The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has been remanded in prison after a five-count charge including culpable homicide, criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief by fire, and inciting public disturbance. Senior Magistrate Ibrahim Mansur Yola remanded him on Wednesday after a court sitting at the Kano Magistrate […]
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PDP senators dismiss Lawan’s claims on electronic transmission
Two Peoples Democratic Party senators, Gershom Bassey (Cross River South) and Abba Moro (Benue South), have faulted the arguments of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on the provisions of the Electoral Act regarding the electronic transmission of results. They insisted that both Chambers of the National Assembly duly passed the […]
UK prime minister, Sunak congratulates Tinubu on election victory
The United Kingdom has congratulated the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu received the Certificate of Return as the President-elect of Nigeria on Wednesday. In a statement, UK Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, hailed registered voters for exercising their democratic rights. Cleverly, however, urged opposition parties to seek legal ways of addressing issues […]
Elections: Lagos CP meets Falz, Macaroni, others
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Wednesday played host to some critical stakeholders in the state, including rapper, Folarin Falana also known as Falz and skit maker, Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, […]
Tinubu Receives Certificate Of Return
Barely a few hours after emerging as president-elect, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has received his Certificate of Return. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 6,984,520. On Wednesday evening, Tinubu was presented […]
Nigerians Call On Foreign Countries like USA, UK, Canada, etc To Revoke Nyesom Wike’s Visa To Their Countries
About 239,864 persons have virtually signed a petition on change.org for the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and the entirety of the European and Asian continents to cancel the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s visa. The petitioners alleged that Governor Wike was destroying the electoral process in Rivers. The progenitor […]
Biafra actualization, now at point of no return – MASSOB
Report has it that the Movement for The Actualization Of The Sovereign State Of Biafra, MASSOB, has stated that the destruction of Nigeria will not come from Ndigbo. MASSOB commended Ndigbo for coming out en masse to vote for the candidate of their choice at last Saturday’s presidential election. The […]
Ikpeazu loses Senate bid to Abaribe in Abia South as INEC reverses self
The INEC Returning Officer for Abia South National Assembly elections, Prof. Georgina Ugwuanyi has declared Senator Enyinnanya Abaribe the winner of the election. She said Mr Abaribe got the highest number of votes in the election with 49,903 votes, while Labour Party (LP) candidate, Chinedu Onyeizu, polled 43,903, while Governor […]
INEC Declares Professor Oby Orogbu Winner of House of Representatives, Awka North and South
The Battle of Awka North and South federal Constituency between the top contenders Hon Maxwell Okoye of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Obi Nwankwo of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Professional Lilian Orogbu of the Labour party (LP) and Emeka Igwe of the People’s Democrats party (PDP) among others, […]
INEC declares APC’s Bola Tinubu winner of Nigeria’s presidential election
The electoral commission, INEC, has declared the candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of Saturday’s presidential election. Tinubu scored a total of 8,794,726 votes, the highest of all the candidates to defeat 17 other candidates who took part in the election thus meeting the first […]