The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has condemned what he described as isolated cases of infractions, ethnic slurs and violence that characterised the 2023 general elections, saying the healing process must begin now that the elections are over. Tinubu in a statement on Tuesday and made available to newsmen in Abuja...
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again expressed his desire to leave power. On several occasions in the past, Buhari had said he was counting down to the May 29 handover date. While speaking at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at the Presidential Villa in...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that an objective assessment of the 2023 general elections would show marked improvements from previous elections held in the country. Gbajabiamila noted that the improvements in the polls were necessitated by the amendments to the Electoral Act made...
urges magnanimity in victory The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has congratulated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on his second-term victory. Gbajabiamila said the landslide victory that Governor Sanwo-Olu recorded was a testimony to his good governance and giant strides in Lagos State in the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the new Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and National Counterterrorism Centre (NCTC), two state-of-the-art facilities to optimize efforts at addressing evolving security challenges in the country, especially terrorism and violent extremism. Speaking at the inauguration of the two world-class facilities,...
President-elect Bola Tinubu has condemned the violence reported in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria and is calling for healing and reconciliation in the country. Tinubu said this in a statement released on Tuesday and urged Nigerians to rise above their differences and work together for the betterment of the...
I'm proud of your success at the polls, Emir tells Gov Kwara State Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday led a delegation of victorious APC candidates to the palace of Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, on a thank-you-visit for his continued support and prayers which he said accounted for...
VP-Elect, others surround Zulum at declaration Borno Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has secured 85% of votes after collation was concluded across the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) Zulum got 545,543 and left his closest opponent, Mohammed Ali Jajari of the PDP with...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Saturday morning, travelled from Maiduguri to Mafa town, where he cast a vote for the ongoing gubernatorial and state assembly general elections taking place in 28 States including Borno. Zulum who was accredited at number 105 cast his vote at unit 006 Ajari, around 10:37...
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday cast his vote in the governorship and state assembly elections, saying that the electoral process is not supposed to be violent. Sanwo-Olu voted at Eiyekole, 006 polling unit, St. Stephens Nursery and Primary School, Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island around 10:30am. The governor...