…Urges Buhari to act according to claimed commitment to court order Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has told the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address issues relating to cash crunch across the country. The socio-political organisation also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to act in accordance with his claimed commitment and declaration last week regarding the Supreme Court pronouncement on the circulation of Naira notes. The organisation, in a press statement signed...

The results of the 2023 governorship election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the country show that almost all the governors seeking re-election won their elections. The results so far announced by INEC shows that Sanwo-Olu of lagos State, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State,  Mohammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, won their reelection bid, Pastor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State  won his election to...

Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, former Governor of Enugu State has lost senatorial bid to Kelvin Chukwu of the Labour Party (LP). The LP candidate polled 69, 136 to beat Nnamani of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 48, 701 votes. Kelvin replaced his brother, Oyibo Chukwu, who was murdered a few days to the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. Meanwhile, the former Governor who is representing Enugu East in the Senate, has sent...

National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure has vowed that the plot to upturn governorship and House of Assembly election results in some states where Labour Party is winning, particularly Abia and Enugu states will be resisted by the party. The party called on INEC to address the situation immediately, stressing that failure, will leave the party with no other option than to mobilise OBIdients movement all over the country to take over...

Former Deputy National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has described the Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Lagos State as sham and utter disgrace to democracy in Nigeria The PDP leader in a press statement on Sunday said that he felt so shattered, so heartbroken that Nigeria’s democracy is now in shambles. “What a disgrace! I am close to 80 years now but never in my life have I seen such a despicable...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 65 suspects across the 28 states, during the governorship and State House of Assembly elections on Saturday. According to a press statement by Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC Spokesperson, 20 of the suspects were arrested by operatives from the Ilorin zonal command while 13 suspects were nabbed by operatives on election monitoring duty at the Kaduna zonal command. Uwujaren noted that the teams monitoring the polls in...

The gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State have been marred by unprecedented low turnout, intimidation, violence and suppression of voters across the state. Analysts agree that it is not surprising, stressing that the action of the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the first leg of the 2023 general elections is largely responsible. Again the lukewarm attitude of the security agencies in dealing decisively with electoral offenders and the activities...

The former Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubarkar (retd) and former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu have said that the low voter turnout in the governorship and House of Assembly elections can be traced to the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections. The duo maintained that the electorate lost confidence in the process because of what happened on the 25th of February, during the precedential and National Assembly elections....

Brigadier General YD Ahmed, the Director General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has harped on the safety of corps members who are to serve as electoral officers during the March 18, gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections. Ahmed made the remark on Friday during his separate advocacy visits to the Bauchi State Director, Department of State Services (DSS), Malam Hussein Bukani Abdullahi, Brigade Commander, 33 Artillery Brigade Bauchi, Brigadier General E Egbe,...