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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday described the 48 Compact Discs evidence tendered by the People Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as lacking in probative value. Atiku yesterday, played a video recording before the tribunal to establish the allegation that INEC used a central server during the February 23 […]

Over 47 days after President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn-in for a second term, Nigerians are still waiting for him to name his cabinet. Despite the President’s promise to appoint only people he personally knows, the wait continues, engendering a palpable impatience with the long agonizing wait. Given that the cabinet is the starting point of […]

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Monday, admitted 48 video compact discs (VCDs) tendered by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, as evidence in his petition against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku and the PDP are alleging that the Feb 23 presidential poll was characterized […]

The decision of two leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria to visit the Abuja branch of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) on Sunday has provoked a social media backlash. In a viral footage, the president of CAN Abuja, Reverend Jonah Samson and CAN President North Central, Reverend Israel Akanji addressed the church pledging […]

President Olusegun Obasanjo has written another letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, warning that the “nation is at the precipice, dangerously reaching the tipping point Full text of the Open letter I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and […]

As Nigerians await President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet list, which is likely to be intriguing, politicians in the South-South are in a spirited fight to make the cabinet. Due to the abysmal performance of ministers from the South-south in the past cabinet, political observers want the new cabinet to be a blend of technocrats and youths […]

Riyad Mahrez rifled in a stoppage-time free-kick to earn Algeria a dramatic 2-1 victory over three-time champions Nigeria on Sunday and set up a rematch with Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final. Algeria led through a first-half own goal by William Troost-Ekong before Nigeria equalized with an Odion Ighalo penalty awarded after a […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has bemoaned its inability to arrest, investigate and prosecute electoral offenders under the legal instruments that created it, saying it “is the weakest electoral body in the world.”   INEC Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi made the remarks at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series […]

  Eminent Nigerians on Sunday graced the 60th birthday thanksgiving service in honor of the Chairman of THISDAY Newspaper, Arise magazine and Arise TV, Nduka Obaigbena. Among dignitaries at service held at the Church of Christ Cathedral, Lagos, were Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo;  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu; Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi; former of […]

After accusations, counter accusations, as well as spirited denials, a leaked memo of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally revealed that the electoral umpire transmitted results and voter data during the 2019 presidential elections from Smart Card Readers (SCR) to a central server, as claimed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The memo, […]

Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has described insinuations that he is an uncircumcised appendage and a rubber stamp to the Executive as “sentimental and laughable.” Lawan made this known in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Isa, when addressing a group, Women Parliamentarians, led by Sen. Joy Emordi in […]

Witnesses called by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in his petition against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday gave evidence to support their allegations that the February 23 presidential election was rigged in Kaduna and Borno States in favor of the incumbent.   The witnesses alleged that agents […]