Sunday, April 26, 04:45am: The Independent National Electoral Commission declares the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Okezie Ikpeazu, the winner of the Abia State governorship election.
Sunday, April 26, 03:25am: The incumbent Governor of Imo State and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Rochas Okorocha, wins Imo State Governorship election, securing a second term in office. He polled 416,996 votes while the candidate of the Peoples Demcoratic Party, Mr Emeka Ihedioha got 320,705 votes.
Saturday, April 25, 06:45pm: Gunshots said to have been heard at collation center in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State.
Saturday, April 25, 06:00pm: Voting ends across the states.
Saturday, April 25, 02:00pm: Voting begins in some local councils in Abia, Imo and Taraba.
Saturday, April 25, 10:00am: Accreditation holds in different states.
Saturday, April 25: Supplementary Governorship and House of Assembly elections hold in 11 states. Governorship re-run elections holding in only Abia, Imo and Taraba States. Some other states are Delta, Ekiti and Edo.
Monday, April 13, 2015: 7:30pm: The Ogun state chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has attributed its failure at the just concluded polls to the alleged damaging social media report that its governorship candidate, Mr Akin Odunsi had withdrawn from the governorship race a day before the election.
Monday, April 13, 2015: 6:30pm: Taraba State Resident Electoral Commissioner confirms a run off election will hold in the north eastern state.
Monday, April 13, 2015: 6:00pm: The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State on Tuesday called for the cancellation of the just concluded governorship and state house of assembly election in the State
Monday, April 13, 2015: 06:39am: Cross River State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Candidate, Professor Ben Ayade, has been declared winner of the governorship election
Monday, April 13, 2015: 05:22am: INEC declares Governor Tanko Al-makura of the APC Winner of Nasawara State governorship election.
Monday, April 13, 2015: 05:00am: INEC Declares Nyesom Wike winner of Rivers State governorship election.
Monday, April 13, 2015: 02:55am: INEC Declares Jubrilla Bindow Governor-elect of Adamawa State.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 11:40PM: INEC declares the Imo State Governorship Election inconclusive.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 9:20PM: Governor Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressive Congress has won 20 local government areas in Imo Sate out of 27.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 8:20PM: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed the winner of the governorship election.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 8:10PM: Speaker of the House of Representatives and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal has been declared winner.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 7:30PM: El-Rufia of the All Progressives Congress declared winner of Kaduna State Governorship election.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 7:15PM: The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Akinwunmi Ambode, declared winner of the Lagos Governorship election.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 4:22PM:#Nigeria2015 #AkwaIbom
PDP’s Udom Emmanuel has been declared winner of the Governorship election in Akwa Ibom State.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 4:16PM: Collation of results concluded in Oyo State.
Governorship: APC wins 20 Local Government Areas, Accord 7, Labour Party 6, PDP 0.
House Of Assembly: APC wins 20 seats, Accord 11, LP 7, PDP 0
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 3:09PM: Latest Headlines From INEC
INEC vows to bring perpetrators of electoral violence to justice.
INEC asks aggrieved politicians to seek redress at the tribunal.
INEC to Investigate Violent Polls in Rivers, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom, others.
INEC names Rivers, Akwa ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi and Ondo states as states that recorded significant number of violent incidents.
INEC’s records show that there were 66 reports of violent incidents targeted at polling units, the Commission’s officials, voters and election materials.
INEC says 88.9% of polling units opened for accreditation between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. across the country.
INEC says only 5.2% of polling units were yet to open as of 1pm., and that, 73% of the polling units had commenced voting by 2.30 p.m
INEC says accreditation with Smart Card Readers were successful in majority of the polling units.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 2:24PM: Channels TV Correspondent reports that the announcement of results in Abia State has been suspended.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 1:30PM: Channels TV Correspondent reports that collation and announcement of election results is ongoing in Imo State and Governor Rochas Okorocha is in the lead, having won in 9 out of the 12 Local Government Areas already announced. Imo State has 27 LGs.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 12:20PM: The Governor of Ogun State and APC Governorship candidate in the state, Ibikunle Amosun, declared winner of the governorship election in the state.
He won in 11 out of the 20 Local Government Areas of the state while the PDP’s Gboyega Isiaka won in 9.
Sunday, April 12, 2015: 09:49AM: The Sokoto Governorship Election Returning Officer, Prof. Abdul Bagudu has called for a recess pending the arrival of result from the outstanding 9 local governments. 14 LGs have so far been announced.
Collation of results has commenced in different states across the country.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 04:35PM: Headlines From The States
Bayelsa: Low turnout of voters recorded in Bayelsa State as President Jonathan votes in Otuoke.
Bauchi, Jigawa and Katina: Large turn out of voters recorded. Some units with low turnout in Bauchi State commenced voting ahead of schedule
Lagos: INEC official caught with thumb printed ballot papers at Ajeromi, Lagos State
Osun: Police repel gunmen’s invasion of Osun State community
Gombe: Dusty weather keeps voters at home in Gombe State
Bauchi: Card reader fails to capture Governor Yuguda’s thumb in Bauchi State
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 04:24PM: Kelvin Obetan reports that in Abia State there had been a riot in Aba. People in the community did not allow INEC officials to set up because they demanded to know whether they had all electoral materials complete.
In other places visited, ballot boxes were snatched at the point of voting. People were also attacked by hoodlums allegedly supported by some senior members of the PDP in Mbutu Ward 3, Umuaja Ward 1, Unit 3.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 04:04PM: The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, has described the elections as peaceful in spite of rumours of misconduct in some areas.
Olorogun O’tega expressed optimism in the results of the polls while speaking to journalists after voting in unit 5 Evwreni Ughelli North LGA.
He says elections have taken place in Ethiope East LGA after the failed attempt to hijack electoral materials.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 02:40PM: Rivers CP confirms reasonable number of armed men invaded registration area centre in Buguma shooting sporadically. They also used dynamites.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: o1:41PM: Channels TV Correspondent reports, some electoral offenders have been nabbed by security operatives in Ibadan,Oyo State.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 12:55PM: Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, gives an assessment of Nigeria’s 2015 elections. He rates the elections slightly above average.
Wole Soyinka Says INEC should cancel elections in any Polling Unit where documentation is incomplete. #Nigeria2015
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 12:46PM: The Adamawa State Governor, Bala Ngilari, says the dusk to dawn curfew that was to commence in the state from Sunday evening has been cancelled.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 12:20PM: Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Yemi Ogunjemilusi, confirms the Ayingba incident. He says his men are on ground to restore the smooth running of the exercise.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 12:14PM: The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Dr Alex Otti and his wife, Priscilla have been accredited at Ward 5, Unit 17, Ehina-Gury, Umuru in Isiala-Ngwa Local Government Area.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 12:11PM: Our Kogi Correspondent says there has been no accreditation exercise in Ayingba as activities at the polling units have been disrupted by a group of youths who said that the ballot papers brought to the polling units were fake and this led to an argument between them and another group that insisted that the materials were not fake.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 11:52AM: Reports from Ogun State also say the accreditation exercise has been smooth. Channels TV Correspondent, Henry Ogunjimi, says the streets of Abeokuta, the state capital, are empty as everyone is committed to the success of the exercise.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 11:44AM: Channels TV Plateau State Correspondent, says the situation in Jos is calm as election materials were distributed early enough.
INEC officials were able to accredit voters on time with some of them being able to go back to their homes to return for the voting proper.
The card readers have been working perfectly as well but there were still few places where the card readers failed to work properly
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 11:11AM: Channels TV reporter says the accreditation exercise in Badagry, Lagos has been peaceful and smooth.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 10:54AM: Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, confirms that ballot boxes were snatched in about three polling units in Eti Osa LG and the Police is working to restore normalcy #Nigeria2015
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 10:51AM: The Kwara State Governor and APC governorship candidate, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has undergone accreditation in his ward at Adebiopon polling unit 006 Share, where he was accredited by the INEC official.
The usage of the card reader went on smoothly as it took the Governor less than 30 seconds to be accredited. #Nigeria2015
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 10:31AM: The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has just been accredited along with his wife, Aisha at Ungwar Seriki polling unit.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 10:15AM: Peaceful and timely accreditation continues across the country continue.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 09:30AM: Channels TV Rivers State Correspondent, reports that some youths in Obiakpor have alleged that they saw some persons carting away election materials in the early hours of today.
The youths have now insisted there will be no election in Obiakpor because what they have been provided with are fake election materials. #Nigeria2015
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 09:00AM: #Nigeria2015 reports heavy shooting in Bariga area of Lagos as accreditation commences smoothly in Ketu, Isheri North and other parts of the state.
Saturday, April 11, 2015: 08:45AM: Sorting of election materials and accreditation has begun in Nasarawa State. While some polling units were yet to start accreditation at about 8.30am, most polling units in Lafia have received election materials with accreditation process going on.
Friday, April 10, 2015: 00:00hrs: Election campaigns officially close in Nigeria. Candidates vying for the governorship position in 29 states and House of Assembly seats in all 36 states are expected to stop every form of campaign. A violation of the order, as stipulated by the Electoral Act, attracts a fine of 500,000 Naira or 12 months imprisonment.
