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INEC dares Nigerians, postpones collation of results again till Monday

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has for the second time in 12 hours postponed the collation of results earlier scheduled for Sunday...

Just In: Anxiety, tension as INEC again postpones collation of results till 6pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the collation of the results of the 2023 Presidential Election until 6.00pm on Sunday fuelling...

Ogun Gov. Abiodun’s Iperu country home invaded by gunmen, snatched ballot box, disrupted polls

Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun’s town was invaded by gunmen on Saturday as ballot boxes were destroyed and polls disrupted at a polling unit...

February 25 polls: APC National Chairman, Adamu, loses polling unit to Peter Obi

In a major upset, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, on Saturday lost his polling unit to...

Results just coming in from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, poling units and Lekki, Lagos

Results just coming in from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, poling units and Lekki, Lagos APC — 520 PDP — 179 LP...

Jubilant FCT residents celebrate Obi’s victory in polling units in Aso Rock

Feverish jubilation on Saturday greeted the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi’s winning of strongholds of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and...

Violence mars elections in Kogi as thugs destroy electoral materials

Thugs have unleashed violence on Odaba polling unit in Dekina Ward n Ogege Road in Kogi State while the polls were in progress....

Breaking: EFCC officials storm Tinubu’s polling unit in Lagos

The Commission’s officials arrived at the polling unit 085 Ward F in Ikeja at about 9.15am to possibly bust vote buying. Officials of...

Logistics challenges, late arrival of INEC officials mar commencement of election in Ibadan

The presidential election kicked off on a shaky start in many parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday as many voters,...

FG orders implementation of new 5 years visa reciprocity between US and Nigerian citizens

  The Federal Government on Friday  directed the full implementation of a new visa reciprocity policy for citizens of the United States of...

Just in: Presidential poll: EFCC intercepts N32.4m vote-buying funds in Lagos

Barely 48 hours after deploying officers for election monitoring duties as part of effort to curb vote fraud and ensure integrity of the...

Breaking: CBN appoints new spokesman, Isa Abdulmumin as Osita Nwanisobi retires

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday has appointed Mr Isa Abdulmumin as the Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department of...

Caught in the act! $500,000 election money found on PDP’s Rep. Igwe, in Rivers

The Police in Rivers on Friday said they have apprehended a member of House of Representatives and loyalist of PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji...

Grief-stricken Peter Obi mourns as Enugu LP senatorial candidate is murdered on eve of Saturday’s polls

Grief-stricken Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the gruesome murder of the party’s senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial...

US Pres. Biden urges Nigerians to be peaceful, patient before, during and after Saturday’s polls

"I encourage voters to remain peaceful, patient as their ballots are tallied, and urge the political parties and candidates to live up to...

el-Rufai, Oshiomhole’s treasonable comments on Naira swap policy left for relevant security agencies to investigate — AGF Malami

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) disclosed on Thursday that Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir...