The court of Appeal has set aside the tribunal judgement annulling the election of Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun State. The court sitting in Abuja on Friday, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Mohammed Lawal Shaibu overruled the verdict of the governorship election tribunal that nullified the…
Jandor Beats Sanwo-Olu and Rhodes-Vivour
Olajide Adediran, aka Jandor, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos State has defeated his rivals, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, LP at his polling unit in Ojo local government area of the state.He scored 79 votes to beat Sanwo-Olu who got…
Ogun governorship election update
from ISIAKA YUSUF The 2023 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections at Ofada ward 2, polling Station 018 , Obafemi Owode local government of Ogun state today March 18, 2023, started as early as 8.30 a.m. The INEC officials arrived early enough and voters’ accreditation commenced immediately after serial numbers have been given to…
Nigerians Elect Governors in 28 States
Nigerians return to the polls this Saturday to elect governors in 28 of the 36 states of the federation. The remaining eight states elect their governors in what is known as the off-season elections. That is because the elections in those states were contested in the past and cases dragged beyond the transition dates thereby…
INEC’s Coup Against Nigeria
From the Editor There were high expectations. The assurances kept ringing in the ears of everyone who were excited that Nigeria was going to get it right after all. Mahmood Yakubu, professor of History and chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, boasted of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS and, wait for this, real-time…
Tinubu is Nigeria’s President-elect
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC has won the hotly contested election conducted on Saturday February 25.He won by scoring majority votes of 8,794,726 to defeat Atiku Abubakar, former vice president and candidate of the People’s Democratic…
Slow Pace Voting Process at Ofada, Ogun State
from ISIAKA YUSUF The 2023 Presidential elections at Ofada ward 2, polling Station 018 , Obafemi Owode local government of Ogun state today started at a very slow pace. The development was due to the late arrival of INEC officials. Although anxious voters had thronged the premises of the Obafemi Owode local government primary school,…
INEC Says It Is Prepared for February Polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC faces a big test Saturday February 25, as Nigerians go to the polls to elect the next president to run the affairs of the country for another four years, along with National Assembly members. The Commission had assured Nigerians that with the introduction of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS…
Woyaya: Song of Affirmation
from Jason Osai In the 1971 classic of the Rock genre titled “Woyaya”, the Afro-Caribbean band Osibisa, fervently and passionately said a positive prayer in song, thus: We are going Heaven knows where we are going We know we will We will get there Heaven knows how we will get there We know we will…
