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Mr Seyi Makinde   The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seyi Makinde, is on course to win the Oyo State governorship election as he recorded 27 in 33LGAs in the state. Although he has not been officially declared as winner, and with one local government, Ibadan South West, still awaited, the PDP candidate has won 27 out of the 32 local government areas declared so far. Mr Makinde has so far received a total of 481,177 votes from the local government declared while the All progressives Congress candidate, Bayo Adelabu, received 331,799 votes. The returning officer and other INEC officials have gone on a short break while awaiting the arrival of the Ibadan South West results .

Babajide Sanwo-Olu The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won in all the 20 local government areas in the state. The results were announced this afternoon at the INEC office in Yaba. Although the Independent National Electoral Commission has not officially declared Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the election, but APC defeated the People’s Democratic Party by as much as 533,300 votes. Sanwo-Olu polled 739,445 against Agbaje’s 206,141.

None of the 157 Passengers Fear Dead In Ethiopian Airline Clashon Sunday morning en route to Nairobi  from Addis Ababa  have survived, the airline said. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members, took off at 08:38am  (05:38 GMT) and lo st contact with air traffic controllers six minutes later. It crashed near Bishoftu, southeast of the Ethiopian capital, Ethiopian Airlines said in a statement. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash of the plane, which was new and had been delivered to the airline in November. The pilot, who had been working for the carrier since 2010, sent out a distress call shortly after take-off and was given clearance to return.

The Allied Peoples Movement has rejected the ongoing election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The APM Campaign Director General, Sarafa Ishola, said this on Sunday at the party’s secretariat at Leme, Abeokuta. Ishola said the election began peacefully on Saturday, but was allegedly hijacked by hoodlums and “unidentified uniformed men” during the collation stage. He said the results of the election were manipulated in favour of APC. He said the APM had petitioned INEC in the state to investigate the “infractions” and stop announcement of results forthwith. The DG expressed concern that, despite the complaints, the INEC has started announcing the results. Ishola said the APM rejects the results as being announced, declaring that “it was hijacked, compromised and did not reflect the wishes of Ogun people.”

Mr Seyi Makinde As the final collation of results across the local governments is ongoing, the Oyo state chapter of the ruling All Progressive Congress has submitted a petition against the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate Seyi Makinde to the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The APC petition accused Makinde of what it described as “breach of electoral laws” and thereby demanded for his immediate arrest and prosecution. The petition addressed to the Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner and entitled  “Petition Against Engr. Seyi Makinde on Electoral offences committed in breach of electoral laws “ , was submitted to the Agodi office of the commission on Sunday. According to the petition, Makinde was accused of releasing a video in the early hours of Sunday where the PDP candidate “pointedly proclaimed himself winner of the governorship election in Oyo state when INEC, the authorised umpire has not concluded same nor de...

The Kwara State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Mr. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has won the governorship election held on Saturday. He polled 331,546 votes to emerge as the winner of the highly anticipated election His Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Mr. Abdulrazaq Atunwa, polled 114,754 votes to emerge as the runner-up in the election. From the official results declared in all the 16 local government areas in the state, Abdulrazaq led Atunwa with a margin of 216,792 votes. Notably, the APC beat the PDP in all the local government areas.

Chief Adebayo Adelabu Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the APC governorship candidate in Oyo State and his running mate, Samuel Egunjobi lost their local governments to the PDP in the March 9 governorship election. Newsmen report that Adelabu lost in Ibadan South- East while Egunjobi did so in  Iwajowa Local Government Area. Mr Abiodun Olapade, an Associate Professor from the University of Ibadan and the Returning Officer for Ibadan South East announced that Adelabu polled 13, 277 as against PDP’s 24, 556 votes.  Similarly, Mr Bashir Awodoyin, Associate Professor, who is the Returning Officer for Iwajowa Local Government announced that APC polled 8, 459 as against PDP’s 9,358 votes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Nollywood star, Desmond Elliot, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of the Surulere1 state Constituency election in Lagos State. The State Constituency Returning Officer, Dr Bolajoko Dixon-Ogbechi from the University of Lagos, made the declaration on Sunday, at the Surulere Local Government Collation Centre in Lagos. She said that Elliot emerged winner with 15,357 votes, while Mr Benjamin Olasunkanmi, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second with 3,628 votes. She declared: ”That Desmond Olusola Elliot of APC having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner and is returned elected. ”

The battle for who leads the state in the next four years has been between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Governor Abiola Ajimobi faces a tough task to keep the state under APC’s control as PDP’s Seyi Makinde fight hard to take the state Results of the governorship election for Oyo State are now being collated at the Collation Centre in the state capital, Ibadan AYEIROYIN brings you results of the governorship election from Oyo State. Oyo State Governoship Election LGA Results APC PDP Saki West 15,147 21,184 Ibadan North West 10,221 20,715 Kajola 12,982 13,600 Lagelu 11,923 16,217 Iwajowa 8,459 9,358 Ogbomoso South 10,984 11,236 Afijio 7,591 10,515 Olerope 7,546 10,460 Atiba 9,690 14,636 Iseyin 15,435 21,080 Ido 8,585 16,726 Oyo East 8,721 12,580 Ibarapa-East 8,646 13,002 Ibadan North-East 12,553 30,824 Ogbomosho North LGA 14,442 13,035 Egbeda LGA 13,581 24,203 Irepo LGA 7,862 7,633 Ogooluwa LGA 9,547 ...

Lagos State governorship election results has started reaching AYEIROYIN. The battle for who becomes the governor of Africa’s largest commercial city has been between the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party Mr Jimi Agbaje. Sanwo-Olu would be hoping to takeover from Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Results: Ikeja LGA APC: 28,592 ADP: 143 PDP: 8,109 Amuwo-Odofin LGA ADP: 184 APC: 23,267 PDP: 13,700 Ikorodu LGA ADP: 620 APC: 45,879 PDP: 14,769 Ibeji Lekki LGA ADP: 143 APC: 23,298 PDP: 3,320 Agege LGA ADP: 86 APC: 38,515 PDP: 8,371 Apapa LGA ADP: 53 APC: 20,469 PDP: 5,959 Shomolu LGA ADP: 203 APC: 40,408 PDP: 9,991 Alimosho LGA APC: 78,379 PDP: 22135

The governorship and state assembly elections result has  started coming in from different local government areas in the 29 States where the elections were conducted. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), had conducted the governorship election in 29 States of the federation. The governorship election did not hold in seven states  of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). However, the Houses of Assembly elections were conducted in all the 36 states. AYEIROYIN  brings you the live results as they come from all around the country.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced two APC candidates as winner of the House of Assembly seats in Badagry. INEC declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the two Lagos State House of Assembly seats of Saturday’s elections in Badagry. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that David Setonji, the incumbent APC lawmaker, was declared winner of the Badagry Constituency 2, while Ibrahim Layode also of APC was re-elected for the Badagry Constituency 1. Declaring the election results at the INEC Collation Centre in Ibereko, the Returning Officer for Badagry Constituency 1, Mrs. Bosede Abiodun, announced that Setonji polled 14,533 votes to beat PDP’s Alani Ajose, who scored 5,209 votes. Also, Mr. Kareem Bestoyin, Dept. of Social Science, University of Lagos and the Returning Officer of Badagry Constituency 1, declared Ibrahim Layode of APC as winner. He said that Layode polled 12,098 votes, followed by Gbenga Fayemi of the Peop...

A plane crash in Colombia on Saturday left all 12 people on board dead, according to Colombia's Civil Defense. The flight was traveling between San Jose del Guaviare and Villavicencio, the Civil Defense said. The plane called in the emergency at 10:40 a.m., according to Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority. The plane was found in La Bendición, near Villavicencio. Authorities are working to identify the passengers. There is no publicly known cause for the crash at this time. Colombia's Civil Aviation Aviation released a statement of condolence for those who died in the crash.

Parents of a five-month-old boy have cried out to Nigerians for financial assistance to enable them to pay for the cost of a surgery that is required to correct his heart defect. The boys’ parents, Oluwole Nasiru and Rachael Nasiru, who brought the baby (David Nasiru) to The PUNCH Place, the corporate headquarters of PUNCH on Thursday, told our correspondent that they would need between N3m and N3.5m to facilitate heart surgery for the boy. The father, who works in a hospitality firm, and the 39-year-old mother, a petty trader, said David was diagnosed and found to have symptomatic congenital heart disease. The diagnosis, they said, was carried out at the Paediatric Cardiology Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in January this year. He said the family had been looking for help to enable the boy to undergo the surgery. According to the father, the family took the boy to the hospital because of the way he was breathing very fast and sometimes gasping for ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Ademorin Kuye as winner of Saturday’s House of Representatives election in Somolu Federal Constituency. The Returning Officer, Prof. Ola Aluko of the Urban and Regional Planning Department, University of Lagos announced the result at the INEC collation centre in Somolu on Sunday. Aluko said Kuye polled 28, 722 to defeat his closest rival, Mr Oluwaseyi Olowu, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who gathered 25,202. “I hereby declare Kuye of APC, having satisfied the requirements of law and scored the highest number of votes, as the winner and he is returned elected.”

Authorities in Katsina state has confirm that gunmen killed one policeman and abducted three INEC staff in the state on Saturday, March 9. The police command Katsina confirmed the killing of its officer alongside a Civil Defence operative and the abduction of three INEC Ad-hoc personnel in Danmusa LGA of the state. A spokesman for the command, SP Gambo Isah in a statement confirmed that today at about 2pm, a patrol team on electoral duties along Gobirawa Falale – Maidabino Feeder road in Danmusa, was ambushed by armed political thugs. Gambo noted in his statement that the thugs were led by one Mani Doro, ‘m’, aged 40yrs. READ ALSO:   House Of Reps Member Shot Dead In Oyo The police spokesman said that the attack resulted in the death of a patrol vehicle driver, Mr. Mannir Usman who is attached to the Danmusa Division. He revealed that the driver was shot by the hoodlums, noting that the victim died on the spot. Gambo also noted that three INEC ad-hoc staff on elec...