All Eyes on Delta, Lagos, Oyo, Cross River, Akwa Ibom
By AMOS ESELE with reports from AYO ESAN, UKANDI ODEY, SAMPSON UHUEGBU and SUNDAY OGBU
Some state governors are having sleepless nights and marching on slippery ground to the upcoming...
Tinubu Takes Early Lead As APC, PDP, LP Claim Victory
INEC Apologises Over Delayed Results, Postpones Collation
LP Raises the Alarm Over Alleged Manipulation
Late Arrival of Materials, Pockets of Violence Mar Poll
Ayade, Elumelu, Ugwuanyi, Ishaku Defeated...
Voter Apathy Imminent •Religion, Ethnicity Remain Major Factor
Election Still Too Close to Call
by AMOS ESELE with Ukandi Odey, Amos Owei, Bassey Aniekan, Udeme Utip, Tunde Omolehin, George Martins, Sampson Uhuegbe, Sunday Ogbu, Maimunatu Ibrahim & Segun Ayinde
In...
President Muhammadu Buhari's approval for the constitution of a 22-man Presidential Transition Council to ensure a smooth handover to a newly-elected President on February 25, 2023 underlines his commitment to a free and fair election this year.
A senior government...
Classical historians agree that there comes a time in the history of a people when the man meets the hour or a movement symbolises the communal aspirations for inclusive change.
Nigeria appears to be on the cusp of that accepted...
After its presidential primary in July, pundits tipped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to dominate the core North in next year's elections, with 14 out its 21 governors on the party's platform coming from that zone.
Earlier, former Vice...
Governors Live Large While The People Suffer
Infrastructural Development Not Commensurate With Available Resources
Federal Government, States Trade Blames
When the Federal Government said a fortnight ago that 133 million of its citizens are currently living in poverty, it...
Just as the Labour Party and the Obi/Datti campaign team have recently found out, in carrying out any workable plan, inadequate funding can be a major source of confusion during electioneering.
Ninety days to the presidential poll on February 25,...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was so irritated by what he called the undue interference of socio-cultural organisations in the political affairs of the country during his eight-year tenure that he openly called for their ban, describing them as meddlesome...
Alarm hallmarked remarks by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at the end of last Friday’s meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) held in Abuja.
Coming a day after the...