The Labour Party (LP) would challenge the results of the presidential election held on 25th February, 20123 in court. Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Party, said the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) violated the Constitution and irregularities to win the presidential election. APC candidate,  Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared the winner of the election by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Yakubu Mahmood.

Celebrations or rallies by supporters of political parties in the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections have been banned in Kaduna state. The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer DSP Mohammed Jalige announced the ban in a statement on Wednesday. The statement reads in part: “All forms of celebrations and rallies by political party supporters for or against winners/losers of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections have been banned in the state....

Some outgoing Governors who have spent eight years as Executive Governors and contested on the platform of various political parties to represent their Senatorial Districts in the 10th National Assembly have failed in their bids. Among the outgoing Governors that lost are, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong to represent Plateau South Senatorial District, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State to represent Enugu North Senatorial District, Samuel Ortom of Benue State to represent Benue North West...

There was an impressive turnout of eligible voters across the 21 local government areas of Adamawa state that joined their counterparts across Nigeria in electing the President who will rule the country in the next four years along with National Assembly members. Voters in the state have cast their ballots in 4,104 polling units. Some voters started trooping into their various polling units as early as 7: am, while accreditation and voting could not commence...