The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has moved to challenge the outcome of the February 21 Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory. According to the party, it says it is heading to court with what it described as strong ...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, stating that his achievements in the territory yielded political dividends for the ruling All Progressives Congress. The President’s remarks followed Saturday’s elections conducted by the ...
Collation of results for the Kuje area council chairmanship election resumed on Sunday following a disruption by hoodlums on Saturday. There was heavy security presence at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre in Soka, Kuje, as officials, election ...
A lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju has predicted the possible outcome of the 2027 presidential election. Adeyanju, said President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 poll without much push from the opposition. In a post made on X on Sunday, ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The Collation Officer for AMAC, Prof. Andrew Abue, said that Maikalangu, who is ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had uploaded 2,602 out of the 2,822 expected polling unit results from Saturday’s chairmanship elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as at 5:55am on Sunday, data retrieved from its Result Viewing Portal (IReV) ...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled bizarre plot by a female drug trafficker, Rabi Muhammad, to move tramadol hidden in fake baby bump through the Seme land border in Lagos. Rabi, a 35-year-old Kano based ...
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday night remained in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as his lawyer, A.U. Mustapha (SAN), intensified efforts to secure his release on bail. Naija News reports that El-Rufai ...
Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Hon Akin Rotimi has stated that the transmission of election results electronically is mandatory. Rotimi made this confirmation on Tuesday during an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST. He further said that ...
Former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Political Matters, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said that Tinubu will make the worst president if he returns to power in 2027. Baba-Ahmed made this remark on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s ...
A member of the House Committee on Electoral Affairs, Fred Agbedi, has stated that disruptions during the deliberations on the Electoral Act Amendment were caused by the denial of members’ rights to be heard. Speaking during an appearance on Channels ...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the controversial passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill by the National Assembly. Reacting on Wednesday, the ADC’s spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, accused the APC of undermining ...
Former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has revealed why ex-Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is bitter about the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu. Speaking in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ on Tuesday, ...
Politics Nigeria has finally obtained the names of 15 senators who voted FOR mandatory real-time transmission clause. 1) Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) 2) Enyinnaya Abaribe (ADC, Abia South) 3) Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) 4) Aminu Tambuwal (PDP, Sokoto ...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday wrote to the Nigerian Senate to seek the confirmation of his nomination of Retired Admiral Jamila Abubakar, as National Commissioner representing Adamawa at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu’s request was contained in a ...