Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of installing a third-party device he said was used to intercept and switch results of the presidential election that was held on February 25 in favour of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Bola Tinubu. Atiku, in a 66-page petition lodged before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, further alleged that INEC had prior to the election, redeployed its in-house ICT expert, Mr Chidi Nwafor, and replaced him with an IT Consultant that…
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The United Kingdom has said it has started collating relevant information about people who disrupted the 2023 elections in Nigeria, with a view to taking action against them. The UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, said on 21 February, that the UK is prepared to take action against those who engage in or incite electoral violence and other anti-democratic behaviours, and action could include preventing people from obtaining UK visas or imposing sanctions under the country’s human rights sanctions regime. “We can confirm that we are collating relevant information, with a view to taking…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Mbah, as the winner of Saturday governorship election in Enugu State. According to the results announced on Wednesday night, Mbah polled 160,895 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who scored 157,552 votes. While announcing the result, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo-Iwe, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, said, “That Mbah Peter Ndubuisi of Peoples Democratic Party, having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”…
President-elect Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night travelled out of the country to spend some time in Paris and London. According to a statement by Tunde Rahman for the Office of the President-elect, the trip will enable Tinubu to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Rahman added that the President-elect will head to Saudi Arabia from Europe to partake in the Lesser Hajj and Ramadan fasting period. The statement read in part, “The President-elect left the Murtala Mo hammed International Airport, Ikeja, for Europe on Tuesday night. “The President-elect decided to take a…
In Abia Celebration mood, Enugu LP tells INEC to declare Party’s ‘Victory The Labour Party has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission not to abort the wishes of the Enugu State people by shortchanging its victory during Saturday’s governorship election. The LP National Chairman, Bar. Julius Abure, in a statement on Wednesday, said the party had at its disposal information that the ongoing review of the Enugu governorship election results by INEC was being tailored towards short-changing the party to allegedly favor the Peoples Democratic Party. The party chairman urged the electoral umpire to cancel elections in places where…
Agian, FG blocks 3.8m cyberattacks during Governorship Poll The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has revealed that a total of 3,834,244 attacks originating within and outside Nigeria were blocked during the governorship and state assembly elections. Pantami said the blockage was facilitated by cyberspace infrastructure put in place by the government to monitor activities in the nation’s cyberspace before, during and after the elections. He said a standing Committee put together by the Federal Government with the mandate to secure the nation’s cyberspace consolidated its efforts as recorded during the presidential election to ensure that Nigeria’s cyberspace…
Dr Alex Otti The Labour Party candidate, Alex Otti, has been declared the winner of the Abia State governorship election following the eventual declaration, on Wednesday, of the results of the controversial Obingwa Local Government Area results. With the conclusion of the collation of the outstanding results of the election, the Peoples Democratic Party scored 9,962 votes and while the Labour Party, 3,776 votes in the LGA. Consequently, the LP has won in 10 LGAs, the PDP in six LGAs, and the Young Peoples Party in one LGA. The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Abia State, Chief Alex…
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi and Senator-elect for Ebonyi South Senatorial zone, has declared interest to contest for the position of the President of the 10th Senate. Umahi declared interest in the top job on Wednesday during a live broadcast held at the State executive council chambers, Centenary City, Abakaliki. He, however, said he would only join the race if it’s zone to the South-East zone. The Governor called on the leadership of the party and the president-elect and his Vice to zone the position of the president of the 10th Senate to the South East zone for equity, fairness…
Femi Fani-Kayode, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, has mocked ‘Obidients,’ supporters of Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Daily Trust reports that LP is yet to win one state more than 72 hours after the March 18 governorship elections. With the effervescent support garnered by Obi in the February 25 presidential election, many Nigerians had anticipated that the LP would produce some governors having won 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the presidential poll three weeks ago. However, with the results of 24 out of the 28 governorship elections already announced…
Some protesters have stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja over the just concluded presidential election in Nigeria. The protesters carried placards with the inscriptions such as ‘Save our Democracy’, “INEC + Corruption, Politicians are killing our Democracy,” and “INEC killing the Nigerian Democracy.” Meridianspy reports that some of the women were crying and laying curses. This is coming less than 24 hours after a similar protest erupted over the outcome of the just-concluded presidential election at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.
Former Real Madrid and Arsenal player, Mesut Ozil has disclosed his retirement from football. The 34-year-old spent eight years at the Emirates Stadium after a £42.5million switch to North London from Spanish giants Real Madrid in 2013. Ozil disclosed his retirement via his official Twitter account (@M10) on Wednesday. As a player, he won four FA Cup titles for Arsenal before joining Fenerbahce in January 2021. “After thoughtful consideration, I’m announcing my immediate retirement from professional football. “I’ve had the privilege to be a professional football player for almost 17 years now and I feel incredibly thankful for…
Seven governorship candidates in Kaduna State have rejected the election declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, announcing Senator Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress candidate, as governor-elect in the state. The candidates, under the aegis of ‘Rescue and Rebuild Gubernatorial Candidates Forum,’ said they rejected the result because there were massive cancellation of votes in most local government areas of the state. The governorship candidates were among the nine that endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Isah Kudan prior to Saturday’s governorship election. They are Young Progressives Party, Allied Peoples Movement, Action Peoples Party, National Rescue Movement,…