The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made public the complete list of senators who had been declared elected following Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. On Tuesday, just as the newly elected senators were receiving their certificates of return from the electoral umpire, INEC released the names of the lawmakers. Below is a list … Read more
Following the Supreme Court judgment, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through its spokesman, Isa Abdulmumin, has ordered Nigerians and banks to collect both old and new Naira notes of N200, N500 and N1000 denominations, saying that old notes are now legal tender. According to Abdulmumin, commercial banks have begun to issue old notes to … Read more
The governor of Anambra State Charles Chukwuma Soludo has rejected talks of alleged assassination plot against Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate. The governor’s reaction followed a message titled: “Hold Soludo Responsible If Anything Happens to Peter Obi,” which surfaced on social media at the weekend. It read: “Yesterday, a helicopter entered Awka by 1:30 a.m. and took Soludo … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national leadership led a “black uniform” demonstration on Monday to the INEC national offices in Abuja in protest of the results of the February 25 presidential election. The demonstration was headed by PDP leaders including Atiku Abubakar, the party’s nominee for president, Iyorchia Ayu, vice presidential nominee Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of … Read more
Old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes are to stay in circulation until December 31, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday. The Federal Government’s policy of redesigning the naira was also overturned by the Supreme Court, which ruled that it violated the Constitution of 1999. The Attorney General of the Federation, the states of Bayelsa … Read more
Peter Obi, the candidate for the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria’s just ended presidential election, claims victory and that he will pursue all legal avenues to retrieve his mandate. “We will explore all legal and peaceful option to reclaim our mandate. We won the election and we will prove it to Nigerians,” Obi said at a press conference on … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared winner of Nigeria’s most intensely contested and important presidential election. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu declared the former Lagos Governor the winner in a packed room of journalists, party agents, and observers at the National Collation Centre in Abuja on Wednesday at just … Read more
The 2023 general elections in Nigeria for Presidential, Senatorial and House of Representative members were conducted on February 25, 2023, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In this post, we will show you the INEC election results 2023 that have been collated and announced. Here, we will focus on the presidential election results, since … Read more
18 political parties’ presidential candidates have agreed to hold this Saturday’s election peacefully. All the contenders gathered at the International Convention Centre in Abuja for the historic event on Wednesday. Bola Tinubu (APC), Peter Obi (LP), Atiku Abubakar (PDP), Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP), and Dan Nwanyanwu were present as presidential candidates (ZLP). Presidential candidates for the … Read more
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali has ordered that vehicle movements be limited throughout Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general elections. “Consequent to the first part of the 2023 General Elections – the Presidential and National Assembly Elections – scheduled to hold on Saturday 25th February 2023 across all States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory … Read more