Category: Presidential election
Presidential election: Court sends two PDP chieftains to prison over N142m bribe scam
Two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bauchi State, Aminu Umar Gadiya and Saleh Hussaini Gamawa have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Bauchi and sentenced to two years imprisonment for offences that bordered on conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N142, 460,000.00. Justice Hassan Dikko convicted Gamawa and Gadiya on March 2, while ruling on the 2-count charge brought…
Presidential election: Tonye Cole speaks on Amaechi voting for Atiku
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has reacted to the viral claim that Chibuike Amaechi voted for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the presidential election. Amaechi was said to have voted for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, with Governor Nyesom Wike of the PDP backing and voting for the APC. The news went viral that…
Presidential election: It’s time to save Nigeria – Pastor Enenche sends message to judiciary
Dr Paul Enenche, Senior Pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, DIGC, has warned the Nigerian judiciary against being compromised in the electoral cases filed before it recently. The popular man of God, who was reacting to the alleged manipulation of the presidential election results by the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, recalled a similar case in Malawi. DAILY POST recalls that…
Presidential election: INEC has taken Nigeria more than 50 years backwards – Ene Obi
Ene Obi, Convener Situation Room, has claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has taken Nigeria more than 50 years backwards following the conclusion of the Feb. 25 Presidential election. Obi also claimed that INEC did not even get to some of their polling units during the last general election, adding that it was very shocking. She stated this during an interview with Arise…
Presidential election: Tinubu’s victory an act of God – Sultan of Sokoto
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has described the victory of Nigeria’s President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, in the just concluded presidential election as the work of God. Abubakar said Tinubu’s victory was the act of God Almighty. The Sultan of Sokoto spoke yesterday at the coronation of the new Emir of Dutse in Jigawa State, Alhaji Hameem Nuhu Sanusi. The monarch urged Nigerians to…
Presidential election: APC, Tinubu files suit to restrain LP, PDP on results announcement
The All Progressives Congress, APC and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu have filed a suit on the announcement of Saturday election results. The action followed the demand by the Labour Party, LP, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that Prof Mahmood Yakubu stay action. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is presiding over the declaration of results from states. The suit by…
Presidential Election: APC reportedly wins in Ekiti
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Ekiti State has announced the result of the presidential election in the state. INEC Collation Officer and vice Chancellor of the federal University of Health Sciences, Ila Orangun, Osun State, Professor Akeem Lasisi announced the result at the state Collation Centre in Ado Ekiti after collation officers from the 16 council Areas presented their results one after the other….
Presidential election: CSO identifies Lagos, Kano, six other states as high-risk for vote-buying, violence
Barely 24 hours to the presidential election, a civil society group, Speak Out Africa Initiative, has recognized Lagos, Kano, Kogi, Kaduna, Delta, Rivers, Abia and Ebonyi as high-risk states for violence, vote-buying, and voters suppression. The Executive Director of the group, Kenneth Eze, disclosed this on Thursday throughout a briefing with journalists in Abuja. He explained that it had deployed 1,405 election radar officers throughout…
622: NCC dedicates toll-free number as presidential election incident hotline
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has devoted its Consumer Toll-Free Number 622, to serve as 2023 Presidential Election Incident Hotline to allow voters and members of the general public throughout Nigeria to report any points which will have an effect on them, or others, throughout the elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023. This step is to help the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in its…
Presidential election: APC will win 25 states, Peter Obi, Atiku helping Tinubu’s party – Kalu
Newsbreak 4 weeks ago in APC, Around The World, ATIKU, Peter Obi, Politics, Presidential election, Tinubu 0 Barely 4 days to the presidential election, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, (*25*) Orji Uzor Kalu, has claimed that his party would win 25 states at a stretch. The Chief Whip of the Senate also claimed that each one the people [presidential candidates] contesting for Saturday’s common election are helping the APC. Kalu spoke whereas fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show…
Buttigieg won’t say if Biden should run in 2024
Newsbreak 2 months ago in 2024, Administration, Around The World, Biden, Campaign, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Presidential election 0 Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday sidestepped a query on whether or not he needs President Biden to run for a second White House time period in 2024, lauding the president’s accomplishments however saying he “can’t talk campaigns.” “Do you want him to run? Do you want him to run again?” host Jonathan Karl requested Buttigieg on ABC’s “This Week,” highlighting latest polling data that…
Pro-DeSantis presidential super PAC will launch after all, given Trump-supported midterm losses: ‘Ron vs. the Don. I’m here for it’
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, Donald Trump, Election 2024, Florida, Joe Biden, News, Politics, Presidential election, Republican, Ron DeSantis 0 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his spouse Casey DeSantis and their youngsters stroll on stage to have a good time victory over Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist throughout an election night time watch celebration at the Tampa Convention Center on November 8, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. DeSantis was the projected winner by a double-digit lead. Octavio Jones/Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had a historic…
Donald Trump again teases 2024 presidential bid, saying he’ll make a ‘massive announcement’ on November 15 — the same day...
Newsbreak 5 months ago in 2024 election, Around The World, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Mike Pence, News, Politics, Presidential election, Trump, Trump 2024 0 Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a marketing campaign rally on the eve of Election Day at the Dayton International Airport on November 7, 2022 in Vandalia, Ohio. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Donald Trump as soon as again alluded to asserting a marketing campaign for the White House on Monday. In an Ohio marketing campaign rally, Trump mentioned he’ll make a “big announcement” on Nov….
Trump replies to DeSantis’ endorsement of a Colorado Republican who discouraged GOP from supporting a Trump 2024 bid: ‘Big Mistake’
Newsbreak 5 months ago in 2022 election, Around The World, Donald Trump, News, Politics, Presidential election, Ron DeSantis 0 Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the White House on April 28, 2020. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Former President Trump said Florida Gov. DeSantis was making a “mistake” by endorsing Joe O’Dea. O’Dea once said he hoped Trump would not run for president in 2024. Trump called O’Dea, a GOP candidate for Senate in Colorado, a “RINO,” or a…