The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in which President Muhammadu Buhari emerged winner. The body also faulted logistics preparations of the Professor Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC for the Saturday, February 23, 2019 polls, accusing the commission’s officials of aiding and […]

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has alleged a 513,214 discrepancy in the number of accredited voters and ballots cast in 27 states during the presidential election that held last weekend. In its fourth interim report, issued by the Executive Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), Clement Nwankwo, on the collation and announcement […]

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday vowed to challenge in court the outcome of the last Saturday’s presidential election he contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement he personally signed and released to journalists, Atiku said: “I hereby reject the result of the February 23, 2019 sham election and will be […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday opened its case against Dr. Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant to erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan. He is standing trial before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja for allegedly collecting free money from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) headed then by […]

We are joined by a Political Commentator, as we discuss Electoral Violence and overview of the presidential election in Nigeria

Segun Adebowale is joined by a Presidential Aspirant, National Conscience Party, Yinusa Tanko, who speaks on Economic Empowerment.

Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki, has conceded defeat after losing his reelection bid as the senator representing Kwara Central senatorial district. “I wish the candidates that emerged in the Kwara polls all the best in their attempts to serve our people,” Saraki said on Tuesday. “It is my prayer that the good people of Kwara […]

We are joined by Kirk Leigh, a certified Market Analyst/Financial Journalist, as we review the stock market for this week & the influence of the 2019 elections on Capital Market!

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari is in an early lead after the announcement of results from 11 states and the Federal Capital by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Buhari has won in seven states while his closest rival, Abubakar, has won in four states and Abuja. In total, APC has polled […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejected the results of the presidential election collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja yesterday . Its grievance was that the results conflicted with the ones it had recorded from the election. The National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, made it clear at a press conference […]

Oyo State Governor, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi’s bid to return to the Green Chamber has failed as he lost Saturday’s election in Oyo South Senatorial District. The governor, a member of All Progressives Congress (APC), lost to his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opponent, Dr Kolawole Balogun, according to the result announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. […]

Civil society groups monitoring Nigeria’s presidential and parliamentary election said on Monday that 39 people have been killed in violence linked to the vote. The Situation Room, an umbrella group of more than 70 organisations, said “election-related violence… led to the death of at least 39 Nigerians” in the last two days. The body, which […]