The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu who received certificate from the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, the nation’s capital. His running mate Kashim Shettima also got his certificate of return at the event. The presentation came a few hours after Tinubu was declared the winner of the Saturday, February 25 poll, garnering 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, who scored 6,984,520. Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, took his first shot at the presidency…
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By Kabir Abdulsalam “Be the change you wish to see in the world” is often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, but few people know this. Hence, this might be because Gandhi authored a passage that evokes the sentiment in a 1913 journal article for Indian Opinion: “We but mirror the world.” I’m not here to bore you with his quote but to express the reflection of what the words mean in socio-economic development. The quote has made me understand the philosophy of change in life. Human being relies on changes over time, yet the change doesn’t come at once. Climate change…
The Nigeria Police Force has debunked the trending news in the media indicating the alleged arrest of some individuals in Maitama, Abuja, with electoral materials and some Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines by its officers. The Force, while urging well-meaning members of the public to discountenance the “false and misconstrued narrative” being spread by some sections of the media about the arrest of these individuals and their link with BVAS manipulation, charged reporters and media houses to endeavour to do due diligence and ascertain the veracity of the information in the public space before spreading such to avoid being victims…
Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of “revenge porn” images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram, CNN reports. A new tool, called Take It Down, takes aim at a practice where someone posts an explicit picture of an individual without their consent to publicly embarrass them. Revenge porn has skyrocketed in the last few years on social media, particularly among young boys, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Take It Down, which is operated and run by NCMEC, will allow minors for the first time to anonymously attach a hash – or…
The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), has congratulated the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, saying his victory in the February 25 presidential election was well-deserved. Marwa in a congratulatory letter to Tinubu on Wednesday, March 1, hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the former Lagos governor winner of Saturday’s presidential poll said, “It is with great delight that I write to celebrate your electoral victory in the 2023 presidential election, from which you emerged as the president-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” The spokesperson for the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi revealed…
The President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the winner of the 2023 presidential election and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Reacting to Tinubu’s victory in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday, Buhari said: “I congratulate His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory. Elected by the people, he is the best person for the job. I shall now work with him and his team to ensure an orderly handover of power. Also Read: Tinubu Announced Winner of 2023 Presidential Election “The election was Africa’s largest democratic exercise. In a region that has undergone backsliding…
My fellow Nigerians, I am profoundly humbled that you have elected me to serve as the 16th president of our beloved republic. This is a shining moment in the life of any man and affirmation of our democratic existence. From my heart, I say thank you. Whether you are Batified, Atikulated, Obidient, Kwankwasiyya, or have any other political affiliation, you voted for a better, more hopeful nation and I thank you for your participation and dedication to our democracy. You decided to place your trust in the democratic vision of a Nigeria founded on shared prosperity and one nurtured by…
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the Saturday presidential election. Declaring the winner of the election in the wee hours of Wednesday, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, said Tinubu fulfilled all the requirements to be so declared. He got over 8.7m votes which is about 35 percent of the votes cast. Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) came second and third respectively. Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, who attended the declaration…
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 Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party polled 28,422 votes. The returning officer for the election Prof. Georgina Ugwuanyi, declared Abaribe the winner of the election in Aba on Tuesday. This is coming a few hours after the election was declared inconclusive by the returning officer…
Tinubu files suit to restrains LP, PDP from Halting result Announcement The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, have filed a suit to restrain the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from stopping the collation of the presidential election results. The suit marked FHC/KN/CS/43/2023 was filed before the federal high court in Kano. At a media briefing earlier on Tuesday, the LP and PDP asked Mahmood Yakubu, chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to resign. The parties also demanded that the presidential election be conducted afresh, saying it was not free…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), hosted ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and representatives of the ECOWAS Election Monitoring Team at his Abuja residence on Tuesday. Former President of Ghana, John Mahama , was in the ECOWAS delegation that visited Tinubu Mahama and Jonathan presided over their countries during the same period and both lost their reelection bids. Tinubu, who is leading in results collated so far in Nigeria’s presidential election was all smiles as he welcomed his guests.
Ireti Kingibe defeats Aduda, Wins FCT Senate Sea The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mrs Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP) as the winner of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senate seat. According to INEC Returning Officer Prof. Sanni Saka, announced the result on Tuesday in Abuja. Saka said that Ireti polled 202,175 votes to emerge, winner, adding that Mr Philip Aduda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second with 100,544 votes, while Angulu Dobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came third with 78,905 votes. “I, Prof. Sanni Saka, thereby certify that I am the…