The National Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali has said the party is waiting for the judgment of the Supreme Court on the winner of the senatorial ticket for Kano Central. He expressed confidence that the party would reclaim the mandate from a former Kano State governor, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau. Alkali told The Nation …

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Thailand, Oma Djebah has extolled the leadership and governance qualities of the Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, declaring that he stands head and shoulders above all the other contenders. The frontline international journalist, who is also a former Commissioner for Information in the state, maintained that Omo-Agege, who is the …

Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters  Cards (PVCs)  in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the run. Also recovered in the apartment were ballot papers, cutlasses, and Indian hemp. the startling …

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to directly and electronically upload from the polling units to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) the results of the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. Delivering judgment on Wednesday in a suit filed by the Labour Party and 41 others, in …

The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) it used for the presidential election held on 25 February. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, the court held that preventing the commission …

A young man from Katsina State, Gadaffi Musa who embarked on a journey with his bicycle from his home state to Lagos State to congratulate President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has arrived in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. On his way to Lagos, Musa explained on Radio Nigeria Amuludun FM Moniya, Ibadan that he embarked on the journey to express his …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday inaugurated the legal team to challenge the presidential election of 25 February. While inaugurating the legal team at his campaign headquarters in Abuja, Atiku charged it to establish the claim of illegality in the election and “reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people”. Atiku told the team …

A leader in the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has appealed to leaders and stake holders in Kwara State to re-elect Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq for a second term in Saturday’s gubernatorial election. In a chat with reporters in Ilorin, Olawepo-Hashim explained that although “I am aware that many leaders are angry with the governor (I also have …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been tasked to rectify all the lapses observed in the 25 February national elections and use same to conduct a hitch-free state polls this Saturday. The call was made a group of elder statesmen under the aegis of The Compatriots. In a post-election statement signed by its Chairman, who is also former Governor …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and other senior commission officials have been requested by the Southern and Middle Belt Alliance (SMBA) to step down if they cannot ensure the integrity of this Saturday’s gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections. In a statement  on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Rwang Pam Jr.,  SMBA lamented …