Nigeria: 'Obasanjo Plotting a Palace Coup,' Says Former INEC Commissioner

The intervention follows Mr Obasanjo's letter on Tuesday Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Peter Obi Floors Tinubu, Atiku in Edo

Mr Obi polled a total of 331, 163 votes leaving the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in a distant second, with 144, 471 votes. Read more »

Nigeria: Traditional Ruler Shot Dead in Ebonyi

The victim, Igbokwe Ewa, was attacked and killed in his residence on Monday evening. Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Ned Nwoko Wins Senatorial Election in Delta

Nwoko of the PDP defeated the incumbent senator, Peter Nwaoboshi, who is a candidate of the APC. Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Obi Wins Abuja With Wide Margin

Out of the six area councils, Labour Party won four, while the APC won two. Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - APC's Tinubu Floors PDP's Atiku in Zamfara

According to the official results declared in Gusau, Mr Tinubu won in 12 local government areas while Mr Atiku prevailed in two. Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Atiku Wins in Sokoto

The State Collation Officer and Vice-chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kabiru Bala, presented the results in Sokoto on Tuesday. Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Atiku Wins in Kebbi

The PDP candidate polled 285,175 votes to defeat his closest rival, Bola Tinubu of the APC, who scored 248 088. Read more »

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 »

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 - 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: #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 »

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: Party Agents Protest Delay in Uploading Results, Discrepancies in Results

PDP Representative, Dino Melaye, said the party representatives are going to make a presentation when collation resumes. Read more »

Nigeria: Just in - #nigeriadecides2023: Peter Obi Wins Enugu in Landslide Victory

Peter Obi secured 482,990 votes to defeat his closest challenger Atiku Abubakar, who scored 15,749 votes. Read more »

Nigeria: Peter Obi Defeats Tinubu, Wins Presidential Election in Lagos

A total of 1,347,152 people were accredited for the election in Lagos, a state where Mr Tinubu has a lot of political control and influence. Read more »

Liberia: Ex-Militia, Civilian Claim Gibril Massaquoi Was Called 'Angel Gabriel'

Says he gave "shoot and kill" orders at Waterside. Read more »