Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan says politicians who resort to violence or vote buying to win elections are not different from ‘armed robbers’ and ‘con men’. Jonathan, who spoke with journalists after casting his vote in Bayelsa, his home state, on Saturday evening, said he expects the elections to be peaceful while hoping that politicians will project Nigerian politics as a ‘clean business’. “My wish for Nigeria is for us to conduct a peaceful election,” the former...

■ Election: INEC advises, polls will commence as schedule ■ Postpones Enugu East-Senatorial election to March 11 ■ Police, security agencies deploy 425,106 personnel, 74 armoured,  carriers, drones, others ■ Confrms threats persists from IPOB, bandits, Boko Haram, insists election must go on ■ Constitute election offenses investigation unit in states ■ Restricts movement nationwide Prof Mahmood Yakubu , chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that polls will open nationwide as...

Simon Ekpa, the spokesperson of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has maintained that elections will not hold in the southeast after being freed by the Finnish police. Ekpa was reportedly arrested on Thursday morning by officers from the Finnish Central Criminal Police due to his constant threats to boycott elections in southeastern states in order to actualise the liberation of Biafra. However, he was released from police custody after hours of cross-examination. Earlier this...

In a rather dramatic turn of event, Emeka Ojukwu Jnr, the son of APGA’s supreme leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has dismissed claims by Hon. Chris Azubogu that he was “the true son of Ikemba.” A publication from Hon. Chris Azubogu’s supporters read in part, “Ojukwu lives on (in) the son of Ikemba Eze Igbo Gburugburu, and the spirit of Ikemba entered him and he went about doing projects. Vote Azubogu…” This was also accompanied by...

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that a total of 87.2 million voters may be participating in the forthcoming elections which begin on Saturday going by the number of Permanent Voters  Cards (PVCs) that have been collected  across the country. Nigerians have exhibited enthusiasm of voting in this election which can be seen in the number of PVCs collected with most states recording over ninety percent PVC...