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. …
Read More »APC files suit to restrain LP, PDP from stopping collation of results
The All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, commenced a legal battle to prevent moves by opposition parties to halt the ongoing collation of Saturday’s presidential election results. The candidate and his party filed a suit to restrain the Labour Party and the People’s Democratic …
Read More »Nollywood stars Adeniyi Johnson, Seyi Edun welcome twins
Adeniyi Johnson and Seyi Edun Nollywood actors Adeniyi Johnson and Seyi Edun, have welcomed a set of twins after seven years of marriage. The couple, who waited on God for a child for 7 years after their wedding, took to Instagram to share the good news. Proud dad Adeniyi …
Read More »Wike Delivers Rivers To Tinubu As APC Candidate Defeats Obi, Atiku
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has won the presidential election in Rivers State with a total of 231,584 votes. Tinubu defeated his closest rival and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who garnered a total of 178,039 votes from …
Read More »Pogba Is Back In Juve Squad, Allegri Says
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba could make his long awaited return to the pitch in the Serie A clash against Torino on Tuesday after recovering from a number of injuries, manager Massimiliano Allegri said yesterday. The France international had an operation on a damaged meniscus in September and also missed the …
Read More »Cancel 2023 Elections, Organise Fresh One, NNPP Tells INEC
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop the ongoing collation of 2023 presidential election results and cancel the exercise for a fresh one. The NNPP, which said its members were disenfranchised with their logo blurred on the ballot paper, also …
Read More »Don’t truncate electoral process – FG warns Obasanjo
By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal Government has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 General Elections with his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the elections. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said what the former President …
Read More »INEC suspends reps, senate elections in Rivers
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended Saturday’s elections for the Senate and Port Harcourt Federal Constituency II in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area (PHALGA) in Rivers State. INEC Resident Electoral Officer (REC) in Rivers, Johnson Sinikiem, announced the suspension Tuesday. The decision followed …
Read More »Elections: Don’t set Nigeria on fire, HURIWA cautions INEC
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to give Nigerians a credible election in order to avoid protests and violence. National Coordinator, HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, made the call in a statement obtained by Vanguard in Abuja …
Read More »Bright Okpocha aka Basketmouth, has explained why he did not vote in Saturday’s elections
Basketmouth Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha aka Basketmouth, has explained why he did not vote in Saturday’s elections. The comedian gave his reasons via his Instagram account on Monday. He stated that he had shows outside of Nigeria planned for a year in advance to secure a good venue and that …
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