Just In: INEC adjourns Lagos election results collation

by Anike Jacobs The ongoing Lagos INEC collation has been adjourned till 4:30pm So far, the All Progressive Congress candidate, Ambode is leading according to results so far collated. See the results collated below: Ibeju Lekki Reg Voters 81455 Accredited voters 27634AA 08 ACD 36 ACPN 54 AD 101 APC 14696 APGA 14 KOWA 03... Read More

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#ThatProudMoment when El-Rufai received the ‘golden call’ from Gov. Yero (PHOTO)

by Anike Jacobs Everyone seems to be adopting the ‘conceding call’ trend introduced by President Goodluck Jonathan weeks ago. Hours ago, the opposition party candidate Jimi Agbaje for Lagos state, promised to give the All Progressive Congress candidate, Ambode a congratulatory call if he won the election – this time, the Kaduna state Governor has... Read More

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Ambode gets early congratulatory message from Don Jazzy (READ)

by Anike Jacobs He is so loyal. Mavin boss, Don Jazzy is the first celebrity to congratulate the APC gubernatorial candidate for the 2015 election in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode as Governor-Elect. Don Jazzy, who is a known supporter of the APC, tweeted his congratulatory message to Ambode hours ago although the collation of results... Read More

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APC, PDP Senators hold separate meetings over Amaechi and Uguru | YNaija.com

#NigeriaDecides: How PDP cleared House of Assembly seats in Gombe

by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the state constituency election in Kaltungo West, Shongom and Billiri, Dukku in Gombe state. Announcing the results in Kaltungo, Abdullahi Mohammed, the Returning Officer for Kaltungo West, in Katungo on Sunday said that Adamu Ayuba of PDP emerged the winner with 10,754 votes. He said that... Read More

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#NigeriaDecides: See what Gov. Fashola is doing right now… (PHOTOS)

by Anike Jacobs You guessed right – the governor, just like many Lagosians, is monitoring the on-going announcement of the election results by INEC. He is surrounded by his family members at his home in Lagos. The official photographer of the state governor, Lukesh, shared these photos moments ago.

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Simon Kolawole: To my friend and brother, Oronto Natei Douglas

by Simon Kolawole On March 24, 2015, I got an SMS from Oronto Natei Douglas (OND), who was in the U.S. to see his doctors. OND wrote: “Will be in London Wednesday afternoon. I suggest we see.” Knowing the poor state of his health, I was very worried that he was returning to Nigeria. I... Read More

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Gov. Yero calls El-Rufai to concede defeat in Kaduna election

by James Sambo Kaduna state governor, Ramalan Yero, has called Nasir El-Rufai, to concede defeat in the governorship election of the state. Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, El-Rufai, disclosed this on his Twitter timeline. He wrote: “Just received a phone call from Gov Mukhtar Ramalan Yero congratulating me for winning the Kaduna Gubernatorial election.... Read More

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Buhari says defectors shouldn’t expect political appointments

by James Sambo President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, says politicians who are defecting into the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party whould not expect automatic appointment into his government. While speaking to journalists at his residence in Daura on Saturday, Buhari said: “I have no fears of PDP defectors.” “The people who are defecting will... Read More

Amanze Obi: Still on Oba Akiolu’s royal rascality

by Amanze Obi I saw an Oba who could not control his anger. He threw his royalty overboard and spoke like a street urchin. That was royal rascality at its most banal. At first I took it that the statement credited to the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, in which he ordered the Igbo living... Read More

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Opinion: To attain mega-city status, here’s what Lagosians must do

by Moses Nasamu As the gubernatorial elections in Lagos draw closer, now is the time for Lagosians to do away with sentiments and vote strategically to elect a leader that can attract the support required to transform Lagos into a true mega city. Lagos State is widely referred to as Nigeria’s financial, industrial and commercial... Read More

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#NigeriaDecides: What Kaduna guber results look like with 85 per cent votes counted (PHOTO)

by Anike Jacobs Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nasir El Rufai is leading the gubernatorial election held on Saturday in Kaduna state by a wide margin based on results collated from 85 per cent of the polling units across the state. He is leading the incumbent governor of Kaduna state, Ramalan Yero,... Read More

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Bayo Oluwasanmi: In a democracy, voting is still your best revenge

by Bayo Oluwasanmi The plunderers of our wealth who have become well-off and secure have too often become indifferent and oblivious to the poverty and deprivation in our midst. Poor Nigerians have been shut shut out of our minds: they have become invisible. Seventeen years ago, it was a huge relief to Nigerians when the... Read More

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Imeh Umanah: Dear Akwa Ibom youth, Gov. Akpabio’s wants to destroy your future

by Ime Umanah We are at a threshold in the history of our dear State, a time where we must determine whether to continue with the hypocrisy, the immorality and the deceit of the last eight years, or to make a clean break that would lead to true empowerment of our people. My dear youths... Read More

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Agbaje has a message for his supporters on Facebook (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has implored his supporters to not pay attention to election results that are being circulated on the internet. The PDP candidate made the appeal today on his Facebook page. He stated that victory was still possible for him, adding... Read More

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APC, PDP Senators hold separate meetings over Amaechi and Uguru | YNaija.com

LIVE: INEC announces results of Governorship elections

INEC has started announcing the results of the governorship elections. We shall bring you the results as they trickle in.

Tambuwal is far ahead of the pack in Sokoto guber election

by Panshak Ibrahim In the Sokoto state governorship election, Aminu Tambuwal has won all the local governments counted thus far. The candidate of the All Progressive Congress, has emerged winner in the 14 local government areas that have been announced. Prof. Abdul Bagudu, the state returning officer, called for a break pending the time the... Read More

Ibikunle Amosun re-elected as Ogun state governor

by Kolapo Olapoju The incumbent‎ governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun has been declared winner of the governorship election in the state. Amosun polled a total of 306, 988 votes to defeat his main challenger, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Gboyega Isiaka, who got 201, 440 votes. Amosun won 11 of the 20 local... Read More

What the Lagos guber results look like with 90 per cent votes counted (PHOTO)

by Anike Jacobs With over 90 per cent of votes collated across Lagos state, it is safe to say that Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win majority of votes cast during Saturday’s gubernatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will announce final official results later today. See the unofficial breakdown... Read More

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Why you can’t call Alhassan ‘Nigeria’s first female governor’

by Damilola Jagun If/when Senator Jummai Aisha Alhassan becomes the governor of Taraba state… she won’t be the first female governor in Nigeria’s democratic history. What she will be is – the first elected female governor ever recorded. Virginia Etiaba, who became governor in Anambra after then governor Peter Obi was impeached, holds the title of... Read More

The number of deaths recorded in yesterday’s elections will make you sad…

by James Sambo The governorship and State House of Assembly elections of Saturday, April 11, was characterised with voter apathy and widespread violence. Several persons were attacked and killed in not less than 7 states across the federation. As at last count, not less than 16 deaths have been recorded in the violence that took... Read More

There’s more to this semi-nude picture of Nicki Minaj than you can see

by Chinwe Okafor It is better than this one trust me. Do you see it? If you aren’t able to at this point, let me help you. Take your eyes away from the rapper’s curvaceous body and in-your-face bosom and let it wonder to the picture behind her. See it now? Told you it would... Read More

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#NigeriaDecides: Okorocha wants reports of ballot box snatching investigated

by Ranti Joseph Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has called for judicial inquiry into reported cases of ballot box snatching and violence during the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. Okorocha made the call after voting at his Ekenta Ogboko Ward 002 in Ideato South Local Government Area. According to him,... Read More

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Abducted children pits Rita Dominic against an Instagram fan (READ)

by Anike Jacobs The other day veteran Joke Silva responded to a fan’s criticism, now it’s Rita Dominic. A couple of days ago news made the rounds on social media that three young children (aged 11 months to 6 years) had been kidnapped by their nanny. The parents of the three boys, disclosed that the 23... Read More

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The Igbo in Lagos are worried for their lives… seek protection from Police CP

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Igbo in Lagos want guarantee that their lives and property are secured Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos had not-to-long ago threatened that the Igbo would perish in the Lagos lagoon, in seven days, if they did not vote for his choice governorship candidate in Saturday’s elections. After the election, they have... Read More

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Gimba Kakanda: We must resist the binary temptations to destroy us

by Gimba Kakanda It is an insult to repeat the bromide that “Lord Luguard brought us together”. Nope, we didn’t just land in the Niger-Benue basin and the surrounding hills and plains from the outer space. Our ancestors were not aliens; they were neighbours who co-habited in this stretch of land before Frederick Lugard’s great-grand... Read More

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Opinion: How a Pentecostal law professor has helped reshape Nigerian politics

by Nick Shindo Street I met Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice president-elect, two years ago, during the annual convening of the mammoth Holy Ghost Congress at Redemption Camp near Lagos, Nigeria. Back then, Osinbajo — a law professor and former attorney general of Lagos State — was supervisor of social responsibility projects for the Redeemed Christian... Read More

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Opinion: Wait, who invited Korede Bello to the altar?

by Adesegun Realwan Have we run out of youthful christian leaders who not only reflects the life of Christ in their behaviour and teachings, but their utterances to the people surrounding them? While online yesterday trying to keep myself abreast on relevant issues that surrounded the state of the nation and highbrow articles that keeps... Read More

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Opinion: My support for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari explained

by Joe Onwukeme “Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt Wednesday, April 1st 2015 will remain... Read More

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Cheta Nwanze: Politics as war – the Rivers State model

by Cheta Nwanze There is something that my friends who are ancestrally from Rivers have always told me, that they have not had elections in their state since 1999. I had always found that a little funny, but today I realised that they were dead serious. Every four years, while those of us in the... Read More

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Opinion: Why Ribadu remains the best choice for Adamawa

by Jocob Hamman True leadership presupposes that the leader is capable of leading, not some puppet that will be controlled by a third force. But of course to be in charge and exercise those roles expected of a leader… The choices between the people of Adamawa state in the April 11 gubernatorial election are as... Read More

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