When the general election begins to divide us in ways we have never seen before, it is because there’s so much at stake for political actors and it was not surprising that the 2023 elections turned out to be most…
2023 Election: Protesters demand arrest, probe of INEC chairman
The last is yet to be heard of the controversy that trailed the conduct of the general elections as scores of protesters have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof.…
Peter Obi prays court to nullify election, declare him winner
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and his party have prayed the Election Tribunal to nullify the process that produced the president elect Sen. Bola Tinubu. Obi and his Party in a petition dated March…
Federal Republic of Thuggery — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Shamelessness is the vilest disease of the Nigerian establishment. The shameless mode of the leaders of Nigeria was activated in full force on February 25 and March 18, in this year of Our Lord, when so-called national elections were staged. …
Elections: Residents laud INEC for early kick-off in Ikorodu
Some residents of Ikorodu area of Lagos State who came out in large numbers have applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for early deployment of staff and materials to polling units in the area. They made the recommendation at…
Tinubu’s low-hanging fruit — Ehi Braimah
After receiving his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is now looking forward to his inauguration on May 29 in Abuja. The intervening period is the second phase of Asiwaju Tinubu’s…
Steal the election and let them go to court — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Any ruling party can make even a goat win an election. The only exception to this great truism is Goodluck Jonathan who lost his baton. Nigeria had a much-ballyhooed presidential election on February 25, and there is not much to…
INEC overpromised and underdelivered — Ehi Braimah
After Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the presidential election which held on February 25, the opposition parties and their supporters accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of…
6 states pray Supreme Court to order review of Presidential, NASS results
Six states of the federation have dragged the federal government before the Supreme Court over the conduct and subsequent collation and announcement of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The plaintiffs in the originating summons marked: SC/CV/354/2023, are…
I defeated Tinubu and I’ll prove it – Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Gregory Obi, has said that he won last Saturday’s presidential election and would prove it. He said this on Thursday in Abuja at an ongoing press conference which he called…