The last thing he wants to hear is that he desires anything other than what is good for Nigeria. Hero of Nigeria’s civil war; former military president who supervised the first-post war transition to civilian rule; two-term civilian president; and a much sought-after African leader, Olusegun Obasanjo considers it beneath his status to suggest he can sometimes be wrong about …

Former Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and also quit partisan politics. This comes a day after PDP lost the presidential election to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fayose announced his resignation while appearing as a guest on Arise Television. He also said that the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar rejected …

The Executive Director of foremost election observer, Yiaga Africa, Mr Samson Itodo has said that about 200 million ballot papers were wasted in the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections because a lot of people did not show up to cast their votes. Itodo said on Channels Television’s The 2023 Verdict on Wednesday: “If 72 million ballot papers were issued …

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has set up a committee to reconcile with other presidential candidates who contested last Saturday’s election. Disclosing this, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State said the committees included elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who “would soon begin to meet with co-contestants of the President-elect in a bid to assuage their loss in …

As the 11 March governorship and state Assembly elections approach against the background of the Peter Obi’s victory in Lagos, I think it’s instructive to deconstruct a false narrative that seems to have gained traction over the years. It didn’t start with this election cycle but has been made more pronounced by the Obi impact on the 2023 polls. It …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to learn the essential lessons from its failure to conduct a seamless and transparent presidential election as outcry by Nigerians persist over the manual upload of results. INEC had failed to transmit results electronically from polling units nationwide in last Saturday’s presidential election despite its assurances ahead of the election day. …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the nation’s democracy has recorded another major victory, following the emergence of his predecessor and leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President-elect in the just concluded presidential election. Reacting to Tinubu’s declaration as the winner of last Saturday’s presidential election, Sanwo-Olu said that the former Lagos State governor contested and won a fiercely-fought …

The Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and the state’s campaign council of the party have congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the 2023 presidential election. In a congratulatory message personally signed by him, Omo-Agege, who is also the Deputy President of the Senate, said Tinubu’s victory is a testament …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the winner of last Saturday’s election after polling 8,794,726 votes. He was declared president-elect by the Returning Officer, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who is also the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at about 4:10 am on Wednesday. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have demanded a fresh election, saying the presidential election has been irretrievably compromised. LP National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure; PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu; and their ADC counterpart, Chief Ralph Nwosu alleged at a joint press conference in Abuja on Tuesday that Saturday’s presidential and …