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Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Thursday described the victory of APC’s Bola Tinubu in the just concluded presidential election as the will of God. Mrs Buhari said this when she received the wife of the President-elect, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, and the wife of the Vice President-elect, Hajiya Nana Shettima, on a thank-you […]

Some members of the Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of the All Progressives Congress APC, have attributed the victory of APC’s candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Rivers State to the intervention of Governor Nyesom Wike. The members of the PCC also said they would support Wike’s preferred candidate, Siminialaye Fubara, as a way of reciprocating the governor’s […]

President-Elect Bola Tinubu has said he is fully prepared to face whatever challenge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would launch against him anytime anywhere. At a press conference on Thursday, Atiku had said last Saturday’s election which Tinubu was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was neither free nor fair. […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has described the last Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections as the worst since 1999. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Atiku said the dreams and aspirations of Nigeria that voted on Saturday have been shattered by […]

Former Nigerian military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.), has congratulated Bola Tinubu on his election as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement issued by his media office, IBB as he is popularly identified to as, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for midwifing an election which he said […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has congratulated the winner of the 2023 presidential election, Bola Tinubu. Mr Osinbajo extended his felicitations in a message he sent to the president-elect on Wednesday in Abuja. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had earlier on Wednesday declared Mr Tinubu, the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of […]

President Buhari early hours of Wednesday, congratulated the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The President also told candidates that lost the election and their supporters to take their grievances to court and not to the streets Reacting to the results just announced, […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect. Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared the president-elect after the 70-year-old polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election. The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu as the winner at the International Collation […]

Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men’s player prize for 2022 on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain’s Alexia Putellas retained the women’s award at a ceremony in Paris. Messi beat his Paris Saint-Germain teammate, and World Cup final rival, Kylian Mbappe to the men’s gong with Ballon […]

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Nigeria on Monday stated that the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria were marred by lack of transparency on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The mission said INEC’s operational capacity was hampered by the ongoing fuel and Naira shortage […]

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, yesterday, denied a media report attributed to him, accusing Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, of sneaking to Lagos to see the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and others, on Saturday night. George also said it was laughable, […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday said it is fully aware of the challenges with the INEC Results Viewing Portal. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye. According to him, INEC acknowledges the importance of IReV in the results management process, […]

A magistrates’ court in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, sentenced a 35-year-old man, Fwangmun Danung, to a year in prison for insulting and intimidating his father. The Magistrate, Tapmwa Gotep, sentenced Danung after he pleaded guilty. The magistrate sentenced him to six months for insulting his father with an option of N10,000 fine and another […]

Maj.-Gen. Aminu Chinade, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, has assured South-East residents of adequate security before, during and after the general election. Chinade warned trouble-makers to steer clear of the zone, as the Nigeria Army was “highly prepared and motivated to give them a bloody nose”. The GOC gave the assurance […]

United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Marybeth Leonard has said that the U.S. government have supported the Nigerian government with over Twenty-five million dollars through different programmes towards achieving free, fair, and credible elections. Leonard made this known in a roundtable chat with Journalists in Abuja, stating that the U.S. government is supporting a credible electoral […]

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over alleged plans by politicians to buy votes in kind and  cash ahead of Saturday’s general elections. He made the claim during an interview on Channels Television’s election programme, The 2023 Verdict. The EFCC chairman, who confirmed that all […]