• President-elect renews pledge to tackle corruption AT exactly 2.35pm on Tuesday, the Presidentelect, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), was formally presented with his certificate of return by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof.
Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed has Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as the President-elect as the beginning of a new dawn for national development and integration in the country. Governor Ahmed said this in a congratulatory message to the President – elect soon after Gen. Buhari was declared as the winner of last weekend presidential election by the Independent
APC Governorship candidate in Delta State Otegar Emerhor, scores of the party Chieftain and their supporters on Tuesday stormed the INEC Office in Asaba to protest against an alleged manipulation and falsification of the last Saturday’s presidential election results. The protesters who took to the major streets in Asaba, the state capital with placards that read “PDP leave
Nigeria’s President Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that Boko Haram ‘will soon know the strength of our collective will’ General Buhari stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). General Muhammadu Buhari, thepresidential candidate of the All
Former Governor of Kebbi State, Adamu Aliero, on Tuesday tasked security agencies to arrest with immediate effect the the director of publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, for misleading the public when he claimed that the PDP had won the presidential election in 23 states. He made the […]
In the history of democratic Nigeria, at least from 1999 to date, no President can assail Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, when it comes to commitment to free, fair and credible elections. This was demonstrated early in his administration when as acting President, Jonathan appointed Professor Attahiru Jega, a professor of Political Science and Vice Chancellor of […]
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Bayelsa chapter, has said that only Nigerians can sustain democracy in the country by their collective resolve. The chairman of the congress, Mr. Tari Dounana, in Yenagoa, has urged politicians to play politics by the rules of the game. Dounana said that the 16-year-old democratic rule had been […]
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conducting transparent, free, fair and credible elections in Kwara State. In a statement signed by his media aide, Bamikole Omishore, he said “on our part, we in the APC will continue to stand on the […]
There was confusion at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, on Tuesday morning when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), reconvened to announce the remaining results from the states. Everything was set when suddenly former Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, seized the microphone and accused the INEC chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega of bias. According
Youths suspected to be political thugs, on Tuesday, disrupted the existing peace currently being enjoyed by the people of Idanre, in Ondo State, by engaging in acts of violence. The violence came barely 48 hours after the announcement of the Presidential and National Assembly election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the […]
There was a mild drama at the National Collation Centre in Abuja on Tuesday while the results for the Presidential election in River State which is being challenged by the All Progressives Congress (APC) was to be announced. The drama started when collation officer, Professor John-Etu Efiofor, Vice Chancellor of the Petroleum Training Institute was […]
Fears that violence may erupt after the release of the final result of last Saturday’s Presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) paralysed commercial activities in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its suburbs, on Tuesday. The palpable fear heightened among Abuja residents, after the polling agent of the People’s Democratic
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial agent for Bauchi South, Yakubu Ibrahim, has rejected the National Assembly election final results for the zone. Ibrahim, speaking on Monday at the presidential Collation Centre in Bauchi, insisted that three out of the seven local government areas in the zone were attacked by insurgents during the election, while […]
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has rejected the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State, noting that the electoral process was manipulated at the collation stage by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the area. In a press conference held on Tuesday by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture […]
The seeming invincibility of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has at last been broken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the results of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections, the PDP snatched five of the 20 House of Representatives seats from the APC. The Accord Party also won one […]
There are strong indications that Senate President, David Mark may lose his top position when the next legislative assembly resumes in June. This is due to the ongoing changes that may take place in the senate as a result of last Saturday’s National Assembly elections which saw many Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) bigwigs and long […]
Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has rejected results of the March 28 Senatorial election for Benue North East. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief agent for the poll, Prince Solomon Wombo, who is the Special Adviser to the Governor on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, called for the cancellation of the results for Logo, Ukum […]
Former Head of State and Chairman of National Peace Committee on 2015, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for accepting the outcome of Saturday’s presidential election. He told State House correspondents, after a meeting, on Tuesday, with Jonathan, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, in Abuja, that his committee was pleasantly
The Nigerian National Summit Group (NNSG) has reacted to the outburst of the former Minister of Niger Delta, Elder Godswill Orubebe at the collation hall of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja. In a statement signed by its Executive Secretary, Mr. Tony Uranta, the group said that the allegations of bias levied against […]
Suspected gunmen allegedly attacked the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Osun East, Prince Francis Fadahunshi, late Sunday evening. The attack reportedly occurred in front of the Osun State Secretariat of the PDP, spokesperson for Fadahunsi Campaign, SolaOlowoye, said. According to him, the convoy of the PDP candidate was returning from the
