The Northern Elders Forum has said that the northern region regrets voting President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general elections. The elders noted that the mistake of voting for the president who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 outing has taught the north a lesson. The forum recently came…

The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, on Wednesday, said that the decisions arising from both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal on the 2023 general elections have vindicated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The group said that the Appeal Court also validated the election of most of the National and…

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has bemoaned the sorry state the social media has fallen into in Nigeria, saying it has been dragged down to the lowest common denominator and taken over by people he described as "barbarians." Soyinka said that in other climes, social media is still valid as a means of interaction because…

The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has urged President Bola Tinubu to emulate late President Umaru Yar'Adua by admitting that the poll that produced him as president was flawed. The party warned that if the abnormalities witnessed in the 2023 election were not corrected through sincere electoral reform, democracy would not survive in the country. PRP…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it disagrees with a report on election petitions and its credibility as an electoral body. The Guardian on Wednesday published a report titled "INEC's credibility sinks as 94% contested posts awaits tribunal". The report said outcomes of the last general elections and unprecedented flurry of election petitions have…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it was faced with more than 1,000 pre-election litigations in the build-up to the 2023 general election. INEC Director, Legal Drafting and Clearance, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, said this in a presentation at a two-day capacity workshop for journalists in Akwanga Nasarawa State. The presentation was titled “Effects of…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-East zone says it has begun the process of reconciling its aggrieved members that defected to other political parties. The party said this at its Zonal Meeting in Enugu, pointing out that the measure was part of the efforts initiated to reclaim its position in the zone. It…

The presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku has approached the Supreme Court to nullify the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, which on September 6, upheld the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election.

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday slammed the Labour Party (LP) for trying to force lies on Nigerians as regards the winner of the 2023 presidential election. Soyinka said at an event titled “The Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue” organised by Africa in the World in Stellenbosch, South Africa that the leadership…

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has congratulated Presiden Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Electoral Court (PEPC). A press statement signed by the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, stated that the National Leader of the group, Reuben Fasoranti, expressed delight over the judgement. While congratulating Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima,…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, assured Nigerians of his renewed and energized focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation. Tinubu said this in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale following the judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in Abuja. The five justices in the Court…

The Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgments of the Presidential Election Petitions Court in the party’s petitions challenging the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared winner of the February 25, 2023 poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Labour Party spokesman Obiora…