Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the presidential election. Mahmood Yakubu, chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the results in the wee hours of Wednesday. Yakubu said Tinubu secured a total of 8,794,726 votes. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had the second-highest figure with 6,984,520 votes, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) was next with 6,101,533 votes. “I now perform my responsibility as chief returning officer of the federation,” the INEC chair said. “I, professor Mahmood Yakubu, hereby certify that I am…
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“Whether you are Batified, Atikulated, Obidient, Kwankwasiyya, or have any other political affiliation, you voted for a better, more hopeful nation and I thank you for your participation and dedication to our democracy.” he said. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President-Elect of Nigeria addressed Nigerians in his acceptance speech as the newly elected President of Nigeria in the early hours of Wednesday, March 1. Tinubu expressed his gratitude to the people of Nigeria who voted him into power saying, “I am profoundly humbled that you have elected me to serve as the 16th president of our beloved republic. “This is…
Adamawa State government Tuesday suspended all the activities of local and international Non- Governmental Organizations (NGO’S) throughout the State until 15th March 2033 “Their suspension will last to the 15th of March 2023 when the elections are done “, Fintiri added. The Governor similarly added that “the action is done in good faith and in furtherance of our desire to deepen our democracy and protect the humanitarian mandate of the NGO’S. He told the people of the State to learn to put the interest of the country above other primordial interest in their daily activities. He commended the people of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended PHALGA Federal Constituency II and the Port Harcourt City LGA Senate elections over alleged irregularities. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, Johnson Sinikiem announced this on Tuesday, At a briefing in the state capital on Tuesday, he said, “INEC Rivers State has suspended, PHALGA 11 House of Representative and Port Harcourt Local Government Area Senate Elections for alleged irregularities.” Sinikiem also said the commission has been informed of the threat to the life of its Collation Officer for the Presidential election in the state, Charles Adias. Adias had earlier on Tuesday…
There have been speculations across Nigeria that the 2023 presidential election may end up in a constitutional crisis. With most of the results of last Saturday’s presidential election announced, it is looking likely that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, will end up with the highest number of valid votes. Tinubu will also have garnered at least 25% votes in at least 24 states of the federation. But the 1999 Constitution says 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This has led to different interpretations. The results from the FCT showed that APC had…
The Senate has urged Nigerians to remain peaceful and support the processes leading to the collation and announcement of the 2023 presidential election results in line with extant law The Senate resolution followed the adoption of a motion on the build-up to the announcement of election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The motion was sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Oloriebe of APC-Kwara State. Oloriebe, citing Orders 41 and 51, presented the motion on the need for calm and appealed to political parties, stakeholders and Nigerians to abide by the extant laws on the declaration of election…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has said there were violations of the Electoral Act in the conduct of both the Presidential and National Assembly elections. This was contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Terver Akase, and issued to newsmen on Tuesday. Ortom tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to ignore the concerns of Nigerians, emphasizing that many of them have questioned the credibility of the elections, so it should take steps to save the country from crisis. “Though a number of violations of the Electoral Act were witnessed in…
Youths from the 36 states of the federation have warned against any attempt to arrest the senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Paul Enenche, over his recent comments on the presidential election. The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, had called for Enenche’s arrest over his utterances claimed to be inflammatory. The APC PCC accused Pastor Enenche of making inciting comments over the collation of the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections results in his message. Youths from the 36 states of the federation have warned against any attempt to arrest the senior Pastor of Dunamis…
The Movement For The Actualization Of The Sovereign State Of Biafra, MASSOB, has warned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to be careful on how he is toying with the mandate the Igbo and Nigeria people gave to Mr. Peter Obi on February 25 to become the next president of Nigeria. MASSOB said that with what INEC is doing, it may be forced to go into self defense despite it’s none violence approach to agitation for freedom, stressing that with the way INEC is trying to truncate the wish of Nigerians at the…
The Presidential Candidate of the National Rescue Movement, Rev. Amb. Felix Osakwe, has warned candidates of the 18 political parties and religious leaders to desist from making comments that are capable to set the nation on fire, noting that instigating the Nigerian population against one another will do no one any good. This was made known in Abuja, Monday as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC reels out the result of the presidential election held over the weekend, while he called on all Nigerians, especially political elites and religious leaders to thread with caution in order not to cause…