Tag: Results
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CUPP rejects presidential election results, says INEC chairman is ‘worst ever’
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has rejected the results of the Saturday’s presidential election currently being collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement on Monday evening by its national spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, the coalition described the exercise as “pyrrhic victory and the robbery of a nation. According to Ugohinyere,…
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Buhari, Atiku’s standing as INEC declares results in 11 states, FCT
The presidential race is still close as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officially announces results from 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Recall that the presidential and national assembly elections was held on Saturday, February 23, 2019. The race is clearly between the candidate of the All Progressives Congress…
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[BREAKING] NigeriaDecides2019: INEC adjourns collation of results to Monday
From Jonas Ike, Abuja Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Sunday night announced the adjournment of collation of results from the States, Local Government Areas, Polling Booths and Polling Stations across the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory FCT. The INEC boss who gave a…
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#NigeriaDecides2019: INEC clears air on alleged cancellation of results in FCT, others
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that, contrary to the rumour, it has not cancelled any election so far in any part of the country where the presidential and National Assembly polls had held. The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this during a press briefing held at the National Collation Centre…
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2019: PDP meets presidential aspirants, ‘begs’ them to accept party’s primary results
As the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gears up to conduct its presidential primary, the national leadership of the party on Wednesday night called a meeting of all the aspirants on the need to accept in good fate and support whoever emerges the party’s presidential flag bearer. The PDP team was led by its…
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NECO releases June/July SSCE results
The National Examination Council ( NECO ) on Monday released the 2018 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) with 71.48 per cent of the students obtaining five Credit Pass and above including English Language and Mathematics. Announcing the release of the results on Monday in Minna, the acting Registrar, Abubakar Mohammed Gana said that there…
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Zimbabwe opposition leader, Chamisa rejects ‘fake’ election results
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday slammed the “fake results” of the country’s historic election that returned incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa to power. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s “scandal of releasing unverified fake results is regrettable,” the 40-year-old leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Twitter. “ZEC denied our election agent access…
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Zimbabwe opposition leader, Chamisa claims victory as results awaited
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, said on Thursday that he had won the presidential election, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa knew he had lost otherwise the results would have been announced by now. In his first public appearance since the vote on Monday, Chamisa, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), urged his…
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Ekiti Assembly rejects election results, adjourns sitting till October
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday condemned and rejected the result of last Saturday governorship election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Recall Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was defeated incumbent Deputy Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as declared by…
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Ekiti Election: PDP candidate, Eleka rejects results
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, Olusola Eleka, has rejected the verdict by the Independent National Electoral Commission which declared the All Progressives Congress candidate, Kayode Fayemi, as winner. In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Sunday, Mr Eleka said there was intimidation, inducement and oppression…