The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the result of the Saturday presidential election. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Thursday, said it had commenced action to seek redress in court. It also rejected the declaration of the Presidential Candidate […]
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There was relative calm in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital and other places, where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, conducted the rescheduled presidential, Senate and House of Representatives elections in 141 polling units. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, had postponed elections in the 141 polling units in Yenagoa, over disruption of electoral processes in […]
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Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has described tomorrow’s general elections as a milestone in the nation’s democratic development. He said this in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Friday in Osogbo. Urging every eligible citizen to actively participate in the exercise which he said would go a long way in […]
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Josephine Okei-Odumakin is is the president of the pressure group, Campaign for Democracy and the founder of the Women Arise for Change Initiative. She shares her thoughts on the general election, the naira crisis, and the way forward to a prosperous Nigeria, among others, with Dirisu Yakubu. What, in your opinion, is the biggest thing […]
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Director-General of Governor Seyi Makinde Campaign Organisation, Bayo Lawal, has expressed gratitude to Oyo people, who trooped out for the governor’s campaign across the 33 local councils of the state. Lawal, in a statement, yesterday, said the governor and the campaign organisation expressed happiness at the huge turnout and had taken particular notice of the […]
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State police command confirm killing, orders investigation Party urges INEC to shift Enugu East election over candidate’s murder The gruesome murder of Labour Party senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Oyibo Chukwu, yesterday, sparked off protests in the state as lawyers and judges in the five branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described Thursday morning’s statewide broadcast by Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as a confirmation that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has failed Nigerians. In a statement by the its spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the party said: “This morning, Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, […]
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A former Presidential Aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze, has commended the Party and its Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over the just concluded campaign across the Country. In a statement issued by the Director General of Anakwenze Campaign Organization, Comrade Eric Oluwole, he also advised the Independent […]
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The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria, 2023, Barry Andrews, on Tuesday led some members of the mission on a visit to Punhc Place, headquarters of Punch newspapers. In this interview with Dayo Oyewo, he explains the objectives of the mission as Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday. Can […]
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National Commissioners of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu (left); Dr. Sam Oyemekun; Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, during Yakubu’s briefing of accredited local and international observers on preparedness for this weekend’s presidential election in Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko Britain vows to punish election riggers, others NCC unveils […]
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