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• Save Nigeria from looming disaster, cancel elections that lack credibility, says Obasanjo• Melaye, Ihedioha, 10 parties seek cancellation of results, storm out of collation centre• Yakubu insists no over-voting in Ekiti, asks aggrieved party to seek redress in court• Election falls short of expectations, lacks transparency – U.S., EU observers• Tinubu warns against plots to procure order to stall …

David was not trafficked,” and “l’m not a trafficker,” Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu told the police during the interview they had with her at Heathrow Airport on June 21, last year, following her arrest with her husband. The transcript of the interview was read out at the Old Bailey on Monday, at the ongoing conspiracy trial of former Deputy Senate President, …

The Abia Elders Consultative Forum has attributed the impressive performance of the Labour Party in Saturday’s elections to the failure of the two major political parties in the country. Chairman of the forum, ArchBishop Princewill Ariwodor, in a chat with Vanguard, said it was a demonstration of people’s disenchantment with the mega parties. Ariwodor said: “The mega parties have failed …

*Trust in INEC has reduced among Nigerians The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Nigeria on Monday stated that the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria were marred by lack of transparency on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The mission said INEC’s operational capacity was hampered by the ongoing fuel and …

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently leading in the declared presidential election results from 10 states. The results presented at the National Collation Centre in Abuja today gave Tinubu 2,846,187 million votes from the 10 states while the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has 1,612,289 votes. Atiku …

…Says investigation ongoing to bring culprits to justice Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, visited the families of the two persons who were allegedly killed while exercising their franchise at their polling units during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. The victims include late Festus Idahosa, 33 years old, and late Mrs. Elizabeth Owie, a …

By Eben Enasco Nigeria’s Labor Party (LP) has swept Edo State, having polled 331,163 of total votes cast to defeat rival political parties in the heartbeat of the nation in last Saturday’s Presidential election in which Peter Obi contested. Presidential Electoral Returning Officer, Professor Nyandoh Ndaeyo, who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo, declared the results today, …

...As violence erupts in Lagos Island, Oshodi, Ikotun, others The All Progressives Congress Presidential, APC, Candidate, Bola Tinubu, and Lagos State Governor, Babajidec Sanwo-Olu, have appealed to the people of Lagos State to be calm and eschew any act that can lead to breakdown of law and order. Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu made the call on Monday, in a separate statements …

Agents of PDP and some other parties had called on INEC to halt the collation of results until results are uploaded to IREV. The agents of major opposition parties at the national collation centre in Abuja walked out of the venue in protest at the exercise. Dino Melaye and Emeka Ihedioha of the PDP had accused INEC of violating the …

By Eben Enasco Edo State, Nigeria, is the political Strong base of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a state presently governed by Governor Godwin Obaseki who is the Party leader in the state. However, the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is recording significant gains as he has won nine out of the 18 local government areas so far …