Last May, Mr Biden had telephoned then Philippine president-elect Ferdinando Marcos Jr, to congratulate him. The details of the call were published on the White House website. The winner of Nigeria’s fiercely contested presidential election, Bola Tinubu, is yet to receive an official congratulations from U.S. President, Joe Biden, as is customary when any nation…
Exactly 10 days after the Supreme Court judgement mandating the use of old N,1000 and N500 notes as legal tender till December 31, 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday bowed to pressure and officially ordered commercial banks to comply with the court verdict. He also announced that the old N200,…
Mr Tinubu, the winner of the election, has a total of 8,794,726 votes, which accounts for 10.08 per cent of all eligible voters. Only 25,286,616 – about 28.63 per cent– of all eligible voters in Nigeria, participated in last Saturday’s Presidential election, the election data has shown. There are a total of 93,469,008 registered voters…
In the aftermath of INEC’s declaration of APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, a broad range of Nigerians from a certain demographic category have been squirming in a confused welter of bruised emotions. I can relate to their psychic trauma because I experienced it in 2016 when Donald…
Tinubu, who was declared as the winner of the election on Wednesday morning by the Independent National Electoral Commission after polling 8,794,726, begged those who voted against him to work with his government towards building a progressive country. Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu has said he knows that many people did not vote for him or…
They picked Akanni up one morningBeat him soft like clayAnd stuffed him down the bellyOf a waiting jeep. What business of mine is itSo long they don’t take the yamFrom my savouring mouth? They came one nightBooted the whole house awakeAnd dragged Danladi out,Then off to a lengthy absence. What business of mine is itSo…
Labour Party, LP, has called for the cancellation of the ongoing presidential election as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, cannot upload results into its server from the polling units. The national chairman of the party, Julius Abure made the call in a statement saying that INEC has given room for doubt in the credibility…
The corps member who was serving as the ad-hoc staff member for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was caught on Saturday. Angry voters on Saturday beat a corps member to death in Abuja for voting multiple times using his thumbprint on many ballot papers for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola…
Nigeria has a long way to go in voter’s education and reorientation. This is a former two-term Governor of Abia State and current Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Senator (Chief) Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, showing the party he voted for in the on-going Nigeria’s presidential and National Assembly elections. Unfortunately, his finger-print has crossed…
She asked me for my prefered presidential candidate My reply: I voted for Obafemi Awolowo, I voted Gani Fawehinmi, so you should know my prefered candidate. She said “so you are voting for Sowore, why? But he can’t win he doesn’t have money and he should just remain an activist. My response: Well, I’m not…