BY GODWIN OBI Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has appealed to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu to save the country from impending danger by rectifying the errors in the recent elections. Obasanjo’s request was contained in a statement he personally signed on Monday. Nigeria heldContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Two days after what many described as historic presidential and National Assembly polls, results are now pouring in from several parts of the country. Before the exercise, expectations were sky-high in Africa’s most populous nation as millions of citizens elect the country’s next president and lawmakers. InContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been formally declared winner in Ekiti State. He won in all 16 local government areas to defeat the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and New NigeriaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State has been allegedly set ablaze by supporters of two political parties in the state. A security source told our correspondent that the office was set ablaze at about 11am followingContinue Reading
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in President Muhammadu Buhari’s state, Katsina. Abubakar secured a total of 489,045 to edge out the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. Candidate of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former President Goodluck Jonathan has compared politicians attempting to win elections by “unorthodox” means such as vote-buying to armed robbers and grifters. “For us who are politicians, our conduct matters a lot,” Jonathan said while addressing journalists moments after casting his vote in home state of BayelsaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Labour Party (LP) has accused some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of colluding with certain security agencies to stall the upload of results to the Commission’s central server. The party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, raised the alarm in a statement on Saturday evening, asContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria has been removed from the list of countries designated as risk maritime nations by the International Bargaining Forum, IBF. This is a confirmation of the improved global ratings of Security in Nigerian maritime domain as a result of sustained collaborative efforts of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The hope of many Nigerians for an expeditious determination of the suit filed by some State governments against the naira redesign policy of the Federal Government was dashed, yesterday when the Supreme Court reserved its judgment till March 3 after the presidential election. A seven-member panel ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The presidential candidates of 18 political parties signed a pact towards a peaceful election this Saturday. All the candidates converged on the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Wednesday for the landmark occasion. Among the presidential candidates present were Bola Tinubu (APC); Peter Obi (LP), Atiku Abubakar (PDP),Continue Reading