Oyindamola, Jibola wed amid prayers By Banji Ayoola Chief Imam of the University of Ibadan, Prof Muftau Abdulrahaman Oloyede, has traced the source of the problems rocking many societies on earth today to a general disregard of the Holy Will of God in running their affairs. Describing love as the major pillar of a successful […]

Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has warned that if nothing was done to address impunity in the electoral system, Nigeria would continue to witness decreasing rate of voter turnout in future elections. He said this while decrying reports of electoral violence in the Saturday governorship elections in and Bayelsa and Kogi States despite […]

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in last Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi state, Musa Wada, has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its conduct of the exercise The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday, had declared the final results and winner of the election. The results were declared by Prof […]

The Senate has begun a fresh electoral reform which has mandated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt the much-awaited electronic voting method for future polls. The lawmakers also compelled INEC to operate an electronic database into which all results in an election should be transmitted. A bill to amend the Electoral Act 2010 […]

The closure of some of the Nigerian borders has led to the increase in food prices and subsequently pushed up annual inflation in the country. The National Bureau of Statistics monthly report released on Monday showed that annual inflation was 11.61% in October, up from 11.24% in September, indicating the highest rate since May 2018. […]

Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) has said that security officials were complicit in the violence and disruption that characterised the Kogi State elections. Jibrin Ibrahim, a senior fellow of the CDD, said this on Monday during a press conference in Abuja. The Kogi State election was reportedly characterised by the late arrival of electoral materials, […]

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kogi State, Musa Wada, has rejected the declaration of Governor Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Saturday election. Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had returned Bello as the winner of that election. But Wada said that Bello of the All Progressives Congress did not win […]

For voting its candidates in Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has thanked the electorate in both states. It said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary,Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu: “The All Progressives Congress (APC) thanks the good people of Kogi and Bayelsa States over the Party’s resounding […]