Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Monday morning

1. From the governorship election results announced so far across the country, the All Progressives Congress, APC, is winning overwhelmingly in more states than the Peoples Democratic Party. Some PDP Governors and their candidates have been displaced by rival APC candidates in some of the states.

2. A fresh report has it that the PDP has been displaced in Niger State as the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the state, Alh Abubakar Bello, has been officially declared winner of the governorship election in the state.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulganiu Ambali Bello, announced that Bello polled 593,702 votes to defeat Alh. Umar Nasko of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 239,772 votes. The APC governorship candidate emerge victorious in 23 of the 25 local government areas as announced by INEC.
3. The All Progressives Congress Governorship candidate in Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has been declared winner of the governorship election in the state. Lalong polled 537,050 votes to beat the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate , Senator Gyang Pwajok, who secured 501,938 votes. With this development, the Peoples Democratic Party has now been displaced in the state.
4. Although, governor Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress, APC, may be leading Emeka Ihedioha in Imo State’s governorship elections, the Returning Officer in the state has declared the election inconclusive following irregularities noticed in some areas. The result announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe, shows that Okorocha polled 385,071 votes, while Ihedioha, got 306,142 votes. A supplementary election is expected to hold soon in the state.
5. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has won the Sokoto State governorship election under the umbrella of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tambuwal polled 647,609 votes to defeat Senator Abdallah Wali of the PDP who polled 269,074.
6. The Independent National Electoral Commission has advised aggrieved politicians who feel cheated in Saturday’s elections across different states in the country to approach the election petition tribunals. This advice was contained in a statement by the commission issued on Sunday.
7. Political ‘Tsunami’ appears to have taken over different PDP controlled states as the APC continues to conquer them. The trend is not different in Kaduna State as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Malam Nasir el-Rufai defeated Governor Mukhtar Yero of the PDP and 13 other candidates to win the state’s governorship election. The Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Jafar Kaura, announced that el-Rufai polled 1, 117, 635 votes to defeat the state governor, who secured 485, 833 votes.
8. The cancellation of the governorship elections in three local government areas of Abia State was yesterday reversed by the The state Returning Officer, who is also the Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba after the state governor, Theodore Orji and other PDP stalwarts stormed the venue of the collation centre, asking the Returning Officer to reverse his decision. The affected local government areas, whose results were earlier cancelled because of malpractices and other electoral issues include Isiala-Ngwa North, Osisioma and Obimgwa.
9. Following alleged irregularities and violence, the All Progressives Congress, APC, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Rivers State have called for the cancellation of the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. Their call was contained in a joint press briefing held in Port Harcourt on Sunday.
10. Lagos State has finally broken the jinx of being in the opposition as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Akinwumi Ambode defeated his closest rival, Jimi Agbaje in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, show that Ambode won 14 out of the 20 local government areas in the state.