Politics

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday expressed optimism of winning the presidential election. The presidential election, which was conducted on Saturday is still being collated…

An INEC office at Oriade Local Government Area in Osun state was attacked at about 3 AMon Sunday, officials say.  Suspected hoodlums are said to have besieged the office, shooting at the Commission’s office and destroying parts…

Police have confirmed the release of the abducted member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to Indiokolo community in Orumba area of Anambra as electoral ad hoc staff. Also, the state coordinator of NYSC, Mr…

Former President  Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday advised winners of the presidential and the National Assembly elections to show magnanimity in victory, saying losers should also accept defeat. The former President…

Patriotism:The National Coordinator Buhari campaign Organisation Alh Danladi Pasali who was shot by armed robbers last week left his hospital sick bed to elect the man he believes in president Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Jos. …

The Head of the African Union (AU) Observation Mission, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, has said Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections were generally peaceful and orderly. Desalegn…

The Information and Culture Minister, Alh Lai Mohammed, has described this year’s general elections as historic. Mohammed spoke with newsmen in Oro, Irepodun local government area of Kwara State, shortly after casting his vote…

The European Union (EU) said it is satisfied with the voters turnout in today’s presidential and national assembly elections. EU’s chief observers mission, Maria Arena stated this after visiting some polling units in Abuja…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won at polling unit–code 33, unit 2, Victoria Garden City(VGC), Lagos, where Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo cast his ballot. The opposition party not only won the presidential poll but the…

The campaign team of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed allegations that it is planning to unleash violence to thwart the ongoing elections. The spokesperson of APC Presidential Campaign Council,…

The spokesperson of APC Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has alleged that the major opposition PDP is planning overnight violence in various collation centres across the country. Mr Keyamo, who made the allegation…

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the bullion vans seen at his residence on Saturday are not ballot papers, but money, which belongs to him, and not for any government agency. On Friday,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed satisfaction with the general conduct of the presidential and National Assembly election across the country. Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner on…

President Muhammadu Buhari has got Nigerians talking on election day, after appearing to stretching his neck to check what party his wife cast her vote for.  There have been endless memes made out of the picture and like ever,…

10 youths have been arrested from different locations in Bende local government of Abia State, over allegation of attempting to snatch ballot boxes. 10 youths arrested for attempt to snatch ballot box in Abia. Pic by Linus Effiong,…

See first pictures of Buhari and his wife, Aisha Buhari voting in Daura, Kastina state. President Buhari, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress was accredited just after 8am and voted at 8:07am. He and his wife,…

The Kano Police Command on Friday, arrested Hon Abdulmumini Jibrin-Kofa, representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency, in the House of Assembly, over Thursday’s clash between supporters of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and those…

Osinbajo with some of his friends, Mr. And Mrs Ahmed Ishola Rafiu and their baby Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has written a personal letter to all his friends in Nigeria, in which he reminds them of the journey from 2015 and why…

The Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum, a socio-cultural group, says the order given by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is treasonable. The group also condemned the call made…

Their weddings were set for February 23, but little did they know it would not come to pass. Daily Trust Saturday reports the experiences of Nigerians affected by the postponement of the 2019 general elections. Four couples,…

Undeterred by the disappointments occasioned by last Saturday’s last minute postponement of the presidential and national assembly elections, millions of Nigerians across the country are ready to cast their ballots in today’s…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja described as false and wicked allegations that he had conceived plans to impose his religion, Islam, on Nigeria. The president, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on…

Soldiers of 4 Brigade have reportedly intercepted for buses loaded with thugs heading for Okada, headquarters of Ovia North East local government area. Sources said the buses were in the convoy of Barr. Omosede Igbinedion, the…

The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, has said he will not join other opposition candidates to form an alliance against the candidate of the ruling All Progressives…