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Nigeria Decides: Buhari, Wife Vote In Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari and his family have cast their votes in the ongoing presidential and National Assembly elections in Daura, Katsina State. Special Assistant on Digital Communications to President, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this in a tweeter post. “President Muhammadu Buhari and his family have just cast their votes at the Sarkin Yara polling unit, in Daura, Katsina State,” he wrote via...
Body Of Retired Permanent Secretaries Urges Candidates To Accept Election Outcome
The Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries (CORFEPS) has asked political parties and their candidates to accept the results of the February 25 and March 11 elections that would be declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A statement yesterday by the council’s chairman, vice chairman and publicity secretary, Yayale Ahmed, Engr Ebele Okeke and Goke Adegoroye, respectively, also...
CBN Appoints New Spokesperson
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the appointment of Dr Isa Abdulmumin as the acting Director of Corporate Communications Department of the apex bank. Abdulmumin, formerly a deputy director, takes over from Osita Nwanisobi, who retires from the apex bank after serving as the Director of Corporate Communications since 2021. The CBN had approved Nwanisobi’s appointment as the director...
Election Results Will Be Announced Speedily — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that the results of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections will be declared as quickly as possible. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at his media briefing in Abuja on Friday. The 2019 presidential elections result was formally declared after two days of the elections. But Yakubu said the commission will speed up...
2023 Election: Don’t Kill Ballot Box Snatchers, HURIWA Warns
As millions of Nigerian voters step out tomorrow February 25th, 2023, operatives of the security forces, the Nigerian Army, Police, and Department of State Services have been cautioned not to commit extralegal execution of citizens including those in conflict with the law who are not direct threats to their lives. Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of...
INEC Shifts Enugu East Senatorial Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has shifted the conduct of the senatorial election in Enugu East following the death of the Labour Party LP candidate. The election would now hold alongside the governorship polls on March 11 Details later…
2023 Election: NCP Endorses Tinubu Ahead Of Saturday’s Election
Barely 24 before the 2023 general election, the National Conscience Party, NCP, has endorsed the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Leaders of the party took the decision after its emergency National Coordinating Council meeting in Abuja. A Communique signed by Adebola Lateef, National Secretary; Pastor Peters Omoragbon, NDC South-South; and Comrade Waheed Lawal, Acting National Chairman was issued...
INEC Investigates PVCs Found In Anambra forest
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday revealed that it had begun an investigation into the claims that Permanent Voter Cards were found in the Anambra State forest. INEC’s National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, disclosed this on Friday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s The 2023 Verdict. He said the investigation was to confirm the authenticity of the claim that PVCs were...
I Will Relocate To Nigeria If Peter Obi Obi Wins – Rapper Yung6ix
Nigerian rapper, Yung6ix has said that if the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi emerged as the winner of Saturday’s election, he will relocate to Nigeria. Yung6ix made this known in a tweet on Thursday. The rapper, however, said he will move his investments to Ghana and South Africa if the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu wins. He tweeted, “If Peter Obi...
Military Warns Against Attempts To Scuttle 2023 Election
The Nigerian Military has issued a warning to criminal elements attempting to disturb the peace during the general elections, advising them to reconsider their evil plans. Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, the director of defense information, issued the warning during a joint press briefing with a few selected journalists on Thursday in Abuja. Gusau declared that political thugs and other criminals who attempt...
