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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...

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...

Seven states recant, discontinue suit on nullification of presidential election

In a dramatic twist, seven states on Friday applied to Supreme Court to discontinue a suit they filed on Wednesday to nullify the...

Disputed Feb. 25 presidential poll: PDP, LP get Appeal Court’s nod to inspect election materials

After instituting a suit against INEC’s declaration of APC’s Bola Tinubu as President-elect, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday granted...

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...

NPA MD, Bello-Koko felicitates President-elect Bola Tinubu

In a congratulatory message sent to Tinubu on behalf of the Board, management and staff of NPA, Bello-Koko said his victory at the...

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...

Culpable homicide: House of Reps Majority Leader to remain behind bars till March 7

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives and APC chieftain, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, is to cool his heels in prison in Kano...

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...

Breaking: INEC presents Certificate of Return to Tinubu, Shettima

Few hours after he was declared President-elect, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday presented a Certificate of Return to the All...

Murder of six people at INEC office: Police nab APC’s Majority Leader, House of Representatives 

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives and APC chieftain, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has been busted by the police over alleged killing...