The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Dr Victor Oye, has said going by the pattern of voting in the Saturday’s presidential poll in the South-East, the possibility of the Igbo producing the President of the country in 2023 is dicey. The South-East geopolitical zone voted overwhelmingly for the Peoples Democratic Party in the election. Speaking at a ...

More goodwill messages have continued to pour in for President Muhammadu Buhari, following his victory at the February 23 presidential election. In a telephone conversation on Thursday, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia congratulated President Buhari on his re-election for a second term. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the President success and good health ...

Policemen numbering about 30 had barricaded the venue of a Free Lagos Orange Movement gathering on Thursday, citing security reasons for preventing entry into the Ikeja Airport Hotel venue of what organisers described as an avenue to review the violence that greeted the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. The Police arrived the venue at 10:30a.m ...

The nation’s stock market recorded sustained losses totalling N170bn in two days, following the announcement of the results of the presidential election. Investors lost N84.4bn on Tuesday and N85.6bn on Wednesday, erasing the gains recorded in previous sessions before the elections. The market recorded early gains on Wednesday but dropped below the 32,473.82 basis points, which the market closed with ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The incumbent senator representing Anambra-central senatorial district at the national assembly and APGA senatorial candidate in the 2019 national assembly elections Chief Victor Umeh has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lost control of Anambra-central senatorial elections due to what he termed gross irregularities that marred the entire electoral process in the zone. Umeh who ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Anambra state chairman of the Trade Union Congress, Comrade Okechukwu Ifeanyi, has urged Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and all those who contested in the just concluded presidential elections to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election for a second term in office as well as accept the outcome of the election in the spirit of sportsmanship. Ifeanyi stated ...

… say Victor Oye must resign Raymond Ozoji, Awka Some Anambra citizens under the auspices of Aggrieved APGA Aspirants (AAA) have jointly said that Governor Willie Obiano may receive what they termed baptism of fire during the march 9th state house of assembly elections in the state if he declines meeting the agreement he reached with aggrieved members of the ...

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI DURING THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE OF RETURN BY INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA 27TH FEBRUARY 2019 Chairman and INEC Commissioners Members of the Domestic and International Observer Groups Members of the Local and Foreign Media Ladies and Gentlemen, I am grateful to God for sparing our lives to witness ...

Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has promised to challenge his loss in the February 23 National Assembly elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, had declared Dr. Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of the senatorial election in the Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State. According to the result declared by the INEC ...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, presented Certificate of Return to President Muhammadu Buhari. The President emerged winner of the February 23rd presidential election. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was also given his Certificate of Return as Vice-President-elect.