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INEC postpones March 11 governorship, state assembly polls to March 18
Amid speculations about the possible postponement of March 11 governorship and state assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the...
Atiku in epic legal battle to reclaim mandate, assembles Gadzama, Ozekhome, 17 other SANs
In his avowed commitment to “reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people”, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar...
Nigeria: February 25 And The Aftermath
by Reuben Abati Nigeria held its Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023 across all the 36 states of the...
Clarify How Governorship/State Assembly Polls Results Will Be Transmitted, WHISTLER Tells INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been asked to speak up on how it intends to collate and transmit results of this...
Labour Party Sacks Rivers State Chairman
Following the endorsement of the People’s Democratic Party’s Governorship Candidate in Rivers State, Siminialayi Fubara, the Labour Party has sacked its State Chairman,...
Ahead of March 11 guber poll, Sokoto Resident Electoral Commissioner suspended
“The administrative secretary is directed to take full charge of INEC, Sokoto State office with immediate effects"
Atiku hits the streets in Abuja, protesting outcome of Feb. 25 presidential poll
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, his running mate, Delta Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa and other party chieftains on...
Tinubu did not satisfy constitutional provisions of securing 25 per cent in FCT, says Prof. Ozekhome (SAN)
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the President-elect has drawn the ire...
In spite of malfeasance by INEC officials, NBA scores conduct of Feb. 25 presidential poll “high”
Despite reported complaints, pockets of infraction, and disputations by political parties, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN)...
Feb. 25 polls: INEC Chairman vows to punish officials involved in electoral malpractice
Eight days after the alleged flawed polls of February 25, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has finally...
Bishop Kukah lauds political actors for upholding principles of Peace Accord
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has commended the major political players in the just concluded presidential elections for respecting and...
February 25 presidential poll largely flawed, will challenge it in court, vows Atiku
Like the Labour Party, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has written off the February 25 poll, describing...
I won this election and I will prove it, vows to approach court to reclaim mandate — Peter Obi
“We won the election and we will prove it, and reclaim our mandate”, Peter Obi the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, said...
Tinubu won’t be sworn in as President on May 29 — elderstates man, Ezeife
A former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, says he is confident that the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, will not be sworn in...
Nigeria’s elections: US, France, UK, felicitate Tinubu, urge citizens to refrain from violence
Congratulatory and goodwill messages have continued to pour in for the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress following his emergence...
FEC eulogies President-elect Bola Tinubu as seasoned administrator, technocrat
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has described the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as a seasoned administrator and technocrat. This is contained in a...
