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Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation, has recommended legal timelines for testing new electoral technologies in Nigeria’s electoral legal framework. The CSO made this suggestion in Abuja on Wednesday in its post-election statement signed by Dr Aisha Abdullahi, the Board Chair, and
World leaders, including President Emmanuel Macron of France, have congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on his electoral victory in the Feb. 25 election. Tinubu confirmed this development when he fielded questions from newsmen after presenting his Certificate of Return to President
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to appoint governing boards in all aviation parastatals to ensure effective service delivery. The newly-elected NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, made the call at a meeting with Association of Nigerian Aviation
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Maiduguri on Thursday to inaugurate the new 50 megawatts Maiduguri gas power plant. Gov. Babagana Zulum made this known on Wednesday in a broadcast to the people of the state. Zulum said the gas plant constructed
The Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘B’, said it has made a total of 130 seizures of smuggled items in two months. A statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna by the unit’s Public Relations Officer, Isa Sulaiman, said that
President-elect, Sen. BolaTinubu, on Wednesday night met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, hours after collecting his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The NTV Africa reports that Tinubu was accompanied by Vice-President-elect, Kashim Shettima and the National Chairman
Lagos PDP Candidates in the just-concluded National Assembly Election have appealed to INEC to consider their petitions against the collated results in the Lagos West and Lagos Central Senatorial Districts in the state. Mr Segun Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland and Mr
El-Rufai Muhammad Bello of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has won the Kaduna North Federal Constituency in Kaduna state with 51,052 votes. Prof Mohammed Magaji Garba of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Returning Officer for House Representatives, Kaduna North, announced the
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Abdulrahaman Kawu Sumaila as winner for Kano South Senatorial election. Prof. Ibrahim Barde of Bayero University Kano (BUK), the Returning Officer, announced Kawu of NNPP as winner of Saturday’s senatorial election after scoring
Mr Mainas Ayuba, Bauchi-based activist for People With Disabilities (PWD) has applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “for adhering to the special arrangement for the vulnerable group during the Feb . 25 elections.” Ayuba gave the commendation in an interview with