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February 28, 2023 No Responses

INEC Declares Yobe South Senatorial District Election Inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Yobe South Senatorial District election inconclusive. The Returning Officer, Prof. Shettima Saidu of Federal University Gashua, Yobe, made the declaration in Potiskum on Monday. He said the leading candidates, Alhaji Ibrahim...

February 27, 2023 No Responses

Coalition Expresses Concern Over Slow Upload Of Results

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations has expressed worry over the slow upload of the Presidential and National Assembly election results. Mr Hamzat Lawal, Chief Executive, Connected Development (CODE)who spoke on behalf of the Civil Society Organisations...

February 26, 2023 No Responses

Collation Of Presidential Election Results To Commence Sunday Midday

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to commence the collation of 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday at midday. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced this at a news conference on the 2023 general electi...

February 21, 2023 No Responses

Shutting Down All Nigeria Varsities Over Elections Illegal, Inappropriate, Says Afe Babalola

Legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, has condemned the closure of all universities in Nigeria by the Federal Government over the general elections. Babalola made the remarks on Monday in A...

February 8, 2023 No Responses

Naira Re-design Won’t Affect 2023 General Election, Says CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says naira re-design won’t affect the 2023 general election, as it will provide required cash and other support needed for smooth conduct of the poll. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, said this when he...

January 19, 2023 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Urge Nigerians To Elect Patriotic, Servant Leaders

For the desired change in the country, Nigerians must vote for leaders who will be true patriots and servants of the people, the Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have said. The Bishops also advised the electorate to ensure that...

January 3, 2023 No Responses

661,783 PVCs Remain Uncollected In Edo

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo office, has disclosed that 661,783 old and new Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected in the state as at December 31, 2022. Mr Timidi Wariowie, the Head, Voter Education and...

January 3, 2023 No Responses

Vote Only Leaders That Can Fix Nigeria’s insecurity Problem’

The President of Laity Council of St. Christopher’s Catholic Church, Games Village, Abuja, Dr Ralph Igweh, has urged Christians to vote the right leaders that are capable of addressing Nigeria’s security challenge. In his New Year message on Sunday, ...

September 6, 2022 No Responses

2023: Catholic Bishop Prays For Emergence Of God’s Chosen Leaders

Bishop Peter Chukwu of the Abakaliki Catholic Diocese on Monday prayed for God’s chosen leaders to emerge from the 2023 General Elections.Chukwu said the prayer during the grand finale of the 2022 Abakaliki Catholic Diocese Communications Week.He further pra...

August 4, 2022 No Responses

INEC Projects 95m Voter Population For 2023 Poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday projected a voter population of about 95 million for the 2023 General Election in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at an election security management training in ...

July 18, 2022 No Responses

Atiku Congratulates Adeleke, People Of Osun

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar congratulated the winner of the Osun governorship election, Sen Ademola Adeleke. Abubakar in a statement on Sunday described Adeleke’s victory in the election as a well-fought vi...

June 19, 2022 No Responses

APC Wins Ekiti Governorship Election

Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Saturday’s Ekiti Governorship election. Declaring the winner, Prof. Oyebode Adebowale, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Re...

April 26, 2022 No Responses

CVR: Fresh Registration Hits 8.56m

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 8,564,512, as at 7am, Monday April 25, 2022. The commission disclosed this in a CVR Update on quarter four, week two, releas...

April 25, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: Lagos, Delta 2023 Guber ‘Endorsements’ Of A Kind

By Ehichioya Ezomon — The settings are similar, but the endorsement of governorship aspirants by pressure groups in Lagos and Delta States is affecting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in differing ways. In Lagos, the Governance Advisory Cou...