Enyinnaya Abaribe, the incumbent senator representing Abia south district, says electronic voting will enthrone transparent and credible elections in the country if adopted. Abaribe was re-elected for a sixth tenure in the upper chamber in the last Saturday’s national assembly election on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The senator defected […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will conduct supplementary polls after the governorship and state house of assembly elections. Guber and assembly elections will take place next weekend, two weeks after the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly polls. “The Commission is aware that in some Senatorial Districts and Federal Constituencies, […]
Chairman and Chief Executive of Chisco Group of Companies, Chidi Anyaegbu, has debunked the rumour that he is hosting a dinner for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. Anyaegbu said that the purported dinner notice slated for Sunday March 5, 2023, which has since gone viral on social media was false and intended by […]
Six states: Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Sokoto have dragged the federal government before the Supreme Court over the conduct, collation and announcement of the February 25, 2023, presidential and National Assembly elections. The States want the Supreme Court to declare that the pronouncement of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All […]
Dozens are feared dead following an explosion from a crude oil tapping point in Rumuekpe commumity in Emuoha Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State. The incident occurred at about 2 am on Friday when one of the buses loaded with crude oil went up in flames while trying to navigate to an illegal […]
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Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has expressed his readiness to defend his mandate in court, saying he accepts the decision of the Labour Party LP candidate, Mr Peter Obi to challenge the outcome of the election. Tinubu’s position was made known in a statement issued Thursday in […]
The PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 elections made the comment during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, a day after Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared as the winner of Saturday’s exercise. While the PDP and LP have rejected the outcome of the poll, Atiku, who ran alongside […]
The United States congratulated Nigeria on the election of ruling party presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, while calling for calm amid accusations of voter fraud and concerns over technical glitches. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the election aftermath on Thursday when he met his Nigerian counterpart, Geoffrey Onyeama, on the sidelines of a Group […]
French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated Thursday that France harboured no desire to return to past policies of interfering in Africa after he began a four-nation tour of the continent. “The age of Francafrique is well over,” Macron said in remarks to the French community in Gabon, referring to France’s post-colonisation strategy of supporting authoritarian […]
