The United States (US) Foreign Mission has expressed concern over ethnic profiling during the just concluded governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. The US Foreign Mission office in Abuja, in a press statement on Tuesday, also expressed concern over what it referred to as “disturbing acts of violent voter intimidation and suppression that took place during those polls in Lagos, Kano, and other states”. The statement further noted that plans to...

Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party has been declared winner of the Enugu 2023 Gubernatorial election on Wednesday night; PDP emerged winner with a total votes of 160,895 defeating Chijioke Edeoga of Labour Party who got a total vote of 157,552. Declaring the winner of the March 18th governorship election in Enugu, the State Returning Officer Professor Mmadu Ofo Iwe said, “That Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, having...

Having concluded a review of the conduct of the governorship and state assembly elections held nationwide on Saturday 18th March 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission in a press release reveals collation of results will recommence on Wednesday. In the press release signed by Barrister Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, the commission also appreciates the patience and understanding of the people of both states as they conclude the collation...

The President-elect Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night jetted out of the country to rest after a heated electioneering period, The West African Pilot News had learnt. Since Tinubu declared his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election and emerged as the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nigerians raised concerns about his health status with critics urging him to quit the presidential race due to his apparent health challenges. However, the former...

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has called on Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, immediately after his swearing-in, if he is not released before then. He said that Kanu is needed around the table as an important stakeholder in discussions about healing and sustainable peace in the South East. Soludo in a press statement tagged, “The Conclusion of the 2023 General...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its relevant committees to investigate ceaseless train accidents in the country, the number of lives, and the value of property lost in the mishap. The decision by the lower chamber followed the adoption of a motion by Unyime Idem (PDP, Akwa Ibom) refreshing the memories of his colleagues on a series of train accidents that had claimed many lives and property in the country. “In January 2023, a...