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Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:56

State elections: INEC to use ‘dual mode of transmission of results’. This is what that means

Independent National Electoral Commission has given an insight into how polling unit results will be transmitted during the governorship elections across the states of the federation on Saturday (today). Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, while speaking on Arise TV on Friday, said the commission had learnt valuable lessons from the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. “The law as of today prescribes a dual mode of either transmission of results or transfer of results,” Okoye said. He said when polls closed at the level of the various units, the Presiding Officer who superintended the polling unit…

Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:52

Obi to INEC: Grant full access to all required materials to LP lawyers as ordered by court

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to provide “the required materials and access” to the party’s legal team challenging the presidential poll. As earlier reported, the court of appeal granted leave to Obi to have access to all the sensitive materials used by INEC for the election. Commenting on the development on Friday, Obi said the February 25 poll was “conducted in gross deviation of the agreed rules and regulations”. The LP presidential candidate said the exercise was manipulated and aimed at suppressing the will of Nigerians. “What INEC…

Friday, 17 March 2023 03:22

Tech experts launched independent live results platform for gov elections. This is how it’ll work

Two Nigerian tech experts have launched an online platform, Collate, to collate and broadcast, in real-time, results of the governorship elections across Nigeria. O. Nwoye and Ozo Omosigho say the platform will use crowdsourced data from Nigerians across the over 176,000 polling units in the country. The results will then be readily available to viewers across the world. “To achieve this, at least one electorate from all 176,846 polling units across the federation is required to pre-register on the platform before Saturday and upload election results at their polling unit in real-time,” they said in a statement. Failure of the…

Friday, 17 March 2023 03:21

Tinubu says his election fair and credible, tells aggrieved candidates to go to court

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has stated that the presidential election was ‘fair and credible’ and that he will not be confined by political consideration in assembling his government. Tinubu, in a statement on Thursday, said he will go beyond forming a government of national unity, rather, he will form “a government of national competence.” “There has been talk of a government of national unity. My aim is higher than that. I seek a government of national competence. In selecting my government, I shall not be weighed down by considerations extraneous to ability and performance,” he said. The former Lagos State governor…

Friday, 17 March 2023 03:20

The judiciary ‘knows that the country is collapsing’, so judges will ensure that justice is done on the rigged election - Peter Obi

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Thursday said he has confidence in the country’s judiciary system despite his dissatisfaction with the outcome of the election held last month. Obi disclosed this during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily morning show. The LP candidate recently obtained an order of the Court of Appeal to inspect electoral materials in his bid to challenge the outcome of the 25 February presidential election in court. He came third in the election which was won by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. “I am…

Friday, 17 March 2023 03:19

‘Tinubu running from pillar to post begging Western powers to recognise tainted election’ - Atiku

Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for shopping for endorsements and “begging” United States President, Joe Biden, to call to congratulate Bola Tinubu. The APC PCC Director of New Media, Femi Fani-Kayode, had taken to Twitter to say that although the US State Department had congratulated Tinubu, there was a need for Biden to add his voice as both the US and Nigeria shared a historic relationship. “Yes, the American State Department and the American Ambassador to Nigeria both congratulated Asiwaju. For this, we are…

Friday, 17 March 2023 03:18

‘Presidential election further exposed Buhari’s inability to rule Nigeria fairly and justly’ - Naja’atu Mohammed

A loyalist of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Atiku Abubakar, Naja’atu Mohammed, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for what she called the rigging of the poll in favour of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu. Naja’atu, who was a director in charge of civil society organisations in the APC Presidential Campaign Council before her defection to Atiku’s camp, also chided Buhari for alleged abuse of the rule of law, blatant corruption and other similar vices, which she said were the hallmark of governance in the past eight years. In a statement she personally…

Friday, 17 March 2023 03:17

MC Oluomo to Igbo voters in Lagos: ‘If you don’t want to vote for us, sit down at home. Sit down at home’

Musiliu Akinsanya, Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, also known as MC Oluomo, has warned Igbos in the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Addressing supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at a meeting, MC Oluomo threatened Igbos who will not vote for the party to stay at home. “We have begged them. If they don’t want to vote for us, it is not a fight. Tell them, Mama Chukwudi, if you don’t want to vote for us, sit down at home. Sit down at home,” he said. This comes after Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP)…

Thursday, 16 March 2023 13:46

Presidential election: ‘I’m not hurt personally, I’m not saddened personally, but I’m for my country’ - Peter Obi

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has described Nigeria’s just concluded presidential election held last month as the worst conducted in the country’s recent history. Obi stated this during an interview on Channels TV Sunrise Daily morning show on Thursday. He lamented that despite repeated promises by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to ensure that the elections were credible and successful with the help of the BVAS technology, coupled with the huge amount budgeted for the exercise, the process was far below expectations. “We have seen probably what I consider the worst election in our recent…

Thursday, 16 March 2023 13:45

INEC server and other Election Day stories - Azu Ishiekwene

For the third time since 1999, I voted at a general election on February 25 and did so without much hassle. I knew my candidates would lose at the unit where I voted, but that didn’t matter. Voting mattered more. The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) processed me so quickly it was almost like magic. I had no reason to suspect my experience would not be the norm that day. As I walked away from the booth a family friend who had just voted caught up with me. “Thank God that I have voted,” she said. “What gives me even…

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Thursday, 16 March 2023 03:20

Lawyer asks court to nullify presidential election over INEC’s failure to upload results to IReV portal

An Abuja-based lawyer, Bob James, has sued Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the delay in uploading the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections from polling units to the IReV portal. In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, the plaintiff listed INEC and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) as defendants. James argued that INEC was under “statutory duty to upload electronically on its portal the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections held on 25 February…immediately” from every polling station across Nigeria. Citing section 60 of the Electoral Act 2022 and…

Wednesday, 15 March 2023 06:13

Gov election: Obi Campaign warns against stoking ethnic tension in Lagos

PRESS RELEASE There has been a contrived ethnic tension in Lagos State since the outcome of the last Presidential election, in which our Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmad, performed above the expectations of our critics and consequently set some political parties on a panic mode. This panic mode is accentuated by their knowledge of our real performance in the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections, not by the results announced by INEC. Playing up the fear factor In Lagos, the fear factor being currently stoked and weaponized is that the Igbos would take…

Wednesday, 15 March 2023 06:08

Nigeria’s young voters aren’t done yet, CNN reports

Rinu Oduala As the sun began to rise over the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria, a group of young people dressed in t-shirts and jeans were already gathered outside a polling station. Joining the slow-moving queue, these young, educated voters had one common goal – to make a difference. They had grown up in a country plagued by corruption, poverty and political instability, and were tired of waiting for change to come from the top. They remember the day, in October 2020, when the sound of gunshots and screams filled the air as the military opened fire on unarmed protesters…

Tuesday, 14 March 2023 05:58

God’s name not to be used to justify electoral fraud - Obi

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 25 February election, Peter Obi, has said that he would not be cowed into accepting the results as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as God’s wish for the country. Obi stated this during an interview on Arise News TV on Monday. While reiterating his utmost respect for traditional rulers and religious leaders, the former Anambra governor disagreed with the narrative being pushed by some of them that the outcome of the recent polls as pronounced by INEC was the will of God for the country. He said: “I’m…

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