Month: February 2023
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BREAKING: Tinubu Files Suit To Stop LP, PDP From Halting Results’ Collation
Daily Trust The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have instituted a suit to restrain the Labour Party (LP) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from doing anything to stop the collation and announcement of the results of the February 25 presidential election. In the suit filed before the…
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Tinubu Floors Atiku, Obi in Kogi
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the last Saturday presidential election in Kogi state. The INEC returning officer, Professor Wahab Egbenwole, declared in Lokoja on Tuesday that Tinubu scored 240,751votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku…
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Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, in tight race as run-off looms
Vanguard News The Presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress; main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and Labour Party, were locked in a tight race, last night as results of the February 25 elections trickled in yesterday. So far, results from 14 states have been declared by the National Chairman of the Independent National…
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Nigerian Bonds Rise Globally as Tinubu Leads in Presidential Race
Punch Newspaper Nigerian bonds are posting some of the best gains in emerging markets as investors bet that the ruling-party candidate, Bola Tinubu, who is taking an early lead in the nation’s presidential election tally, will offer reforms to pull Africa’s largest economy out of a fiscal mess, a foreign newspaper, Bloomberg Africa reported. The…
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Atiku Narrowly Wins Sokoto State
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Saturday’s presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has defeated his opponents to win the Sokoto State elections with a total of 288,679 votes. Atiku was keenly followed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, who scored a total number of 285,444 votes, while candidates of…
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Atiku Defeats Obi, Tinubu in LP’s Vice Presidential Candidate State, Kaduna
Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s election, has emerged winner in Kaduna State. In the final results collated and declared by INEC at the state collation centre, PDP won in 14 Local Government Areas, Labour Party, 7, while the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won only two LGAs. The final…
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Obi Clears South-East, South-South Votes With Wide Margin
Vanguard News The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi is already sweeping like a hurricane in the South-East and South-South states with major upsets recorded in many states. The impressive performance of both Obi and the Labour Party in Saturday’s elections took many by surprise as those who underestimated him, paid…
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Tinubu Sweeps Oyo Votes, Wins in All 33 Local Governments
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Oyo State. As declared by Oyo State collation officer Professor Olusola Babatunde, the APC polled a total of 449,884 votes, the highest in the presidential election in the state. The APC secured the highest number of votes in the State…
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Peter Obi Defeats APC Presidential Candidate, Tinubu in Lagos With 582,664 Votes
Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has defeated the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos, his home state. Though Tinubu won more local governments, Obi defeated him with the majority of the votes cast. All the results of the 20 local governments have been declared. Tinubu won in 11 while…
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Obi Leads Tinubu With Over 1,000 Votes In 17 Lagos LGAs
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi is leading his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu with over 1,000 votes in 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Lagos State. As of the time of filing this report at 07:30am on Monday, Obi polled 448,878 while Tinubu scored 447,187 votes…