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Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, PDP and deputy senate president has equated the record of Senator David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark of Benue South senatorial district who also won five times and under PDP. Senator Mark who was also a Senate President started winning from 1999-2015 and only bowed out of the race this time. Ekweremadu was declared the winner of Enugu West Senatorial District for the fifth time in Saturday Presidential/National Assembly elections. He polled 86,088 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 15,187 votes. The Returning…

The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has been declared the winner of Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Dogara, representing the People’s Democratic Party, polled 73,609 votes to defeat his closest challenger, All Progressives Congress’ Dalhatu Kantana, who scored 50,078 results. “I dedicate this victory to God first and our ever peace loving and resilient people of Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency who defied all odds to return me to @HouseNGR for an unprecedented 4th term,” Dogara said on Sunday evening. “By their uncommon courage, sacrifice and patience in the face of unwarranted…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the announcement of results in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District. Senator Godswill Akpabio, the All Progressives Congress, APC  contested for re-election with Dr. Chris Ekpenyong, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. An INEC official in the state told PREMIUM TIMES, Sunday night, that Mr Akpabio’s challenger, Chris Ekpenyong of the PDP, was leading in the results announced so far before the commission took a decision to suspend further announcement. Though INEC was said to sort out the results before announcement, it was alleged that so far Ekpenyong got 123,090 while Akpabio trailed with…

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria will battle with reigning CONCACAF champions, USA, as well as Qatar and Ukraine in Group D at the FIFA U-20 World cup in Poland. The draws for the 22nd edition of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup were conducted in Gdynia, Poland on Sunday. The Flying Eagles will start their campaign against Qatar on May 24 in Tychy, before clashing with the USA three days later in Bielsko-Biala and then remain in the same city for their final pool match against Ukraine on May 30. Paul Aigbogun boys finished in the fourth position at the just…

“We are all Nigerians and what should be uppermost in our minds is the progress and greatness of our nation. This greatness can only be achieved when we live together in peace and unity without minding our political differences,” a 90-year-old royal father of Ogwashi-Uku in Delta State prayed. Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, who is the father of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the then Nigeria’s Minister of Finance voted Saturday for a leader of his choice in his polling unit. In a tweet by Ngozi, the daughter, the nonagenarian economist wrote “Today, I have come to cast my vote because I believe…

At least 16 people were killed during the February 23 presidential and national assembly elections, the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room reported Stating this at a press briefing in Abuja on Saturday, Clement Nwankwo, convener of the group, said it was worrying that despite all the assurances from INEC during the week, the atmosphere of the election was tensed. “We note with concern the rising incidences of violence and reported deaths in some states of the country. At the time of this statement, Situation Room has received reports of about 16 deaths across eight states: Borno – 2, Bayelsa – 2,…

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has lost his bid for re-election into the Senate from Kwara Central on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. Saraki lost to Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the All Progressives Congress, in Saturday’s Senatorial election. Oloriegbe polled a total of 123,808 votes to defeat the Senate President who scored 68,994 votes in the four local government areas of Kwara Central Senatorial District. The result of the election was announced by the Senatorial District Returning Officer, Prof. Olatunbosun Owoyomi from the University of Ilorin. In Asa local government, Dr Oloriegbe of the APC polled a total of…

There were reported cases of violence in Ididep community in Ibiono Ibom local government area of Akwa Ibom State, Straightnews has gathered. In Ididep Usuk, ward 1, Unit 5 in Ibiono Ibom local government area of the state, accreditation and voting had commenced when Straightnews team visited the centre at about 11:48 a.m. However, speaking at the centre, Senator Bassey Albert, representing Uyo senatorial district, alleged that even though the election was relatively peaceful, Mr. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on National Assembly matters (Senate), had hijacked materials in unit 12, ward 2, his polling booth. But…

Accreditation of voters by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the country has begun. However, in Uyo, ward 6, Akwa Ibom State North-East Senatorial District, the process was yet to begin as at 9:33 a.m. When Straightnews team visited Unit 4, ward 6 in Uyo, a horde of voters were seen waiting, but neither INEC staff nor materials were in sight. Speaking to Straightnews on condition of anonymity, a voter said she and other persons arrived the polling unit as early as 6a.m with the hope to get accredited by 8a.m as…

Of all general elections since the country’s independence, the rescheduled February 23 presidential/National Assembly elections seem more contentious. Every action or statement by any major player in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC is misinterpreted and reviled by another in the two major parties. At the National Executive Council of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja on Monday, February 18, President Muhammadu Buhari said “I do not expect anybody to make any disturbance. I have briefed the law enforcement agencies and the military to identify hotspots, flash points; they should be prepared to move. They…