ABUJA, March 2 (Reuters) – Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi said on Thursday he had won Saturday’s election, called Bola Tinubu’s victory fraudulent and promised to claim the top job through legal means. Tinubu, the ruling party candidate, was declared president-elect of Africa’s most populous nation on Wednesday, having won 37% of the vote. He…
Basking on the euphoria of last Saturday’s victory, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said the party is set to re-enact its winning streak at the March 11 Governorship/State Assembly elections. He also said the victory of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the polls was…
Igbo political elite often play the victim. After initial claim of disenfranchisement across Lagos and call for a military takeover if Obi was denied of victory, it was wild jubilation on Monday as they invaded Alausa with Obi party’s flag following INEC announcement of his victory with about 500,000 votes in Lagos over Tinubu who…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have met briefly at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in the first high-level meeting in months between the two countries. US officials said Blinken and Lavrov chatted on Thursday for roughly 10 minutes on the sidelines of…
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has denied giving N500 million new notes to any presidential candidate in Saturday’s election. A Twitter user, @ifygold21, had earlier tweeted that the bank gave the sum to a presidential candidate on Friday due to an order from President Muhammadu Buhari. The post was retweeted 6,442 times with 14,500 likes. But…
Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, says he is stepping aside from party politics and “staying off” the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former governor spoke in an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of PDP, lost the presidential election to Bola Tinubu of…
he Labour Party (LP) candidate for the governorship election in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has stated that the victory of Labour Party in Lagos State is not along tribal lines. The LP governorship candidate in Lagos stated this at a press conference in the Lekki area of the state on Wednesday. Gbadebo said the party…
The Senate has congratulated the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Mr Bola Tinubu on his victory in the just concluded 2023 presidential elections.After a keenly contested race, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the February 25 presidential election. He polled 8,794,726 votes…
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has congratulated the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on his election victory, describing him as a master strategist.After a keenly contested race, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the February 25 presidential election. He polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his…
