The inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as president and vice president respectively were done on Monday. The event followed the scheduled time despite the rain that almost messed up the venue. It was witnessed by heads of government from Africa, including from Ghana, South Africa and Rwanda. Former heads of state like…
Oyetola Accepts Defeat, Congratulates Adeleke
Adegboyega Oyetola, former governor of Osun State has accepted the verdict of the Supreme Court , which gave electoral victory at the July 2022 election to Governor Ademola Adeleke. Though he said he and his party presented a good case before the court, the decision of the court, being the final arbiter, had been accepted…
PDP Crisis: Ayu Steps Down as Party Chair
The crisis of leadership in the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP may have reached a boiling point. Following a court order asking Senator Iyorchia Ayu, erstwhile national chairman of the party to stop parading himself as the chairman of the party, the party has asked Iliya Damagun, the deputy national chairman to step into the office…
Sanwo-Olu Floors Rhodes-Vivour in Polling Unit
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has defeated Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, candidate of the Labour Party, LP at the latter’s polling unit at the Anifowose area of Ikeja in Lagos State.By the time the votes were counted, Rhodes-Vivour recorded 18 votes against Sanwo-Olu who scored 29 votes. Olajide Adediran, aka Jandor, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP scored…
Tinubu Promises to Restore Nigeria’s Pride
Bola Tinubu, president-elect has said that he would work on the divisions in Nigeria. In his acceptance speech, the former governor of Lagos State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the February 25 presidential election said those divisions should not have been there in the first place. He therefore said that Nigerians…
BVAS Now Target of Thuggery- INEC Chairman
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said that from reports across the country so far, the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS has performed optimally during the election. The BVAS is the technology deployed by INEC to guard against sharp practices in the electoral system in Nigeria. First, it ensured…
Maturity of Voters Prevented Disruption at Omole Phase 1 Lagos
The status of aggrieved voters at the Omole Grammar School polling station played a role in preventing a breakdown of law and order on Saturday February 25. First, a number of the voters, most of whom had voted there in the past, got to know that their voting unit had been relocated somewhere else. Those…
Late voting in Ogun Communities
Voting started late in Mowe area of Ogun State, because INEC officials arrived about 11:00 am. They may even be luckier when compared with Ibafo, also in Ogun State where the exercise was yet to take off as at the time of filling this report and in Magboro where officials arrived Magboro unity 010 at…
Late Accreditation at Omole Estate Phase 1, Ikeja
Accreditation started a few minutes to 12:00 noon at the Omole Grammar School, Omole Estate Phase one in the Ojodu LCDA , Lagos State.The polling station has a huge population feeding the community. There are 6 polling bootsThe voters are orderly but it is left to be seen if the process will be concluded within…