London-based newspaper, Financial Times says Nigeria’s just-concluded presidential election is “badly flawed”. The publication said the February 25 poll “failed to set the example needed for West Africa, a region where too many national leaders have extended term limits or resorted to seizing power at gunpoint”. In an editorial titled, ‘Nigeria’s badly flawed election’, […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday alleged that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele introduced the naira redesign policy to help the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) win the 2023 general elections. “Emefiele was appointed Central Bank Governor by the PDP originally. So, let’s not forget where he came […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Friday thanked Nigerians for supporting the return of power to Southern Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor said the issue of rotational presidency has been settled for good with the emergence of a President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, who is from the southern region of the country. Wike […]
The candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, on Friday, secured leave of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja to have access to all the sensitive materials the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, deployed for the conduct of the presidential election held on February 25. The appellate court, which will sit as […]
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that the party did not receive N2 billion from the Governor of Rivers State Chief Nyesom Wike to work for the victory of its Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. There were reports earlier in the state that the Governor of the state Wike had released over N2 […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu is battling deteriorating heath issues and needs an urgent need heart surgery. Emma Powerful, the IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement on Friday. He claimed Kanu, who was rushed to what he described as an ill-equiped […]
The Director-General Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council in Akwa Ibom State, Capt. Augustine Okon, on Friday, expressed confidence that the mandate given to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, during the just concluded election would be recovered through legal means. According to him, the council had collated enough evidence to prove that […]
The supreme court has invalidated the naira redesign policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The court made the declaration on Friday while delivering judgment in a suit instituted by three states of the federation. A seven-member panel of the apex court held that the old N200, N500 and N1000 remain valid […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the winners of the National Assembly elections held in Imo State last Saturday. Though the electoral umpire has yet to conclude the processes in a few federal Constituencies, the declarations made so far by the INEC has been rejected by political Parties and their candidates. Below are […]
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has commended presidential candidates of the 18 political parties, who contested the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections, for adhering to the principles of the signed National Peace Accord. Kukah made the commendation during an interview on Arise Television News on Friday morning. He said […]
