Category: Election 2019

Governorship/Assembly Polls: Tinubu Gives Marching Orders To APC Chieftains

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All Progressives Congress, APC leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday gave marching order to the party’s chieftains in Lagos State to deliver maximum votes for the party, failing which they would be stripped of their positions. Lamenting their poor delivery in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, the party leader warned that nobody, including the chairman of the state chapter of the party, Alhaji Tunde Balogun was indispensable. Vanguard Newspaper reports that Tinubu speaking to stakeholders after a closed-door meeting with members of the Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC, at the secretariat…

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Sanwo-Olu Takes Campaign To Computer Village

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday held an interactive session with traders and Igbo community in the Computer Village. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the interactive session was to offer a hand of fellowship and foster unity among the leadership of the village. Sanwo-Olu while addressing the traders, said that it was the responsibility of government to provide power and internet for a technological hub, especially the biggest in West Africa which is the Computer village. According to…

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2019 Elections: UK Confirms INEC Results As Authentic

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The United `kingdom Government has confirmed that the results of the presidential election as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) were authentic. News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that the British Minister of State for Africa, Harriet Baldwin said the results were consistent with the results obtained through the civil society Parallel Vote Tabulation process. “Along with our international partners, the UK believes the Nigerian people can have confidence in the result,” she said. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu early Wednesday morning declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of…

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Ambode Congratulates Buhari, Osinbajo On Re-Election

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-Says victory well deserved Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo for their resounding success at the 2019 presidential election, saying that it was a victory well deserved. Governor Ambode, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, said the victory was not just a confirmation of the people’s love for President Buhari, but an attestation that Nigerians were happy with the progress the Federal Government has made in the last four years. President Buhari of…

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Buhari, Osinbajo Get Certificates of Return

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-says election not a do-or-die affair President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday received certificates of return as President and Vice President-elect in an occasion the former used to sue for peace. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates won their re-election bid with 15,191,847 votes to defeat candidates of the Peoples democratic party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi that polled 11,262,978 votes in the Presidential election held on February 23. Buhari said at the International Conference Centre where the certificate was presented to him…

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REMARKS BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI DURING THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE OF RETURN BY INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE ABUJA

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27TH FEBRUARY 2019 Protocol I am grateful to God for sparing our lives to witness another milestone in Nigeria’s democratic development – namely conclusion of the Presidential election in an overwhelmingly peaceful manner. 2.      I wish, Mr Chairman, to congratulate all the Presidential candidates and their teams on a hard-fought campaign. We may have had different views during the campaign, but the one thing most of us have in common is love of our country and our desire to improve conditions for Nigerians. 3.      From the comments of several observers…

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Infographics of How Buhari Defeated Atiku in The 2019 Presidential Election

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In declaring the incumbent President and the candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammudu Buhari, as the winner of the 2019 Presidential election, the INEC Chairman stated that Buhari scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the constitutional provision of winning 25 per cent in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) “That Muhammadu Buhari, having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the provision of the electoral act is hereby declared the winner of the presidential election.’’ He polled 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 out…

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Atiku Rejects Election Result, To Head To Court

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The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) , Atiku Abubakar, has rejected the announced result of the election, saying he will be challenging it in court. PM NEWS reports that, Abubakar in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja , said that it was clear that there were manifest and premeditated malpractices in many states which negate the results announced. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the Saturday Presidential election. Buhari was declared re-elected having polled 15,191,847 votes, winning in…

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2019 Presidential Election: INEC Declares Buhari Winner

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Wale JAGUN President Muhammadu Buhari was on Wednesday declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), winner of the presidential election held on Saturday, February 23, 2019 . He won his re-election bid with 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party in the presidential poll that polled 11,262,978 votes. The Returning Officer for the 2019 Presidential election and the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the declaration early Wednesday. The INEC Chairman declaring Buhari as the winner stated: “That Muhammadu Buhari, having…

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How Parties Stand In The RACE FOR Senate: APC 61, PDP 33, YPP 1

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-11 seats yet to be declared, three inconclusive WITH 61 seats won by its candidates at last Saturday’s National Assembly election, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to maintain dominance in the Ninth Senate. The number will give the APC numerical strength in the Red Chamber. It will also enjoy a simple majority. It will, however, not afford the APC the luxury of a two-third majority in the upper chamber. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won 33 of the seats announced as at the close of…

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