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The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Malam Attahiru Madami, says the Tsaragi Polling Unit 10 result would be cancelled following a case of ballot box snatching by hoodlums on Saturday.   Tsaragi is in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara.   Madami told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday that the cancellation […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended elections in 141 polling units (PUs) in Bayelsa State over insecurity.   The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Saturday during the second situation briefing, at the national collation centre in Abuja.   According to him, the 141 PUs are in four wards of Yenagoa […]

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos has intercepted N32.4 million suspected to be meant for vote buying. The operation, according to the anti-graft agency, is to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections.   A yet-to-be identified person has also been arrested […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from contracting Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo to distribute 2023 election materials in Lagos State.   The order also restricted the electoral body from using its privies or any persons acting […]

Hon Chinyere Igwe, member representing Port Harcourt II Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, has been arrested by the police.   In a statement, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe Koko, confirmed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker who is seeking reelection was nabbed with $498,100 cash.     Also recovered, […]

Security operatives in Finland have arrested pro-Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa.  Ekpa was arrested by the police in his residence in the Lahti area of the country, a Finnish paper Helsingin Sanomat reported Thursday. The separatist has repeatedly declared that there will be no elections in the South-East region of the country and insisted on the […]

All the candidates converged on the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Wednesday for the landmark occasion. Among the presidential candidates present were Bola Tinubu (APC); Peter Obi (LP), Atiku Abubakar (PDP), Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP), and Dan Nwanyanwu (ZLP).   Unlike elections prior to 2015 when the the National Peace Committee came into existence, presidential candidates […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned a case instituted by the state governments against the Federal Government challenging the implementation of the naira redesign. The apex court adjourned the case to March 3 for judgement…More to come

The United States Government has said that Nigeria’s upcoming general elections matter not only to Nigerians but also to the rest of the world.   In a video message to Nigerians by the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and other senior administration officials, the United States said Nigeria’s constitution, like America’s, begins with […]

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) filed a suit to challenge the Federal Government over the naira redesign policy when their advice was ignored.   The action generated criticism as some persons accused the governors of pursuing their personal interest.   Defending their action in […]

Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states have filed contempt proceedings against the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over their alleged failure to comply with the Supreme Court order on old naira notes.   In the fresh documents filed before the court, the three states warned the AGF […]

  The United Kingdom visa application centres in Nigeria will be closed on Friday and Monday.   The closure of Abuja and Lagos centres was announced via the twitter handle of the UK Visas and Immigration.   The closure, The Nation learnt, is not unconnected with February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections in the […]