By Osita Chidoka “Here is the fact! Electoral results from 1979 to date show that the South East is ethnically blind regarding voting.” I will speak about the 2023 Presidential election after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has completed the upload of results on the IREV portal. As of today, Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 5.56 pm, INEC had uploaded results from 153,546 Polling Units, five days after the election! Despite my desire to...
Six states have approached the Supreme Court challenging the outcome of presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on February 25, 2023. The states that dragged the Federal Government before the court are Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, and Sokoto. Attorneys General of the six states jointly sues the Attorney General of the Federation as the sole respondent. According to the plaintiffs in the suit filed by their lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN that the agents and...
The former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has told the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to postpone the governorship and House of Assembly elections taking place in March 11th pending when the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the server will start working to ensure electronic transmission of election results The PDP chieftain spoke on Arise TV on Thursday and carpeted INEC...
Ayodeji Balogun, the Nigerian singer professionally known as Wizkid, has announced the postponement of his much anticipated ‘More Love, Less Ego (MLLE)’ tour. In a post on his social media pages on Wednesday, Wizkid said the development was due to logistical issues. Although he did not give details on the new dates, the singer said already purchased tickets remain valid for the new dates at the respective venues. He wrote, “Due to unforeseen logistical circumstances...
King West, the son of the chairman of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, MC Oluomo, has taunted the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) over his defeat at the presidential polls. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday morning declared Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the presidential election after polling the highest number of votes to defeat his strong rivals from the Peoples...
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...
To halt the acquisition of driver’s license National Identity Cards and other documents with the use of fake addresses, the National Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) will deploy a technology, called ‘Address Verification System (AVS) for the exercise which would be executed in collaboration with Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, Commandant-General of the Corps, stated this on Wednesday at a special parade to commemorate the World Civil Defence Day celebration. “The...
The Labour Party (LP) would challenge the results of the presidential election held on 25th February, 20123 in court. Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Party, said the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) violated the Constitution and irregularities to win the presidential election. APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared the winner of the election by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Yakubu Mahmood.
