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AKWA IBOM STATE-Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has been declared winner of the governorship election held on Tuesday across the 31 local government areas. Akpabio who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) scored 957,585 out of 1,148,433 total valid votes cast, to beat 13 other contestants in the race. IMO  [ Read More ]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has cancelled the result of the senatorial election in Anambra Central Senatorial District. It said a rerun would be fixed for a date to be announced soon. The decision was announced at a press conference in Awka by the newly appointed Returning Officer for Anambra Central, Prof. Charles Esinone. The  [ Read More ]

Source:Reuters An explosion rocked the local offices of Nigeria’s electoral commission in the central town of Suleja on Friday, hours ahead of parliamentary polls, in what one emergency official said appeared to have been a bomb blast. Security sources said up to eight people may have been killed and a dozen injured in the explosion  [ Read More ]

Nigeria’s electoral commission (INEC) has postponed nationwide parliamentary polls for a second time, a day after they were put off due to logistical problems. Officials said on Sunday the elections that had been postponed to Monday after voting materials failed to arrive on time will now take place on April 9 in Africa’s most populous  [ Read More ]