February 28, 2023
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Labour Party Continues Upset in Enugu, Wins Another Reps Seat
The INEC Returning Officer for the constituency, Adaku Ezeibe, announced the result on Monday. Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - NSCIA Cautions Political, Religious Leaders Against Provocative, Unguarded Comments
The NSCIA urges INEC to remain undistracted and committed to its duty to the end. Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - INEC Chairman Receives Results of 14 States, Resumes Collation Today
Results of some other states have been announced by the appropriate INEC officials in the states but have yet to be presented to Mr Yakubu in Abuja. Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - APC Replies Obasanjo, Says He's Calling for Military Takeover
Reacting to the former president's claims, Dele Alake said Mr Obasanjo is not an uninterested party in the election. Read more »
February 27, 2023
Nigeria: Dangote Cement's Annual Sales Touch Record N1.6trn
The industrial giant recorded the fairly stronger revenue despite a slide in sales volume, hiking prices of products to boost turnover, as data from its earnings report shows. Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Kwankwaso Wins Kano With Almost One Million Votes
There are 44 local government areas in Kano. Mr Kwankwaso won in 38 of them. Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Drama As INEC Declares Collation Officer 'Persona Non Grata' in Kebbi
NAN reports that tension was high at the INEC office in Birnin Kebbi over the hot contest between Governor Bagudu and Mr Aliero who are seeking to represent the same district in… Read more »
Nigeria: Peter Obi's Campaign Alleges Compromise of Election Results, Demands Cancellation
The campaign council said it has lost confidence in the process because INEC did not follow its guidelines for the conduct of the elections. Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Foreign Observer Groups Lament Poor Female Participation
Nigeria according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union women in politics report 2022 ranked 184 out of 192 for women's representation in the national parliament. Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Obasanjo Alleges Fraud in Presidential Election but Calls for Calm
"Compatriot Nigerians, please exercise patience until the wrong is righted. I strongly believe that nobody will toy with the future and fortune of Nigeria..." Read more »
Nigeria: Election Is Not War, Fayemi Tells Nigerians to 'Calm Down'
Mr Fayemi says aggrieved persons can approach the courts to seek redress if they believe they have been cheated. Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - LP, PDP Reject Ebonyi National Assembly Election Results, Allege Widespread Manipulation
PDP and Labour Party accused INEC officials of allocation of figures in the National Assembly elections in Ebonyi State. Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Famous Zimbabwean Prophet Under Fire Over Election Prediction
"I saw this man with glasses, whose name was like T. I saw him walking into power this February". Read more »
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Labour Party Rejects Collation of Results of Presidential Election
The opposition party questioned the integrity of the collation and announcement exercise at the national collation centre in Abuja. Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Observers Advise Atiku, Obi, Tinubu, Others to Respect Election Outcome
The ECOWAS election monitory group gave the advice amid complaints by political parties and their candidates of irregularities concerning the 25 February presidential Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Announces New Favourable Visa Regime for Nigerians
The U.S. says increasing visa validity is one of several initiatives taken by it to reduce visa appointment wait times in Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: #nigeriadecides2023 - International Observers Blame INEC for Identified Challenges
The foreign election observation group said 40 of its members were deployed across all six geopolitical regions of Nigeria to observe the voting process. Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Rejects Peter Obi's Victory in Lagos
The PDP party agent said the result is unacceptable. Read more »
Nigeria: #nigeriadecides2023 - PDP, Labour Party, Others Walk Out of Presidential Collation Centre, Accuse INEC of Fraud
Agents of PDP and some other parties had called on INEC to halt the collation of results until results are uploaded to IREV. Read more »
Nigeria: Commonwealth Observers Say Nigeria's 2023 Elections 'Largely Peaceful' With Room for Improvement
Before leaving Nigeria on 2 March, the group will complete its final report, which will be submitted to the Commonwealth Secretary-General. Read more »
Nigeria: #nigeriadecides2023 - APC Wins Ebonyi North Senatorial District As Egwu Loses Third Term Bid
Egwu, who came third got 26,569 votes Read more »
Nigeria: Abdul Ningi Wins Bauchi Central Senatorial Seat for PDP
He said that Mr Ningi polled 104,878 votes to defeat his closest rival, Uba Ahmad-Nana of the APC, who got 84,621 Read more »
Nigeria: #nigeriadecides2023 - Deputy Speaker, Wase, Wins Re-Election for House of Reps Seat
The Deputy Speaker, who contested on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, was declared winner by the coalition officer of the constituency, Sati Umaru Fwatshak, a… Read more »
Nigeria: #nigeriadecides2023 - Yari Wins Zamfara West Senate Seat
Tinuola said Yari scored 147,346 votes against his closest opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bello S-Fagon, who scored 58,832 votes. Read more »
Nigeria: Ex-Governor Tanko Al-Makura Loses Nasarawa South Senatorial Seat to Onawo of PDP
The PDP, describes Mr Onawo's triumph over Mr Al-Makura as a victory for democracy. Read more »