Four days after the country’s presidential election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded 145, 519 results from 176, 846 polling units.
The number of polling units uploaded by the electoral body represents 82% of all polling unit results.
The electronic transmission of results was still in progress at the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the Saturday, February 25, presidential election.
The Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, who announced the final result at exactly 4.10 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, said after days of collation...
Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Obi secured 281,717 votes, Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC got 90,902 votes while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP got 74,199 votes.
A total of 478,923 people were accredited to vote in Abuja,...
The result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has put the fate of both the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party hanging as both parties fail to beat the 25% mark stipulated by both the law and the electoral...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has won Enugu State in the presidential election which took place on Saturday, February 25.
According to the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission collation officer in the state, Prof. Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, Obi polled a total of 428,640...
A National Youth Service Corper working as ad hoc staff with INEC was caught thumbprinting over 6000 ballot papers for the ruling APC.
According to reports, the Corper locked himself inside a classroom and thumbprinted over 6000 ballot papers in Lugbe primary school, PU 009, in Abuja, while people were...
The PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has won the presidential election conducted in Gombe state.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Atiku secured a total of 319, 123 to defeat his closest rival and All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu who polled 146, 977 votes.
Labour Party's Peter Obi...
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP Peter Obi has defeated the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Lagos, his home state.
According to the results declared, Obi polled 582,664 while Tinubu scored 541,850.
Although, the APC candidate won more local government areas, Obi defeated Tinubu with the majority of the...
Police Officers from Rivers State Command deployed to INEC Headquarters Aba Road, today February 24, at about 0245hrs, while on stop and search, arrested one Hon Chinyere Igwe, a member House of Representatives representing Port Harcourt II Federal Constituency with a cash sum of 498,100 USD inside a bag...
The Senator representing the Kogi West constituency, Smart Adeyemi, has stressed that the 2023 presidential election on February 25 is between the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, and the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Smart Adeyemi who picked up the Kogi State governorship nomination form...
The Central Bank of Nigeira, CBN has opened a portal for Nigerians to to deposit the old Naira notes by filling up forms.
This development comes after the adjournment of the case on the legality of the February 10, 2023 deadline for the Naira Swap to February 22 by the...
According to the most recent Nextier poll, Labour Party (LP) candidate Peter Obi is the favorite to win Nigeria’s presidential election in 2023.
According to the poll, Obi is ahead of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu, as well as other candidates, including Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer Atiku...
An Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has expressed concern over the actions of some persons in the build up to the forthcoming 2023 presidential election.
He said there’s plot by undemocratic elements to manipulate the results of the
Yakasai made this known in a statement on Sunday entitled ‘Reflections of a 98-Year-Old...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Calabar, Cross River State, slammed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government over the depreciation of the nation’s currency.
This comes few days after Tinubu criticised the government.
According to Tinubu, when the government...
The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said he “rescued” his counterpart at Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, when former President Olusegun Obasanjo, wanted to roast him.
Tinubu stated this while speaking at APC presidential rally held at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Akwa...
The European Union Election Observation Mission has said that 100 observers would be deployed for the 2023 polls.
The Chief Observer, EU EOM, Barry Andrews stated this during the launch of the EU EOM to Nigeria 2023, in Abuja on Monday.
Andrews said the EU EOM was deployed by the EU...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday launched the deployment of the National Domestic Card Scheme in a bid to unify payment in the country.
With the deployment, Nigeria has now been enlisted into the growing list of countries like India, Turkey, China, and Brazil that have launched similar...
Ukraine's Defence Minister, Oleksii Reznikov has said his country had become a de facto member of the NATO alliance, even as Western countries continue to change their “thinking approach” – against previous thinking that military assistance could be seen as an escalation by Russia.
In an interview with the BBC...
A former media aide to former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has opened upon the vast corruption allegations against his former boss.
The estranged aide also disclosed why it is impossible to nab Alhaji Abubakar on corruption charges as...
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed broke down in tears during the Town Hall meeting organized by Channels Television while speaking about insults directed at his family by political opponents.
During the event, which was held on Sunday night, Baba-Ahmed recalled how his family and the...
Prophet Bisi Olujobi, the founder of Wisdom Church of Christ International in Lagos, has predicted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, will win this year’s presidential election.
The septuagenarian prophet revealed in 40 prophecies released in a statement over the weekend that Governor Seyi Makinde of...
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as Brazil's president while his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro flee to the US after refusing to concede defeat
In a speech to Congress on Sunday after officially taking the reins of Latin America's biggest country, Lula said democracy was the true winner of the October presidential vote...
The 2023 presidential race is getting more interesting as campaigns, town hall meetings and media engagement intensify.
Almost all the presidential candidates, especially those at the pole position: Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Neople’s Party (NNPP); Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peter Obi of...
American politician and Democrat, Wes Moore has been elected Maryland’s first Black governor after defeating Republican Dan Cox in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1.
According to AP News, votes on Tuesday October 8, show that Moore defeated Republican Dan Cox, meaning he is now the first Black governor...
A new public opinion poll conducted by NOIPolls revealed that the majority of adult Nigerians (80 per cent) disclosed that they have collected their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) ahead of the 2023 general elections.
On the contrary, 17 per cent of adult Nigerians stated that they have not collected their...
The 61-year-old presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has won 61 victories even before Nigerians cast their first votes in the 2023 presidential election. Some of the victories are for Nigeria, some are for the Igbo people, and some are for the state that Peter Obi once...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday flagged-off its presidential campaign amidst an unresolved internal crisis.
An angry Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his allies, who are yet to be assuaged after the party’s presidential primary, sent a clear signal to the rally.
Though the campaign flag-off was well...
The Spiritual Leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu has asked corrupt politician not to waste their time as they will not win the Presidential election.
Speaking during a press briefing at the international headquarters of his Organization in Calabar, Olumba Olumba stated that...
I have read quite a lot of social media posts debating the possibility of Peter Obi winning the election. Some writers constantly deride Obi’s supporters, arguing that ‘’he does not have what it takes’’ to win a presidential race. Of course, central to this thesis is the issue of...
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has given reasons why the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi is better than other candidates contesting for the 2023 election.She stated that though Obi has been in politics in the past as well, he represents a breath of fresh air...
The popularity of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi, is reportedly spreading like wildfire as more states, including Lagos, embrace him, according to a report obtained from Google.
The development is coming on the heels of a recent presidential poll conducted by ANAP Foundation in September...
Italy now has a female prime minister as Giorgia Meloni emerged victorious in the elections on Sunday, September 25.The country's national election was triggered by party infighting that saw the collapse of Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government in July.Voters headed to the polls amid a number of new regulations,...
The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has revealed why the group will not support the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Bola Tinubu, and the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 presidential election.
Adebanjo said Afenifere stood on justice and fairness and believed in...
The Peoples Democratic Party's crisis has taken another twist as loyalists of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State have pulled out of the campaign council of Atiku Abubakar.
Speaking after a long meeting which started at about 7pm last night and ended by past 2am this morning at the private residence...
A recent ANAP Foundation’s presidential poll conducted in September 2022 has shown that the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi, will win the 2023 presidential election.
ANAP Foundation carried out its presidential poll on the streets of Nigeria and indicated that Peter Obi came first with 21%...
Following the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and disagreement between the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, and governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike, the former has Tuesday revealed the reason presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, picked the governor of Delta state,...
The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, has said the Tinubu/Shettima ticket will retire the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 elections.
Shettima said Atiku cannot match the APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in excellent track record of service delivery, qualitative...
Supporters of Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, popularly known as ‘Obidients’, shut down Enugu State capital on Saturday.
The one-million-man march, which commenced at the Michael Okpara Square grounded vehicular movement within the metropolis.
A mammoth crowd, which increased as the team advanced, moved round the major roads in...
The Tinubu-Shettima presidential Campaign Group has dismissed the chances of the Labour Party presidential bearer in 2023 general elections, insisting that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would win massive votes in almost all the regions in the country.
Appearing on Arise TV on Thursday, Director of Media and Publicity for...
Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, the daughter of Nigerian nationalist and statesman, Obafemi Awolowo has alleged that there is plot to get rid of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) if he wins the 2023 election.
She revealed that the plan is to get rid of Tinubu and...
Liz Truss has taken office as British prime minister after meeting Queen Elizabeth II for a ceremonial transfer of power showcasing centuries of tradition.
Boris Johnson formally offered his resignation to the queen at Balmoral, her castle in Scotland, after delivering a farewell address outside his Downing Street office early on Tuesday.
Truss, who was announced as...
No fewer than 38,000 medical doctors and other health workers have thrown their weight behind the presidential bid of Mr Peter Obi, the standard bearer of the Labour Party.
They also promised to mobilise 25 million votes for the former governor of Anambra state through free nationwide medical outreach programmes...
Former federal lawmaker, Patrick Obahiagbon has said that the Labour Party won't get 25% of votes in 24 states across the country.
Speaking in an interview on Arise TV, Obahiagbon said though the upcoming presidential election will be keenly contested by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
Mr Julius Abure, National Chairman of Labour Party (LP) on Thursday inaugurated an 11-man committee to drive the party’s Disapora movement .
Abure, while inaugurating the committee in Abuja said that the move was to strengthen collaboration among people and galvanise support for the party ahead of 2023 general election.
He...
The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Arabambi Abayomi, has bragged about the amount of support the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, is receiving across Nigeria.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that speaking in Lagos, Abayomi dismissed insinuations that the Obi movement is just a passing fad.
“We are not...
Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he is in the 2023 presidential race to impact the lives of Nigerians positively.
In a tweet on Monday, the former Lagos governor said he is in the race to answer “a higher calling” which is his love for...
The Labour Party flag bearer for the forthcoming 2023 presidential election says he is currently en route to the United States of America, USA.
The former Anambra State governor made this known in a tweet on his official handle.
Obi said he would be meeting with some Nigerians in Germany, Italy,...
A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has said talks of an alliance between his party’s presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, may be reignited.
Naija News understands that Peter Obi and Kwankwaso could not come to an...
Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, says Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), shares the same cause as him.
Adebanjo and the leadership of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum (SMBLF) met with the former Anambra state governor on Tuesday.
The meeting came about...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given assurances that the results of the 2023 elections can’t be manipulated.
INEC said the nature of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) gives no room for the manipulation of results during electronic transmission.
The special adviser to the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu,...
Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has accused Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of disappointing him and his supporters who joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Recall that Shekarau who is also a former Governor of Kano state, dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the height of the rift with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Speaking at...
Kenya's veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga, filed a petition to the country’s top court on Monday challenging the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival, William Ruto.
In the petition, Odinga asks the court to nullify the vote's outcome on several grounds, including a mismatch...
Nigerians have started a challenge tagged the #ShettimaChallenge to recreate the outfit worn by APC Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, to the NBA conference in Lagos.
Shettima arrived at the event to represent the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday August 22.
He chose to forego his regular...
The younger brother of former Ekiti State governor, Isaac Fayose, has revealed that he is ready to contribute up to 40 million naira in support of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, adding that he is sure that Atiku Abubakar will return back to Dubai.
His recent...
The Eze Ndigbo of Surulere Local Government of Lagos State, Dr Edwin Obi, has declared that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Tinubu remains the best candidate for the presidency in 2020.
He also declared the support of the Igbo community in the senatorial district for candidates...
Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress has shared a tweet about Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi's followers who are addressed as "Obidients".
In a now deleted tweet he shared, he stated that Obidents are everywhere and ignoring them as Nigerians prepare for the 2023 presidential election could...
