The minister of information, Lai Mohammed says Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party failed to meet the constitutional requirements to be declared the winner of the February 25 presidential poll. Mohammed said this in Washington DC, during his official engagements with some international media organisations on the 2023 general election. “The constitution has stringent criteria for anybody who wants to be president of the country. Not only must he has the plurality...

…Says PDP denied them access to INEC office The All Progressives Congress (APC), gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State in the just concluded general elections, Tonye Cole lamented over attacks by  the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) thugs at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Port Harcourt Rivers State. Cole stated  that the members of the ruling party in Rivers State threw stones and other weapons at him as he tried to access the office...

… Charges judiciary to resist being used to scuttle democracy Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has warned against plots to jeopardise the handing over of power to elected officers on May 29, 2023. It also cautioned against threat to democracy and calls by some people to institute Interim National Government (ING) in the country. Comrade Jare Ajayi, the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere in a press statement on Monday, stressed that the release had become...

…Tells him to disband Lagos4Lagos Movement The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Elders Forum, has cautioned the Lagos State governorship candidate of the party in the just concluded general elections, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor to desist from denigrating leaders and elders of the party A press statement on Sunday by the group, among other things, asked Jandor to disband the Lagos4Lagos Movement in accordance with the constitution of...

The 2023 general election has been won and lost; and those the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, returned elected are already thinking ahead in terms of what leadership position should go to where and to whom. However, over a month after the presidential election, a lot of Nigerians have refused to accept Bola Tinubu, the declared winner of the election as the president-elect. While defeated presidential candidates claim their mandates were stolen and have sought...