Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi visited Mrs Jennifer Efedi, the lady who was stabbed while voting in Surulere, Lagos state. Efedi was dubbed the last presidential and National Assembly election hero after coming back to vote despite being stabbed by some thugs at her polling unit. See Photos:

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed to punish its officials, including ad-hoc or collation personnel, who may have been found wanting in the conduct of the 25 February presidential and National Assembly elections. At a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja on Saturday, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu conceded that the elections raised several issues that …

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has denied claims that it gave President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was then the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress N500 million new naira notes for funding elections. The denial comes after a viral social media post alleged that the bank gave Tinubu the money on the eve of the presidential and national assembly election. …

Some hoodlums have attempted to set the local government office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ablaze in Takai Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano state. A witness said the incident happened during a clash between political supporters at the headquarters of Takai town on Sunday morning. “The fire was set up from behind the building but it was …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has reported the disruptions of elections in some polling units at Okota, Oshodi and Elegushi areas of Lagos in Saturday’s national elections. Yakubu said at the national collation centre in Abuja on Saturday that the affected polling points that witnessed violence have been noted, and assured that other …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has provided the bulk of the cash it requested for the payment of critical service providers. There have been concerns that the ongoing Naira scarcity may affect the payment of persons providing logistics services for the commission. INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu also said …

The United States ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard has said that her country, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided over $25 million in support for the forthcoming elections in Nigeria. At a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Leonard said the US has no preferred candidate and would favour none. She clarified that the …

The Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUD), Aare Afe Babalola has criticised the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed for closing all universities in Nigeria during the general elections on the orders of the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Babalola, who said that neither the Minister nor the NUC boss had such …

The gloves are off. The fray is now in the open. We will no longer give any quarters nor be muffled by flawed characters playing saintly articulations, horrid men of yesterday pretending pulchritude. We are our worst enemies; at least a depraved minutiae of the Yoruba league in cahoots with the usual suspects: the venomous nepotistic little tribalists pretending patriotic …

My friend sent me a WhatsApp chat shortly after President Olusegun Obasanjo announced his endorsement of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. “What does the Obasanjo endorsement mean?” he asked. I smiled to myself and replied: “It means he is bored!” Like him or hate him, Obasanjo is a headline maker any day. With him, downtimes …