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On Monday, former President Olusegun Obasanjo asked President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to address the concerns raised over the alleged discrepancies regarding the results of the general election. On Saturday, Nigerians voted in the presidential and national assembly elections, but voting in some polling units in the country was rescheduled due […]

Datti Baba-Ahmed and Ifeanyi Okowa, vice-presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the general election. Speaking on Tuesday at a media briefing held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, they accused INEC of breaching the law by […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says parties aggrieved with the results of the presidential election should approach the court. On Monday, Dino Melaye, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent, and other party agents, staged a walkout of the national collation centre in Abuja over INEC’s delay in uploading the presidential election results to […]

Alani Akinrinade, a former chief of army staff, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore the advice of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the ongoing electoral process. In a statement released on Tuesday, Akinrinade said Obasanjo’s advice “falls short of patriotism and fits perfectly into meddling in the affairs of state”. On […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has won the election in Imo state. Obi polled a total of 352, 904 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 66,171 votes. Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), came third […]

 Ibrahim Shekarau, a former governor has been declared the winner of Kano central senatorial seat. NAN reports that Tijani Darma, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, who announced the results of the election, said Shekarau polled 456,787 votes to defeat Alhaji Abdulkarim Zaura of All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 168, […]

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has secured victory in the election in Kebbi state. Usman Saidu, the collation officer, said Atiku polled 285,175 votes to win the state. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, was said to have polled 248,088 votes. The collation officer […]

Darius Ishaku, the governor of Taraba state, has lost his bid to represent Taraba South senatorial district in the national assembly. Ishaku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate, lost to David Jimkuta, the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer. Adeyeye Solomon, the returning officer for the senatorial election, said Jimkuta scored 85,415 […]

Nigerian bonds recorded some of the best gains in emerging markets on Monday, Bloomberg is reporting. The news agency said five of Nigeria’s dollar bonds ranked among the 10 best performers on Monday in a Bloomberg index of 71 emerging and frontier nations. The country’s sovereign risk premium narrowed the most this […]