Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservatives would be “finished” and a viewed as an “utter joke” if Boris Johnson were to stage a comeback as prime minister, the party’s polling guru has warned. The former Tory leader … Read more
Hours after Nigerians commenced voting for the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections across the country, results from polling units have begun trickling in. Governorship elections were held in 28 states while state legislative elections were held in all of Nigeria’s 36 states. Millions of registered voters did their accreditation and voting at the over … Read more
As results from Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections trickle in, voters in Kwara State await who would emerge winners and losers. On the governorship election, the incumbent Governor, Abdulrahman AbdulRazah of the All Progressives Party, Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party, Hakeem Lawal of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, others scramble … Read more
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won the polling unit of a former governor of the state, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja. Makinde, who is seeking a second term on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scored 98 votes to defeat other candidates. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Teslim Folarin, scored 35 … Read more
Senator Solomon Adeola, APC Senator-elect for Ogun West Senatorial District a has won his polling unit for Governor Dapo Abiodun. Adela had voted earlier in the day at U.A.M.C School, Pahayi, Ilaro. In the polling unit results announced, Abiodun polled 229 to defeat his challenger from ADC, who scored 106 votes and PDP’s 84 votes. … Read more
Gombe State governor and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Yahaya, has won his polling unit in Saturday’s state elections. Governor Yahaya had voted at the Kofar Yahaya Umar 010 in Jekadafari of Gombe Local Government Area. Announcing the result, the presiding officer at the polling unit, Abdullahi Ali, said Mr Yahaya … Read more
Results have continued to trickle in from across polling units in the Governorship and House of Assembly elections Enugu State. The state has 17 local government areas and 2.1million registered voters. Major governorship contenders are Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chijioke Edoga of the Labour Party, LP, and Frank Nweke Junior of … Read more
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo, Teslim Folarin could not defeat Governor Seyi Makinde of PDP at his polling unit at Idi Ose, Ona Ara Local Government. Makinde polled 196 votes while Folarin got 89 votes. Adelabu of Accord polled 6 votes. Meanwhile, Makinde who voted at ward 11, Unit 01, … Read more
The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Teslim Folarin lost his polling unit at Idi Ose in Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State. Folarin polled 89 votes while Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 196 votes. Adebayo Adelabu, the gubernatorial flagbearer of Accord Party, AP, got only 6 votes. Makinde … Read more
Segun James The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in 10 polling units in Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lekki. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Lagos state, Segun Agbaje made the announcement when he addressed reporters at VGC. According to him, corps members deployed as ad hoc staff on Saturday … Read more
