votes, while Adeleke secured 255,023 votes.

Consequently, the Returning Officer, Professor Joseph Fuwape, declared Oyetola the winner of the election.

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Coup’, not election ongoing in Osun – Adeleke

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja

The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, SenatorAdemola Adeleke, has described the ongoing rerun election in seven units in the state as a ‘coup ‘.

Adeleke, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone, said that supporters of the PDP were being denied access to ballot papers in the governorship rerun election.


“What is happening in Osun State now is not an election.  What we have is a coup.  That is what we are witnessing now.


“Our supporters are being harassed and are not allowed to vote at all. Let the whole world know that this is not the democracy, ” he said.

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Fayemi wins as APC, PDP woo voters with cash

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The All Progressives Congress candidate in the Ekiti State governorship election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has won the poll held on Saturday.

From the results of the 16 local government areas in the state, Fayemi defeated his closest rival, Prof. Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party, in 12 LGAs.

Fayemi polled 197,459 while Olusola scored 178,114 votes.

The election witnessed a large turnout of voters and early arrival of the ad hoc staff and supervisors of INEC at polling units.

Voting materials also arrived early in many polling units across the state while voters conducted themselves well during accreditation process.

But tension set in as allegations of vote-buying were levelled against party agents by voters in some polling units. In some cases, the situation led to friction among loyalists of various political parties.

At Ward 12 in the Igbehin area of Ado-Ekiti, an elderly voter, who spoke on condition of anonymity, accused the All Progressives Congress of offering N5,000 to those who had the Permanent Voter Card to secure their votes. He said he rejected the offer.

“I was offered N5,000 to vote for the party but I rejected it. I am 73 years old retired teacher. I cannot allow the future of my children to be bought by moneybags.  I don’t know how we descended to this level when people brazenly offer money to people to secure their votes. It was not like this in the past. Will our votes count with this problem?” he asked.

In Ayegbaju and Oye-Ekiti, it was alleged that party agents paid those who had no PVC N2,000 to vote in connivance with the INEC officials.

A source, who simply identified herself as Bimbo, said after those who had PVC had voted, some of the remaining ballot papers were thumb-printed by youths who had no PVC with the promise of financial gratification.

She said, “If you look well and observe the polling units, the INEC officials connive to allow this thing to happen. They pretended to check the fingerprint but it is fraud they are perpetrating.”

The Peoples Democratic Party was also accused of offering voters N3,000 each to secure their votes. Apart from the reported N3,000 allegedly paid to some civil servants and pensioners by the PDP-led state government, the party agents were accused of going from house to house, approaching voters who possessed PVC.

INEC’s preparation, which the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Abdulganiy Raji, had described as foolproof, failed some of the tests on the election day. Although election materials got to many of the polling units early, there were reports of the card readers failing to function properly.


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SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 03/07/2018

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Osinbajo meets IG as policemen protest in Maiduguri

Macron to open Alliance Francaise headquarters in Ikoyi

National Assembly sends revised Electoral Act bill to Buhari

Court grants Dasuki N200m bail, declares ex-NSA detention illegal

Killings: Miyetti Allah rejects calls for service chiefs’ sacking

Giwa takes over NFF as FG asks Pinnick to quit

Ex-minister Wakil, others arraigned for alleged N341m fraud

Nigeria needs N234bn to control population explosion – Minister

SON seizes 21 containers of substandard tyres

NEITI assists FG to recover $3bn from oil firms

Lagos DCO allegedly leads policemen to Ondo filling station, takes N5m

Tanker fire death rises to 12, LASG to try driver

Mikel Obi’s father rescued from kidnappers again

2019: I’m better educated than Buhari, says Turaki

Cloned PVCs: Atiku warns online platform boss against interfering with elections

Doogee launches five smartphones in Nigeria

Fayose accuses police, INEC, Fayemi of rigging plot

New Bauchi deputy gov sworn in

800 to benefit from Kakanfo, UCH free eye treatment

No university pays salary ahead of me – UNIOSUN VC

Cross River lawyers protest over pay





Th Nation
Gowon to Buhari: deal with culprits

Riot policemen protest unpaid five months stipends

Court sacks Kwara monarch

Corrupt politicians fueling insecurity, says Presidency

Plateau: 21 suspects held

I’ve no hands in killings, says Jang

Killings unacceptable, says Adeboye

Boko Haram: EFCC seizes N1b hotel from ex-presidential aide

EFCC has secured 139 convictions, says spokesman

350 Nigerians owing banks N5.8tr, says NLC

Equities open second half with N120b loss

Air Namibia begins direct flight to Lagos

Air Peace decorates first woman captain

Businessman docked for alleged N8m Canadian visa scam

One dead, 100 houses destroyed in Katsina rainstorm

Kidnapped Ebonyi siblings freed

Osun, firm sign pact to generate 30MW from solar energy



Vanguard
Herdsmen, B’Haram Killed 1,750 Christians In First Six Months Of 2018—Intersociety

Extradition: We’ve Not Taken Action Against Kashamu, NDLEA Tells Court

48-Yr-Old Paedophile Bags 60 Years Imprisonment

Rice Smuggling: NUTGTWN Urges FG To Hasten Closure Of Border With Benin Rep

Oil Firms Attempting To Sabotage Local Content Initiative — NCDMB

N341m 2015 Election Funds: EFCC Docks Ex-Power Minister, Four Others

Aggrieved Ex-Militants Write Buhari, Dokubo Over 5yrs Suit On Non-Inclusion

Apapa Wharf Road : Contractor Reassures Of July Completion Deadline

Oshiomhole’s Transparency’ll Boost My Gov Ambition —Abe

Edo Govt’s Agents Destroying My Constituency Projects —Urhoghide

Imo Assembly Fails To Get Quorum For Deputy Gov’s Impeachment

Kwara Gov Bans Charcoal Production, Trade

Otedola Bridge Tanker Fire: NGO Lauds Lagos Govt Over Survivors Medical Bills

I Gave My Mother N50,000 From Proceeds Of My First Robbery—Suspect

INEC Releases 2019 Election Timetable For Party Primaries:

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• COLLECTION OF FORMS FOR POLITICAL PARTIES FOR ALL ELECTIONS TO BE ISSUED TO CANDIDATES
*17TH AUGUST TO 24TH AUGUST 2018.*

• CONDUCT OF PARTY PRIMARIES INCLUDING RESOLUTION OF DISPUTE ARISING FROM PRIMARIES.
 *18TH AUGUST ENDS 07TH OCTOBER 2018.*

• COMMENCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN BY POLITICAL PARTIES FOR PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
  *18TH NOVEMBER 2018*

• COMMENCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN BY POLITICAL PARTIES FOR GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*01ST DECEMBER 2018.*

• LAST DAY OF SUBMISSION OF FORMS CF001 AND CF002 AT INEC HQ (FOR ALL ELECTIONS)
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*18TH OCTOBER 2018.*

• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*02ND NOVEMBER 2018.*

• PUBLICATIONS OF PERSONAL PARTICULARS OF CANDIDATES (CF001)
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*25TH OCTOBER 2018*

• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*09TH NOVEMBER 2018.*

• LAST DAY OF WITHDRAWAL BY CANDIDATES/REPLACEMENT BY POLITICAL PARTIES.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*17TH NOVEMBER 2018*

• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*01ST DECEMBER 2018.*

• LAST DAY OF SUBMISSION OF NOMINATION FORMS BY POLITICAL PARTIES.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*03RD DECEMBER 2018*

• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*17TH DECEMBER 2018.*

• SUBMISSION OF NAMES OF PARTY AGENTS FOR ELECTION TO ELECTORIAL OFFICERS OF THE LOCAL GOVT AREAS.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*01ST FEBRUARY 2019*

• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
 *16TH FEBRUARY 2019.*

• LAST DAY OF CAMPAIGN.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
  *14TH FEBRUARY 2019*

• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*28TH  FEBRUARY 2109.*

• DATE OF ELECTIONS.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*16TH FEBRUARY 2019*

• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*28TH FEBRUARY 2019.*

 • INEC releases 2019 election time table, fixes party Primaries for August 18 2018 (for presidential and national assembly elections) and Oct

Godwin Obaseki Wins Edo Governorship Election - SR

Godwin Obaseki, the All Progressives Congress (APC) party candidate in the gubernatorial election in Edo State, has won the contest in the two-way race with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winning most of the votes. Pastor Ize-Iyamu of the PDP came second in the votes collated and announced by INEC. The Independent National Electoral Commission, announcing collated results across the state, said APC won 13 of the state’s 18 local government areas. Details to follow...copied