Governor of Imo State Hope Uzodimma has urged the people of the state not to be discouraged by the outcome of the recently held presidential and National Assembly elections, urging them to come out on Saturday, March 11, 2023 to vote in the state assembly elections. Uzodimma made the appeal at the Government House, […]

  Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has dissociated itself from a media report that Peter Obi was not destined to be Nigeria’s president. The report was allegedly signed by Tony Chiemelu Obizoba, director general, implementation and strategic planning, Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide. Alex Ognonnia, the national publicity secretary of the group, said in […]

  A former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, has condemned the reported threat against voters of Igbo extration in Lagos. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, George expressed displeasure at the audacity displayed by those behind the threat. This was as he urged citizens of the state […]

  Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is presently leading a protest at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. The demonstration, attended by PDP bigwigs and supporters, is to protest the result of the presidential election. Iyrochia Ayu, the PDP national chairman; Ifeanyi Okowa, the […]

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Monday approach the Court of Appeal, hoping to set aside an earlier ruling regarding the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and other sensitive materials used for the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. This was disclosed by a top INEC official at the weekend in […]

  After over 20 years of its formation, pro-workers political organisation, Labour Party (LP) seems to be gradually making inroads into mainstream politics as the party has got six Senate and 34 House of Representatives seats in the February 25 National Assembly (NASS) elections. Relatively obscure in the political arena before now, LP, which was […]

  President of war-prone Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has come under fire after he congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Some Twitter users, mostly Nigerians, trolled the the Ukrainian President over his congratulatory tweet to Tinubu. In a tweet on Thursday, Zelensky, while congratulating Tinubu, had said […]

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the issuance of certificates of return to elected members of the National Assembly for Tuesday and Wednesday.   INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on Saturday morning, while giving his address at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja. Yakubu said winners were […]

  The Independent National Electoral Commission has admitted that there were hitches in the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on February 25 across the country. This was disclosed by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Saturday, at the meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja. Yakubu told the RECs that it was […]