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JUST IN: Atiku, Obi approach court, demand election materials inspection
The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively have approached to Presidential Election Court to seek permission for the inspection of election materials used during last Saturday’s poll. The PUNCH reports that Atiku and Obi refused to concede defeat in the February 25 presidential election, vowing to
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Rivers APC pledges to vote Wike’s gov candidate
Some members of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State have pledged to support Siminialaye Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party, the anointed governorship candidate of the state governor, Nyesom Wike, in the March 11 governorship and State Assembly elections. According to them, this is a way of reciprocating the support
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Monarch’s death: APGA alleges plot to arrest gov candidate in Ebonyi
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, Ebonyi State chapter, on Friday, raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the Ebonyi State Government in connivance with security agencies to arrest the governorship candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections, Prof. Benard Odoh, on Monday. APGA alleged the reason behind the plot is to ensure
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Nigeria presidential election flawed – Financial Times
London-based publication, Financial Times, has described the recently concluded 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections as badly flawed. The publication also knocked the Independent National Electoral Commission over the conduct of the elections while it also advised the courts to take a hard look at the emergence of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, if his victory
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Cambodia opposition leader jailed 27 years for treason
Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was on Friday sentenced to 27 years in jail for treason, a verdict that ruled him out of elections this year and was immediately denounced by the United States as a “miscarriage of justice”. Kem Sokha was accused of hatching a “secret plan” in collusion with foreign entities to topple
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INEC has breached Nigerians’ trust – CSO
The Executive Director of a citizens-led political movement, FixPolitics, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of breaching the trust of Nigerians with its reported failure to upload the February 25, 2023 general elections results to its portal via the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System in real time, as it promised before the election. Tony Ubani,
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Six states ask Supreme Court to nullify presidential election
Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Sokoto states have dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court over the conduct of the February 25, 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections. The suit filed by the Attorneys General of the six states has the Attorney General of the Federation as sole respondent. The plaintiffs on February
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BREAKING: Crude oil explosion kills dozens in Rivers
Dozens including women are feared dead following an explosion from a crude oil tapping point in Rumuekpe commumity in Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 2am on Friday when one of the buses loaded with crude went up in flames while trying to navigate to
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IReV: INEC uploads 88% of election results
The Independent National Electoral Commission has so far uploaded 155,472 results from 176, 846 polling units, six days after the presidential poll. The figure represents 88 per cent of results from all the polling units. As of the time of filing this report, the electronic transmission of results was still ongoing. Nigerians expected that the
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Elections: Diaspora organisations urge INEC to correct hitches
The Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians and its partner organisations have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to address hitches recorded during the February 25 polls ahead of the March 11 polls. INEC conducted the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The results of the election across the country
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