…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 Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended further collation of the Governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu state in the South East geographical zone of the nation. The Commission arrived at this decision at the meeting held on Monday 20th March 2023 were the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly elections held nationwide on Saturday 18th March 2023 was reviewed. In a press release signed by Barrister Festus Okoye, National...

About 48 hours after the 2023 general election ended, two Nigerians in the diaspora renounced their citizenship. In the videos shared on Twitter, the men cited the gruesome electoral malpractice, voter intimidation, ethnic discrimination and all forms of electoral violence witnessed during the elections as the reason for their decision. Amid hopes of a free and fair election, Nigerians trooped out to their various polling units on February 25 to elect a new president and...

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...