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Friday, 03 March 2023 06:06

Atiku: This is Nigeria’s worst election, I’ll challenge it in court

Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the presidential election that produced Bola Tinubu as the president-elect was marred by “unprecedented fraud”. Abubakar who addressed a press conference in Abuja on Thursday said his “heart is full of sadness” following the election that was conducted on Saturday. He said the fraud that characterised the election must be challenged. He said the “dreams and aspirations of Nigerians who braced all the challenges to go and cast their votes were shattered by the conduct of INEC which failed to live up to expectations”. “The weekend election was neither free…

Friday, 03 March 2023 06:05

It’s a lie, you didn’t win presidential election, Tinubu campaign replies Peter Obi

Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the statement by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, that he won the 25 February presidential election as misleading, noting that the claim of the rigging of the poll was false. Spokesperson of the PCC, Festus Keyamo, in a statement on Thursday, said the claim by Obi is an attempt to delegitimise the mandate given to the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. Obi had during a press conference on Thursday claimed that he won the presidential election and would be challenging the outcome of the election in…

Friday, 03 March 2023 06:04

‘Many people do not believe that they have a president-elect yet’ - Ohaneze

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has faulted the declaration of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the president-elect, saying it totally rejects the results as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. National vice president of the organization, Damian Okeke-Ogene, in a statement in Awka, on Wednesday said the organization based its stand on what he called monumental irregularities and failure of INEC to follow its guidelines in conducting the election. While urging Nigerians to remain calm, the Ohaneze leader said election involved many processes, adding that the last may not have…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 15:18

‘The good people of Nigeria have again been robbed; I’ll prove I won the election’ - Peter Obi

Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he will prove to Nigerians that he won the presidential election. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of the presidential poll. Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had the second-highest figure with 6,984,52 and Obi polled 6,101,533 votes. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, Obi said he will explore all legal avenues to recover his mandate. The LP standard bearer said the 2023 presidential election is arguably the “most…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 15:16

INEC ‘failed to follow its own guidelines in conducting last week’s elections’ - Gumi

Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, has asked opposition political parties to address grievances regarding Saturday’s presidential election through legal means instead of violence. On Wednesday, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of the 2023 presidential election. Prior to the announcement of the results, the major opposition parties — Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) — called for the cancellation of the election over what they described as irregularities in the conduct of the exercise. The parties have vowed to approach the court…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 15:15

Tinubu sets up reconciliation committee to meet aggrieved presidential candidates - Akeredolu

All Progressives Congress has set up a reconciliation committee to meet with aggrieved presidential candidates of other political parties who contested in last Saturday’s presidential election. The committee, according to the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, is to resolve their displeasure and ensure all parties involved work together with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu for the growth of Nigeria. Independent National Electoral Commission had on Wednesday declared Tinubu winner of the February 25 presidential election. Akeredolu disclosed this in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Wednesday. He said, “The President-elect has set up committees to…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:09

President-elect, APC govs on thank-you-visit to Buhari in Daura

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday night met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, hours after collecting his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu was accompanied by Vice-President-elect, Kashim Shettima and the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu. Others on the trip to Daura were Governors of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai; Kebbi, Atiku Bagudu; Ebonyi, Dave Umahi; Zamfara, Bello Matawalle; Niger, Abubakar Sani-Bello; Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Ogun, Dapo Abiodun; Jigawa, Badaru Abubakar; and Plateau, Simon Lalong. The President-elect used the opportunity to thank Buhari for his support during the electioneering process. Buhari had openly…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:08

INEC yet to fully upload results 4 days after presidential election - Report

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far uploaded 145,519 results from 176,846 polling units, four days after the presidential poll. The figure represents 82 percent of results from all the polling units. As of the time of filing this report, the electronic transmission of results was still ongoing. The commission has come under criticism over its failure to electronically transmit results to the results viewing portal TheCable had reported that Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the commission, promised that accreditation figures and results would be transmitted on election day. However, on the INEC website on Wednesday, the results of all…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:07

Senate president Lawan denies Electoral Act provides for electronic transmission of results

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, claimed that the Electoral Act, 2022, did not provide for electronic transmission of election results. Lawan made the claim while contributing to a motion sponsored by Ibrahim Oloriegbe, representing Kwara Central Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on the controversies trailing the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The President of the Senate, said that what was passed by the National Assembly was snapping of election results and transferring to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Oloriegbe, in his motion, asked the Senate to…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:06

Datti to supporters: We’ll fight the injustice inflicted on Nigerians

Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has called on Nigerians to remain peaceful and be patient while the party seeks legal actions on the just concluded election in the country. Datti, at a press conference on Wednesday, said the “LP won the just concluded election but was rigged”. He said Peter Obi, the candidate of the LP would address the nation in due course. “It is our position that the purported result did not meet the minimum criteria of a transparent, free and fair election. In addition to the most condemnable attacks, voter intimidation and suppression, the…

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Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:05

‘It’s a throwback to pre-2015’, Kwankwaso’s NNPP says as party demands cancellation of presidential election results

New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has called for the cancellation of the result of the 2023 presidential election. The party made the call on Wednesday at a press conference in Abuja with an address by its National Chairman, Rufai Alkali. INEC had on Wednesday declared the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as winner of the 25 February election. According to the result announced by Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State polled 8,794,726 to defeat his major rivals; Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:04

‘It is wrong to say that there aren’t ballot boxes on Twitter. There are indeed huge ones’ - Sirika

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said the use of social media platforms influenced the popularity of the presidential party of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, at the polls on Saturday’s presidential election. Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner and President-elect of the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was the runner-up with 6,984,520 and Peter Obi who had only spent nine months with LP, amassed 6,101,533 votes. Reacting to the election results recorded by Obi before the aggregate…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:03

My victory, affirmation of confidence in APC, Oyo Senator-elect, Alli

A former Secretary to Oyo State Government (SSG), Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli, has declared his victory at the just concluded Oyo South senatorial district election as affirmation of the people's confidence in the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said this while speaking with journalists at his Bodija, Ibadan residence. Alli was on Monday declared as winner of Oyo South senatorial district election. The election was held in all the nine local government areas in the senatorial district. Alli said his victory was a confirmation of the confidence the people of the senatorial district have in the ruling APC. Alli in his…

Wednesday, 01 March 2023 12:58

Acceptance speech of President-elect, Bola Tinubu

My fellow Nigerians, I am profoundly humbled that you have elected me to serve as the 16th president of our beloved republic. This is a shining moment in the life of any man and affirmation of our democratic existence. From my heart, I say thank you. 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. You decided to place your trust in the democratic vision of a Nigeria founded on shared prosperity and one nurtured by…

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