Accord Party's candidate for Katsina North Senatorial District Lawal Nalado on Saturday won the Senate election at Kofar Baru 003 Polling Unit, Sarkin Yara ward, Daura, Katsina State polling unit of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari, who is seeking a second term to the office on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),…

Gov Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the improved electoral process, adopted for the 2019 general elections. Emmanuel made the commendation after casting his vote in Awa Ward 1, Unit 1, in Onna LGA on Saturday. However, the governor said the level of intimidation from security personnel…

Mr Ibrahim Daniel, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairmanship candidate for the forthcoming March 9, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections, has expressed fear that the ongoing Presidential and National Assembly elections might extend into the night. Daniel made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in…

Sen. Ita Enang, the Senior Special Adviser to President Buhari on National Assembly Matters has denied allegations that he hijacked ballot boxes in Akwa Ibom. He was reacting to allegations by the electorate at Unit 12, ward 2, Ididep in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state where he hails from. Chief Anthony Bassey,…

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state and his predecessor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso have applauded large turnout of electorates in Kano state. The duo spoke separately to reporters after they cast their ballots in Ganduje and Kwankwaso villages of Madobi and Dawakin Tofa area councils of Kano state respectively. There was a delay in the…

Gov Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Sen. Aliyu Wamakko, have expressed confidence on the Saturday’s electoral process and excitement over voters turnout. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Tambuwal voted at JNI Islamiyya Primary School in Tambuwal Town polling unit 011- Shiyar Ajiya, at exactly 11:48 a.m. Wamakko voted at Gidan Jaoje 003…

Gubernatorial candidate of People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje, doubted the credibility of the ongoing presidential and National Assembly elections due to card readers failures he and his wife experienced during accreditation to voting. Agbaje, who arrived with his wife at their polling unit, Ward A, unit 004 Apapa at 11:10 am could…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Saturday said he was concerned about the malfunctioning of the card readers during voting at his polling unit in Apapa. The PDP candidate spoke with newsmen after he and his wife, Biola, voted at polling unit 004,Ward A, Liverpool, Apapa around 11.20a.m.…

The vice-presidential candidate of the PDP, Mr Peter Obi, has described INEC’s processes for the presidential and national assembly elections as clumsy. Obi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday at his Amatutu Ward 2 voting centre at Agulu in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra that it took a while for…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has lauded the mass turnout of voters in the Saturday election. Abubakar, who spoke with newsmen after casting his vote at Ajiya 02 polling unit of Gwadabawa Ward, Yola North Local Government Area, said he was highly impressed by the turnout. “I am…

Nigerians began voting for a new president on Saturday, after a week-long delay that has raised political tempers, sparked conspiracy claims and stoked fears of violence. President Muhammadu Buhari was one of the first in the queue when the nearly 120,000 polling stations began opening at 0700 GMT. He voted in his hometown of Daura,…

Nigerians today go to the poll to elect their president and 469 members of the National Assembly (NASS). This is coming a week after the exercise was rescheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) late Friday night (Feb. 16). While the electoral umpire would conduct only the presidential and NASS election this Saturday, the…