* Uhuru Kenyatta, Ernest Koroma caution Nigerians against disinformation Kazeem Akolawole The African Union (AU), and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Observation Missions deployed to the Nigerian general elections have charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on credible conclusions of the electoral process. Former President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya,…
Kazeem Akolawole The US Mission has announced the extension of tourist visa validity effective from March 1, 2023, from 24 months to 60 months for Nigerians who want to enter the US temporarily for business and/or tourism. A statement obtained by African Health Report, AHR, on Monday said the visa validity extension allows Nigerians…
By Gom Mirian Some concerned Abuja residents have expressed displeasure over explanations given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the delay in uploading polling unit results of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly election results on glitches in its Result Viewing Portal (IRev). INEC’s Commissioner for Voters Education, Festus Okoye, in a statement…
By Juliet Jacob The International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) Joint Election Observation Mission (IEOM) have presented their preliminary statement on the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria. On Monday in Abuja, the leader, Dr Joyce Banda, former President of Malawi, congratulated the people for “their resilience and enthusiasm”. “Despite…
• Overtakes Tinubu in Nigeria’s Capital City • Wins three out of Abuja’s six LGAs By Louis Achi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has been declared winner of presidential election in Nigeria’s most populous state, Lagos. Lagos has the political reputation of being the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju…
 After long hours of voting yesterday across the length and breadth of the country by Nigerians amidst allegations of widespread voting irregularities in a much awaited 2023 General Elections, vote counting, collation and announcements of results are ongoing in Nigeria. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Yakubu Mahmoud opened…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday announced the 2023 presidential election results for Ekiti State. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Ekiti, Ayobami Salami reeled out the results at the 2023 presidential election collation centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. He said Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled…
By Kazeem Akolawole The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has admitted to having challenges with its Results Viewing Portal. The commission, in a statement on Sunday, February 26, and signed by Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner and chairman of Voter Education Committee, and Publicity, stated that “Unlike in offseason elections where the portal…
Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation (CSO), says it will expose the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) if the poll results are manipulated. At a press briefing in Abuja on Sunday, Hussaini Abdu, chair of Yiaga Africa ‘Watching The Vote’, said the organisation has observers across the country and is monitoring to know if INEC’s…
, Alkali Baba By Gom Mirian The Inspector General of Police (IGP), has described the 2023 general elections as the most peaceful and best organized elections he witnessed in his career as a policeman. Alkali Baba said this in Abuja while addressing newsmen after touring eight polling stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) According…
