The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that over 170,000 polling unit results of the 25 February presidential and National Assembly elections have been uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV). The commission also said that the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) would be completed by Tuesday in preparation for Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. …

Dr Amoniia Lulu-Briggs, the husband of the Port Harcourt City Local Government Area (PHALGA) Collation Officer for the 25 February presidential election, has raised an alarm over continued threats to the life of his wife. Lulu-Briggs said his wife, Prof. Omiete Lulu-Briggs had been receiving several threatening calls and messages from unknown persons after the election for standing by the …

The place of leadership in forging bonds of communality is the place of purpose and deliberateness. The leadership must be very deliberate in managing diversity and in fostering kinship among variegated people. Nation building cannot be left to chance or to the whim of anyone. There must be purposive plans and actions towards uniting the people. We cannot play possum …

President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu visited Lagos on Sunday in an homecoming of sort, during which he told Nigerians he would not disappoint them. Tinubu arrived to a tumultuous welcome at the Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja. He was received among others by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Chief of Staff Tayo Ayinde; Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and other …

A member of the British House of Lords when told that money is difficult to come by these days said he is nearly 90 years old but cannot remember any time in the past when money was easy to get. I have been watching Nigerian elections since 1979 and I cannot remember a time when those who lost the election …

Eight days after Nigeria held its presidential poll, the United States has said that the exercise failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election after polling 8,794,726 votes, almost two million votes more than his closest rival — former Vice …

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has urged Nigerians to come out en-masse for the forthcoming Governorship and state Assembly elections irrespective of how they feel about the outcome of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. The group urged the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to live up to expectations by improving on areas of concern as …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday granted the separate ex-parte application filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party’s Mr Peter Obi seeking permission from the court to inspect the electoral materials for last Saturday’s presidential election. A panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Joseph …

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has congratulated Nigerians for conducting what it described as “peaceful and successful presidential and national assembly elections”. It also hailed the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu for winning “the keenly contested presidential election”. In a statement on Thursday by its National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, the party also congratulated all the …

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has said that he won the poll in the just-concluded presidential election and would explore all legal options to reclaim his mandate. Obi faulted the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free and fair elections, 63 years after independence, saying he would challenge the “electoral rascality” in court. …