Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike has flayed the European Union Election Observation Mission’s (EU-EOM) report on the 2023 general election, describing it as an “interference” with the country’s internal affairs. In its final report on Nigeria’s 2023 election presented on June 15, the EU-EOM faulted the conduct of the February 25 and March 19 polls. The report exposed that the election lacked transparency, inclusiveness and accountability. It also offered several recommendations for consideration by...

The legal team of Atiku Abubakar has highlighted five issues with the academic records of President Bola Tinubu as released by the Chicago State University, CSU. Atiku, Nigeria’s former vice-president and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, asked CSU to release the documents over suspicions that Tinubu forged the certificate he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that qualified him to run for the election. At...

Nigeria’s ruling party All Progressives Congress, APC, has said Atiku Abubakar’s quest to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s election indicates his “deep animosity” towards Tinubu. The party said Atiku’s desperation to see Tinubu unseated is because of his unrealised dream of becoming the president of Nigeria. Read the party’s full press statement, signed by Felix Morka, national publicity secretary of the APC, titled “Yet Again, Atiku Abubakar Beats His Tattered Drum of Shame” below: The All...