President Muhammadu Buhari has apologized to Nigerians over the new naira redesign policy. The president said it wasn’t introduced to cause hardship, but to boost the economy. Recall that in October 2022, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, announced the plan to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 […]
The All Progressives Congress says it is ready to meet Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in court over his claim of fraud in the February 25 presidential election. It said there is evidence of electoral violations against Mr Obi’s party in the South-East. Bayo Onanuga, the director of media and publicity of […]
The Rivers State Government has debunked the claims on social media that the son of Governor Nyesom Wike, was shot dead in the United States. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Chris Finebone, said this while reacting to a trending post in social media that Wike’s son was shot dead in the […]
Bola Tinubu the president-elect of Nigeria has set up a committee to reconcile with other presidential candidates who contested last Saturday’s presidential election. This was disclosed by the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, he said the committee comprises elders of All Progressives Congress, APC, who “would soon begin to meet with co-contestants of […]
A police officer identified simply as Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Agaga, attached to Ughelli Area Command in Delta State, yesterday, allegedly victimised and detained a transporter, one Mr. Friday Okotoko, after a scuffle at Matrix filling station along the East-West Road, Ughelli. An eye-witness said the Lagos-bound transporter entered the filling station only […]
After the Saturday presidential and national assembly election with the results announced, the United Nations (UN) asked aggrieved candidates and their parties to take it up legally in line with the constitution. The UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, speaking with NAN in New York said Nigeria has a strong history of peaceful transition of power. […]
Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, says renewed hope has dawned in Nigeria with his election. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who had 6,984,520 votes, while Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), secured 6,101,533. In his acceptance speech delivered after he was declared winner of […]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reacted to a viral video claiming that some of its officers have arrested a criminal syndicate engaging in electoral fraud in the federal capital territory (FCT). On Tuesday, a video showing some persons arrested with some items like the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) machines of the Independent […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect. Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared the president-elect after the 70-year-old polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election. The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu as the winner at the […]
Due to the Electoral Act of 2022 not being adhered to during the collation of the 2023 presidential election, the Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party chairmen stated that Prof. Yakubu Mahmood should resign his position as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The parties during a live press conference also […]