By Dorcas Elusogbon The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has urged President-elect Bola Tinubu to assemble a team made up of intellectuals and professionals to come up with an economic recovery blueprint for Nigeria. Ooni made the call in a congratulatory message to President-elect Bola Tinubu, signed by Otunba Moses Olafare, the Director, Media […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba UN Spokesperson, Stephanie Dujarric has said that Nigeria has a very strong and proud democratic history of peaceful transition of power in recent years. Feilding questions on if the UN technical support to INEC to use technology to manage the elections was fruitful, Dujarric told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has said that the peace and security of Abia are more important to him than his senatorial bid. Ikpeazu said this in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onyebuchi Ememanka and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Umuahia. The governor said: “Our […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, March 2, 2023 (NAN) The U.S. has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address technical hitches reportedly associated with the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) before the governorship and state assembly elections on March 11. Ned Price, Spokesperson for the State Department, in a statement, […]
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday morning declared Tinubu as winner of Feb. 25 presidential election with 8,794,726 votes. Tinubu defeated […]
Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd., said it did not give N500 million new notes to any Presidential candidate in the ongoing General Elections, as reported on Twitter by @ifygold21. The bank said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, that the claim was completely false and designed to bring the image of the bank and its […]
By Aisha Gambo/Aisha Ahmed Some residents of Kaduna metropolis have urged the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu to fulfil his campaign promises by running an inclusive government. A cross section of the residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews, on Wednesday in Kaduna, said this would promote national unity. They […]
By Zubairu Idris Some residents of Katsina State have urged all candidates who lost the presidential election to concede defeat in the interest of peace and stability of the country. The residents said the candidates should emulate former president Goodluck Jonathan by accepting defeat and congratulating the winner. They said on Wednesday in Katsina in […]