POLITICS

Bola Tinubu has thanked voters across partisan divide who participated in last Saturday’s presidential election, including the supporters of his fiercest opponents. He expressed his appreciation in his acceptance speech after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him president-elect in the early hours of Wednesday. Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged victorious […]

The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Datti Baba-Ahmed has called for calm following Saturday’s elections, urging supporters to vote for the party in next week’s governorship and the house of assembly polls. He said this during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared […]

Having declared the All Progressives Congress, APC’s candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25, 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the issuance of the Certificate of Return will take place today, Wednesday 1st March, 2023. The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who made the declaration at early […]

A group of women yesterday , stormed the National Collation Centre in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory in protest, and threatened to strip themselves naked until the actual result of the presidential election is collated. One of the protesters, Oby Elekwa, claimed that the election results being collated do not represent what transpired at the […]

Chief Peter Anekwe of the Labour Party has been declared the winner of Anambra East and West Federal Constituency. Chief Anekwe pulled fourteen thousand, eight hundred and forty-seven votes to defeat his closest rival, Honourable Chinedu Obidigwe of the All-Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, who scored thirteen thousand, seven hundred and twenty-two votes. Describing his winning […]

Armed thugs on Monday invaded some markets in Lagos and attacked traders and buyers. Markets allegedly invaded include Ladipo, Balogun and Ebute-Ero, all on Lagos Island and Mainland. The thugs were said to have arrived at the markets around 10 am and started dislodging the traders of their goods and in the process injured some. […]

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has secured victory in Nasarawa State in the presidential election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday. The former Anambra State governor defeated Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who came second […]

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has emerged as the winner in Zamfara State. The collation officer for Zamfara State presidential election, Professor Kashim Shehu of Federal University of Birnin Kebbi, announced the results in Gusau, the state capital, in the early hours of Tuesday. Shehu noted that the APC’s […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have demanded a fresh election, saying the February 25 presidential election has been “irretrievably compromised”. LP National Chairman, Julius Abure; the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; as well as their ADC counterpart, Ralph Nwosu, made this known at a joint press […]

Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, has been declared the winner of the Anambra South Senatorial District election held on 25th February 2023 by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The election umpire made the announcement through the Returning Officer for the Anambra South Senatorial District election, Professor Ebele Nwokoye . The […]