INEC declares Nasiru Idris winner of kebbi state Governorship Election

17 Apr 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress ( APC) candidate, Dr Nasiru Idris, winner of Kebbi State Governorship Election. The returning officer for the governorship election in the state, Professor Sa’idu Yusuf, said the APC candidate won the election by polling 409,225 votes against his rival, Aminu Bande of the […]

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Hoodlums snatch ballot box in Imo

16 Apr 2023

Hoodlums guided by suspected armed security men on Saturday disrupted and snatched the ballot box at Umuarusi Amandugba hall in the Isu local government area of Imo state. About five thugs invaded the polling units at about 09:19 Am. The thugs invaded the area despite the heavy presence of security men. However, voters have expressed […]

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Usman Ododo wins APC gubernatorial primary Election

16 Apr 2023

The former Auditor General for Local Governments in Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary election held in the State om Friday. Ododo, who scored a total of 78,704 votes, won the direct primary election with a wide margin to defeat six other contestants in the governorship race. […]

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Tinubu has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2023

14 Apr 2023

Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2023. Tinubu, Joe Biden, and 18 other names appear on the annual list of influential individuals, which typically includes the names of artists, icons, pioneers, leaders, titans, and innovators.  In a short profile published on Thursday, April 13, 2023, […]

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FG denies intervening in the ordeals of Obi in London

14 Apr 2023

The Federal Government of Nigeria has denied news making the rounds that it intervened in the detention ordeal of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in London, United Kingdom last week. Obi was briefly detained at Hearthrow Airport in London in a case of mistaken identity during his trip to celebrate Easter in the […]

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My call for arrest and prosecution is unjustifiable- Lai Mohammed

14 Apr 2023

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Wednesday, said the call for his arrest and prosecution for admonishing Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, over inciting the public to violence is unjustifiable. Mohammed stated this in London while reacting to the call by Edwin Clark, an Elder Statesman and Leader of […]

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I am not a party in the US drug case- Tinubu

14 Apr 2023

The president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, that he was not a party in the drug case that was said to have been filed against him by the United States Government in 1993. Tinubu, in his response to the petition by Labour […]

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Why I won the election ahead of you- Tinubu to Obi

13 Apr 2023

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has challenged the competence of a petition the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election. Tinubu, in a preliminary objection he filed alongside his Vice-President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, maintained that Obi was bereft of the locus standing to file a petition to challenge his election […]

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INEC fix date for conduct of supplementary Election in Rivers

13 Apr 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, April 15, 2023 for the conduct of supplementary election in Port Harcourt II and Khana/Gokana federal constituencies. The State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Johnson Sinikiem, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, April 11. Sinikiem said the election would commence by 8:30am […]

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