Month: February 2023

Following the abysmal performance of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State in last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, Governor Samuel Ortom has assured  his party members of better outing in the forthcoming governorship and state assembly elections. Ortom, who was defeated in the  race for Benue North-West Senatorial District, said his team was

The National Orientation Agency has appealed to Nigerians to remain calm and avoid acts and utterances capable of overheating the polity as the Independent National Electoral Commission collates results of the general elections, especially the presidential election. The Director General of the agency, Garba Abari, in a statement on Tuesday appealed to citizens to conduct

You may have seen the way the West, mostly North Atlantic Treaty Organisation nations, fly the blue and yellow colours of Ukraine flag on their major landmarks, last Friday, February 24, to mark the first anniversary of the nightmare Ukrainian-Russian War. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., New York’s Empire State Building, once the tallest

As the Independent National Electoral Commission announced more results for Saturday’s National Assembly polls across the country, some of the candidates have faulted the polls and called for cancellation. In Bayelsa State, the Social Democratic Party candidate contesting to represent Ogbia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, demanded a fresh election. Iworiso-Markson,

Peter Dada, Akure Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has lauded the people of the state for their turnout at the last Saturday’s elections and voting for the All Progressives Congress candidates in the presidential and National Assembly elections. This was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Tuesday. According

The management of Guaranty Trust Bank has debunked a report that it gave the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, N500m naira new notes on the eve of the presidential and national assembly election. The bank urged its customers to disregard the unsubstantiated claim in its entirety. A Twitter user, @ifygold21

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said it is investigating a video making the rounds on social media alleging that its operatives arrested suspected manipulators of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System in Abuja on Tuesday. The PUNCH reports that a video had been trending online, alleging that some suspects were arrested by the police

The All Progressives Congress has said it will contest votes lost through alleged manipulation, especially in Ebonyi South Senatorial District, despite Governor David Umahi’s victory at the poll. The state chairman of the party, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha, made the disclosure on Tuesday while addressing newsmen on the outcome of the National Assembly polls in the

French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet resigned on Tuesday following accusations of sexual and psychological harassment, bringing to an end more than a decade in charge. The 81-year-old’s resignation comes 13 days after the publication of a damning report into management practices at the FFF, but despite that, it emerged that he is set

The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has lost the Abia South senatorial district election. He lost to the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. Abaribe polled a total of 49,693 votes to defeat his closest rivals and the candidate of the Labour Party Mr Chinedu Onyeizu, who got 43,903 votes while