Labour Party passes vote of no confidence on INEC

The Director-General of Labour Party presidential campaign council, Akin Osuntokun, has said expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC) in organizing the 2023 presidential and national assembly elections. Osuntokun said the election was marred with many irregularities nationwide, coupled with a below par performance by INEC. According to him, “when I consider the pedigree of …

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4 hours After Voting Closes, No Result On INEC’s Portal

Following completion of voting exercise in some polling units with results already trickling in across the country as of 4pm, no result has been uploaded on INEC’s election results portal as of the time of filing this report. Checks by Tribune Online as of 6:45pm confirmed no polling unit has been uploaded out of 176,846 polling units nationwide. However, our …

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Tinubu Wins Polling Unit, Floors Atiku, Obi, Others

The presidential candidate of APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won at his Polling Unit 085, Ward C, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos where he voted earlier this morning. A total of 43 voters were accredited to vote at the polling out of 324 registered voters. Tinubu polled 33 votes to beat Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, who got eight votes to …

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Presidential Election: Speaker Obasa Votes, Expresses Hope In APC’s Victory

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has described the voting process in the presidential election as peaceful so far. Dr. Obasa, who represents Agege Constituency 1 at the Lagos Assembly, said this just after voting at his Unit 019, Ward E, Oluwole Olaniyan Street, Agege, expressing hope that his party, the All Progressives …

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EFCC Intercepts N32.4m Allegedly Meant for Vote-buying in Lagos

The massive operation by the EFCC to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of tomorrow’s presidential and national assembly elections may have begun paying dividends with the interception in Lagos of the sum of N32,400,000 (Thirty-two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos. The recovery was made by operatives of …

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“Don’t Panic, Just Be Law-Abiding,” Former Army Chief, Amb. Buratai Urges Nigerians… Says No Cause For Alarm!

Dousing tension and fear in the country ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, the former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Amb Tukur Yusufu Buratai (Rtd), has called on Nigerians not to panic but remain law abiding throughout the process.  Stressing that it is normal to have such high election fever before elections across the globe, he was …

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EFCC Deploys Officers for Election Monitoring Duties, Releases Incident Reporting Hotlines

As part of efforts to ensure the integrity of the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has deployed officers of the Commission to the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, to monitor the polls. The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa charged the operatives to be …

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Kunle Afolayan Announces ‘Anikulapo’ The Series

Cerebral filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan has announced the making of the movie ‘Anikulapo’ into series. The movie which came tops in the first week of release according to Netflix ranking The award winning filmmaker, made this known today in an Instagram post that, “ANIKULAPO… The story has just begun”. The filmmaker in an interview said Netflix, a global streaming platform, wants …

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Court Adjourns Yahaya Bello’s Nephew, Others N3bn Fraud Trial Till April 16

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the N3billion fraud trial of Ali Bello, nephew of Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and three others till April 16. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned hearing in the case after ruling on the defendants’ bail applications. The court granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500million each and two sureties in like …

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