The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike contributed to the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in Rivers State. There is a report that the crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the APC has deepened as the state coordinator of Tinubu/Shettima Grassroot Independent Campaign Council (GICC) in Rivers State, Augustine Wokocha said that Governor Wike did not play...

In respect of the currency redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Supreme Court of Nigeria has declared that the old Naira notes remain legal tender in the country till December 31, 2023. The apex court made the pronouncement in a suit instituted by Attorneys General of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States, challenging the Naira Redesign policy of the Federal Government. Other states joined in suit by the Supreme Court upon their...

A Yoruba group, Yoruba Global Council (YGC) has charged Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, president-elect and his vice president-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima to embark on a reconciliation move to unite all the ethnic groups and restructure the country, In a press statement by the spokesperson and general secretary of YGC, Professor Lere Amusan and Prince Segun Akanni, respectively, urged Tinubu to ensure that his administration must be impartial when allocating resources and appointments. The group also charged...

Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, the former Governor of Anambra State, has warned that there will be doom if Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections and the president – elect in the just concluded presidential election is sworn in as Nigeria’s president, even as he insists that the former Lagos State Governor will not be sworn. The former Anambra State Governor spoke on Arise TV on Thursday, where...

YIAGA Africa berates the Independent National Electoral Commis­sion’s (INEC), stressing that announcement of the presidential election in Rivers and Imo States is in sharp contrast with its own records from the polls. Speaking at a press conference at­tended by officials of the United Nations, European Union and civil society groups, Dr. Aisha Abdulahi, board member of YIAGA Africa  said, “The state level presidential results for Imo and Rivers states are inconsistent with the YIAGA Africa...

The Labour Party has vowed to reclaim mandate delivered to it by Nigerians in the just concluded presidential election. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), noted that the just concluded 2023 presidential election is an anathe­ma to the doctrine of democracy. The Labour Party vice presidential candidate at a press confer­ence, maintained that the Labour Party won the just concluded election but was rigged and the party would ensure...

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. His congratulatory message reads, “I congratulate His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory. Elected by the people, he is the best person for the job. I shall now work with him and his team to ensure an orderly handover of power,” spokesperson Garba Shehu quoted Mr Buhari as saying. “The election was...

The former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George and the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the party, Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly called, Jandor have condemned the attack on non-indigenes, following the results of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. A press statement by George, signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Olusegun Edwards, condemned the attacks on non-indigenes, particularly the Igbo, stating that such uncivilised act is...