Politics

Seyi Makinde The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the Oyo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seyi Makinde, as winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The State INEC Resident Electoral Commission, Tella Adeniran, declared Makinde the winner of the poll on Sunday. While Makinde …

Nigeria’s president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has delivered his polling unit to the APC’s governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Tinubu had voted at polling unit 085, Alausa on Saturday. The polling unit result announced by INEC’s electoral officer, Sanwo-Olu polled 43 votes to defeat Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, who scored …

L-R: Ademola Adeleke and Gboyega Oyetola As the fate of who will govern Osun State for four years is still hanging in the balance, Governor Ademola Adeleke and his predecessor, Adegboyega Oyetola, are battling to get the majority seats in the State House of Assembly ahead of the March 18th …

Joseph Ewuga, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Nasarawa State, has stepped down and declared support for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, David Ombugadu, ahead of Saturday’s governorship poll. Ewuga who spoke in the Akwanga Local Government Area on Wednesday, said he stepped down …

Babajide Sanwo-Olu The immediate past Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency, Mobolaji Sanusi, has said the governorship candidates of the Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and Jide Adediran, respectively, are no threat to the re-election bid of Governor Babajide …

Dino Melaye, spokesperson for the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, has disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign council spent over N400 billion on their campaigns. Melaye who made the disclosure in a video posted on social media on Monday, argued that the whole concept of redesigning the naira was …

Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi Ahead of the March 11 governorship and House of Assembly elections in Enugu State, Nsukka Journalists Foundation has raised grave concern over the pervading atmosphere of violence in the Enugu North Zone of the state. The foundation in a statement issued on Friday, signed by …

Nyesom Wike and Bola Tinubu Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Rivers State have dumped Tonye Cole, the party’s governorship candidate and pledged to support Siminialaye Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the anointed governorship candidate of the state governor, Nyesom Wike, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that though the Saturday’s presidential and national assembly polls had some faults, the elections were free and fair. President Buhari made this known in a statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday morning. According to the president, “There is no doubt the people’s decision …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, winner of the 2023 presidential election held last Saturday. INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu declared Tinubu winner of the election early Wednesday, having satisfied the conditions of the electoral act. …