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...

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.

Celebrations or rallies by supporters of political parties in the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections have been banned in Kaduna state. The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer DSP Mohammed Jalige announced the ban in a statement on Wednesday. The statement reads in part: “All forms of celebrations and rallies by political party supporters for or against winners/losers of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections have been banned in the state....

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. His congratulatory message reads, “I congratulate His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory. Elected by the people, he is the best person for the job. I shall now work with him and his team to ensure an orderly handover of power,” spokesperson Garba Shehu quoted Mr Buhari as saying. “The election was...

The former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George and the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the party, Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly called, Jandor have condemned the attack on non-indigenes, following the results of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. A press statement by George, signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Olusegun Edwards, condemned the attacks on non-indigenes, particularly the Igbo, stating that such uncivilised act is...