Ex-Nasarawa Governor, Al-Makura Loses Bid To Return To Senate

A former Governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has lost his re-election bid to represent Nasarawa South in the National Assembly.

The incumbent Nasarawa South Senator was defeated by his opponent, Mohammed Ogishi-Onawo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Declaring the result on Monday in Lafia, the state capital, Professor Ahmed Ashiku, the Returning Officer, said Ogoshi Onawo scored 93,064 votes to defeat Al-Makura, who polled a total vote of 76,813.

Ashiku, while declaring that Onawo, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes, was returned elected.

Peter Obi Defeats Tinubu In Lagos State

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in his home state, Lagos.

Naija News reports that Tinubu and Peter Obi have been in a tight competition regarding the numbers of voters in Lagos State.

According to DailyTrust, although Tinubu won more local government areas, the former governor of Anambra State defeated him with the majority of the votes cast.

All the results of the 20 local governments have been declared with Tinubu winning in 11 while Peter Obi won in nine local governments.

With the results declared, Obi polled 582,664 while Tinubu scored 541,850.