United States President Joe Biden Announces 2024 Re-Election Bid
US President Joe Biden has announced that he will seek re-election for the presidency in 2024. Now 80 and already the oldest president in US history, Biden had long signalled he would run for another four-year term. In a video to launch his bid to retain the White House, he cast the next election as […]
INEC Commences Presentation Of Certificates Of Return To State Elections Winners
The INEC has commenced the presentation of certificates of return to theGOVERNORS-ELECT in 26 states where winners have been declared followingthe conclusion of the March 18 elections.Certificates are also to be presented to the LAWMAKERS-ELECT in the relevant statelegislatures across the 36 states of the federation.The INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye had earlier noted that […]
I won’t disappoint , Tinubu Assures Nigerians
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured that “he will not goback on his promises” made to Nigerians while seeking their votes.Speaking in a personal message to mark his 71st birthday, Tinubu who describedhis mandate as the greatest birthday gift ever, also thanked Nigerians for givinghim the opportunity to serve them as president, promising neither […]
Buhari swears in Arase as PSC Police Chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in former Inspector General of PoliceSolomon Arase (rtd.) as the new Chairman of the Police Service Commission(PSC).The new PSC boss took the oath of office this morning at the Council Chamberbefore the commencement of yesterday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC)meeting, two months after being confirmed by the Senate.Arase who retired in […]
INEC Declares Governorship Election In Adamawa Inconclusive.
INEC has declared the March 18 governorship election in Adamawa as inconclusive. Prof. Mohammed Mele, the state INEC returning officer, who disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen on Monday in Yola, said that the election was cancelled in 47 registration areas, 69 polling Units with the total number of 41,796 registered voters. After the […]
Governorship Election: Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun, Makinde, Buni, Abdulrazaq win
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Muhammadu Yahaya (Gombe), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara) the winners of Saturday’s governorship election. Also, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno; Dr Dikko Radda of the Katsina State […]
INEC Shifts Governorship, State Assembly Elections To March 18
INEC has rescheduled Governorship and State House of Assembly elections earlier fixed for March 11 to March 18, and campaigns would continue until midnight of Thursday (March 16). In a statement last night by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, the commission said that the decision was necessary […]
We’ll prove we won presidential election – Peter Obi
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has claimed that his party won the February 25 presidential polls. Making his first public appearance yesterday since the February 25 elections, Obi, while addressing a press conference in Abuja said he will approach the Court to reclaim his mandate, as the exercise failed to meet the […]
Go about your business without fear – Sanwo-Olu tells Lagosians
Similarly, Lagos Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged Lagosians to go about their businesses without any fear of harassment as calm returns to Lagos following the friction in some parts of Lagos yesterday, shortly after the Lagos INEC announced the Labour Party Presidential Candidate – as winner of the just concluded presidential election in the […]
INEC has confirmed there are challenges with its Results Viewing Portal
INEC has confirmed that there are challenges with its Results Viewing Portal (IReV) noting that Unlike in off-season elections where the portal was used, it has been relatively slow and unsteady. In a statement, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye noted that the problem is totally due to technical […]
