2019 governorship election news

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to force Sultan of Sokoto and Emir of Kano out of their thrones if they win Saturday supplementary governorship election for refusing to be dragged into partisan...

Following the order of a Federal High Court, Abuja barring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from continuing with the collation and declaration of the result of the Bauchi State governorship election held on March 9, 2019, the commission has vowed to take steps … Read more...

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says he is not jittery over the March 23 Governorship Election Re-run in the state. Lalong expressed this view while speaking with State House correspondents after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The...

Owerri – Tensions Thursday continued to gather regarding the battle between the outgoing governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha and the governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, on who should have upper hand in the control of the state funds. Ihedioha and Okorocha This is as the … Read more via...

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has rejected the outcome of the governorship election in the state. Uzodinma, who spoke at a press conference in Owerri said that that the election was massively rigged against him and … Read...

Indications have emerged that Kano state students may no longer enjoy their yearly scholarship if Abba Kabir Yusuf the governorship candidate of the peoples democratic party (PDP) wins the rescheduled supplementary poll next week. The move, which has become a source of concern to well-meaning...

The Bauchi State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has reacted to the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to re-collate and adopt the governorship election results from Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area. The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Hamza Koshe...

Jibrilla Bindow, Governor of Adamawa State, and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been urged to concede defeat to “save the state unnecessary trouble”. The governorship election … Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2UBc3op Get More Nigeria Political News

The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) candidate in the March 9, 2019 Governorship elections, Dr. Oghenejodiakpo Obire have congratulated Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on his electoral victory, saying building a stronger Delta State overrides personal or political affiliations. Dr Obire, who was in...

The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State on Thursday asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to declare Governor Nyesom Wike as the winner of the suspended Saturday’s elections in the oil-rich state. The party claimed Mr Wike scored the highest number of votes “from the results...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo says the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and the party’s governorship candidate, Hope Uzodimma, are to blame for the inability of the party to win the governorship election. He said posterity would judge the two for their...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 15 seats in the Ogun State House of Assembly, losing 11 other constituencies in the state to opposition political parties. Of the 26-member legislature, the Allied People’s Movement (APM) secured victory in seven constituencies while the African...

The second term ambition of Kogi State governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello may not be a smooth sail as expected with ongoing plans to deny him the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A reliable source who wished to be anonymous disclosed that plans are afoot to give … Read...

APC Lagos state governorship candidate and winner of the March 9 gubernatorial election Babajide Sanwoolu has praised his wife for all of her sacrifices during the electoral period. Sanwo-olu in a special tweet dedicated to his wife Ibijoke Sanwoolu, he acknowledges her effort and her support...

Zamfara Governor-elect, Alhaji Muktar Idris, on Monday promised to carry along, women and youths, in the running of his administration. Idris gave the assurance at his Gusau family residence while thanking the people of the state for electing him. The governor-elect, who promised to continue...

A former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, has congratulated the people of the state for choosing “peace and unity”, by re-electing Ifeanyichukwu Okowa, incumbent governor of the state. Okowa, who was the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Saturday’s...

Malam Nasir El-Rufai has thanked the people of Kaduna state, after he was announced Monday as the winner of the governorship election that took place on 9 March. “Alhamdulillah! We campaigned vigorously on our record and continuously prayed for God to choose the best leader for Kaduna …...

There is ongoing jubilation in Kano State by Kwankwasiya and PDP youths over the announcement of election results as PDP Candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf leads APC’s incumbent governor Ganduje. Based on the results collated at the state collation centre, the PDP now has a total of 1,014,353 votes...

Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to declare the Saturday’s governorship election in the state as inconclusive. We report that Prof Sebastian Maimako, the Returning Officer … Read...

The incumbent Governor of Taraba State and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Darius Ishaku, has been declared winner of the last Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Ishaku polled a total of 520,432 voted to beat his closest rival and candidate of the … Read more...