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Mr. Joseph Bassey, Deputy Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, has congratulated Sen. Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect. In an interview on Wednesday in Calabar, Bassey stated that Tinubu would restore Nigeria’s economic fortunes if elected. Bassey, who is also the House of Representatives member-elect for Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency, stated that Tinubu’s election was a result of popular demand. Tinubu was declared the winner of the presidential election held on February 25 by the Independent National Electoral Commission because he received the most votes. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu as the winner at the International…

Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has received his Certificate of Return. On Wednesday, the Certificate was presented to him by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC. The president-elect won 12 states, while his closest rival, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar, also won 12 states. Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, won 11 states, including the FCT, while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, won one. The president-elect received 8, 794, 726 votes, while Atiku received 6,984,520. Senate acknowledges, congratulates Tinubu Obi received 6,101,533 votes, while Kwankwaso received 1, 496,…

The Senate congratulated President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed and Vice President-Elect Kashim Shettima on their election victories on Wednesday. Tinubu is the best person for the job – Buhari The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who delivered the congratulatory message during plenary in Abuja, also invited all Senators, particularly those on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform, to present the Certificate of Return to the President-Elect by 3 p.m. today.

The Kaduna State Police Command has declared a ban on celebrations or rallies by supporters of political parties in the aftermath of the recently concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. The ban was announced on Wednesday in Kaduna by DSP Mohammed Jalige, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO). “The command wishes to notify the general public that all forms of celebrations and rallies by political party supporters for or against winners/losers of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections have been banned in the state. ”Any deliberate act to violate the ban or cause breakdown of law and…

On Monday, gunmen attacked the Nkporo Divisional Police Headquarters in Abia State’s Ohafia Local Government Area and carted away weapons from the police station. The gunmen stormed the police division in three Toyota Sienna vehicles, assaulted on-duty officers, broke into the divisional armory, and stole one AK-47 rifle with 30 rounds of live ammunition. The suspects were also said to have escaped with two riot gunners and an unknown amount of ammunition. It was learned that the police officers who were injured in varying degrees during the invasion were rushed to a nearby hospital and were receiving medical attention. Confirming…

In the interest of peace and national development, the National Mass Movement for Better Orientation (NAMMBO), a frontline Tinubu support group, has warned youths against engaging in post-election violence. Dr. Hauwa Bagu, NAMMBO’s National Coordinator, made the call during a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja to declare a vote of confidence in the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). She stated that the election results demonstrated that democracy was strengthening in the country. Bagu praised INEC’s chairman for conducting transparent elections in line with Nigerians’ hopes and dreams. She also urged the aggrieved political parties who were…

Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) received some advice yesterday: they should emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan by calling to congratulate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) advised the duo to contact the APC standard bearer who appeared to be the frontrunner for the presidential ticket. APC PCC Special Adviser, Media, Public Affairs, and Strategic Communications, Mr. Dele Alake gave the advice yesterday at a news conference in Abuja. He stated that the two candidates should take the honorable path, having received details…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has been declared the winner of the Feb. 25 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State, received 8,794,726 votes to defeat his main rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party (PDP), who received 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who received 6,101,533 votes out of the total 24,965,218 votes cast. Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) finished in fourth place with 1,496,687 votes. “That Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the APC has met the…

The All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, launched a legal battle on Tuesday to prevent opposition parties from halting the ongoing collation of presidential election results from Saturday. The candidate and his party filed a lawsuit to stop the Labour Party and the People’s Democratic Party from continuously announcing and collating poll results. The suit was filed before the Federal High Court in Kano and was marked FHC/KN/CS/43/2023. The Action Alliance and the Independent National Electoral Commission were added as defendants, with Kashim Shettima, the APC’s vice presidential candidate, also named as a plaintiff. According to…

The refusal of the INEC chairman to comply with the electronic upload of results mandated by Section 60 of the Electoral Act 2022 is unacceptable, according to the three parties. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have demanded a fresh election, saying the February 25 presidential election has been “irretrievably compromised”. At a joint press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, and their ADC counterpart, Ralph Nwosu, announced this. They claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials at polling…