Category: Election 2019

Presidential/National Assembly Elections: President Buhari, Hon. Osinowo, Hon. Benson Emerge Winners In Ikorodu

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Kunle ADELABU Presidential Election APC – 40, 719 votes PDP – 21, 252 votes AAC – 410 votes PCP – 375 votes Prof Ilupeju Akanbi, the Presidential Collation Officer in Ikorodu made the announcement at 5pm at the INEC office located within the GRA, Ikorodu Senatorial Election APC 42, 770 PDP – 20, 382 A – 79 votes AAC – 15 votes ACD – 65 votes AD – 204 votes ADC – 464 votes ADP – 332 votes CAP – 45 votes ID – 10 votes KP – 44 votes…

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This Election Is Not Acceptable To Me And Not Fair – Rotn Francis Sonubi, AAC Lagos East Senatorial Candidate

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Rotarian Francis Olanrewaju Sonubi is the Lagos East Senatorial Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC)  for Lagos East. In this interview with Kunle ADELABU, the Publisher/Reporter-in-Chief, THE  IMPACT, during the Presidential/National Assembly elections, he stated that his party logo was not included on the ballot paper and described the election as unacceptable and unfair . IMPACT: So far, what is your assessment of the election? Sonubi: So far, I will say that INEC has been compromised. It will surprise you to hear that my party logo is not on…

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Election 2019: APC Leads In Ikorodu, Igbogbo

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043 (Aga/Ijomu Ward), opposite LIFE, Oke Ota-Ikorodu President APC – 157 PDP – 36 A – 1 AAC – 1 PCP – 4 Senate APC – 173 PDP – 32 ADC – 1 CAP – 1 AD – 1 House of Reps APC – 177 PDP – 34 AD – 1 001 (Aga/ijomu Ward) Ojogbe, Ikorodu President APC – 104 Pdp – 48 Senate APC – 103 PDP – 46 House of Reps APC – 104 PDP – 45 029 (Aga/Ijomu ward), Alashe/Adaraloye, Ikorodu President APC – 104 PDP –…

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Presidential/National Assembly Elections: Hon. Agunbiade, Hon. Dabiri-Erewa, Prince Ogunleye, Royal Fathers Describe Elections As Free, Fair

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Kunle ADELABU -Elections not credible – AAC Senatorial candidate, ADP Governorship candidate The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, the Chairman of National Diaspora Commission and the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa and the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, and others have described the Presidential/National Assembly elections in Ikorodu as credible, free and fair. They spoke with THE IMPACT at different polling units in Ikorodu during the exercise…

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Voting Will Commence By 8am On Saturday – INEC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians and the international community that it has concluded arrangements to commence elections by 8 a.m. on Saturday. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja while addressing a press conference on the commission’s preparations for the presidential and National Assembly elections. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the INEC Chairman stated that the commission has concluded the deployment of sensitive and non sensitive materials to the 774 local government areas  across the country. “We engaged 825,543…

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National Broadcast By President Muhammadu Buhari On Friday, February 22, 2019

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Dear Nigerians, Finally, we have reached the eve of the rescheduled first round of this year’s general elections. Tomorrow, the polls open. Tomorrow, we affirm that Nigeria stands as a democracy and that no worldly hand can deter us from this wise and fitting path we have chosen for ourselves. While democracy is the most beneficial way to select a nation’s leaders, it is far from the easiest thing to achieve and maintain. It requires a combination of patience, tolerance, compassion, diligence, wisdom and hope. These traits exist in us…

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Go Out And Vote, Buhari Urges Nigerians

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President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the electorate on the need to honour their civic duty as voters by going to the polls on Saturday to vote for the government of their choice. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president, in a nationwide broadcast on Friday in Abuja, said all eligible voters are duty bound  to participate in electing a government that would lead Nigeria toward its finest destiny. He stated that the call had become imperative in view of the fact that “elections are the cornerstone of representative…

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2019 General Elections: Lagos Leads Other States In PVCs Collection

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-11.2m people not voting The National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the figures of how the Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC) were collected across the states of the federation According to the electoral umpire, Lagos State has the highest number of PVCs collected by registered voters in the country. Out of the 6,570,291 registered voters in the state, Lagos voters collected 5,531,389 PVCs. The state is followed by Kano, with 4,696,747 PVCs collected out of the 5,457,747 registered voters. However, owners of 11, 228,582 cards yet to be collected will…

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Pre-Election Surveys On Violence Give Us Concerns – Communication Officer, Nigeria Election Violence Report Project

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Comrade Oluwafemi John Adebayo is the KIMPACT Development Initiative (KDI) Communication  Officer and he’s also playing the same role for the  Nigeria Election Violence Report Project (NEVR), a project being conducted by KDI in the Southwest part of the country for International Foundation For Electoral System (IFES). He spoke with THE IMPACT on electoral violence in Lagos State and ways of tackling it. Excerpts: IMPACT: Can we meet you sir? Adebayo: My name is Oluwafemi John Adebayo. I work with KIMPACT Development Initiative as a communication officer and also holds…

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