Elections: NBC Sends Big Warning To Broadcast Stations
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has cautioned broadcasters covering the general elections to desist from using or allowing their platforms and facilities to be used for the broadcast of content that may lead to the breakdown of law and order in Nigeria. The Director-General of NBC, Balarabe Ilelah, gave the warning in a statement titled, […]
Presidential Polls: Obi Trumps Atiku, Tinubu In Plateau
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has been declared as the official winner of the presidential election in Plateau State following the just concluded polls. Africa Today News, New York reports that Obi was victorious in eleven out of the 17 Local Government Areas of the State, while Tinubu and Atiku […]
Elections: Obi Defeats Atiku, Tinubu In Cross River
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has cruised to victory in the Presidential election conducted in Cross River State. Obi who is widely considered to be the underdog of the election, defeated his fellow contenders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; and New […]
Obi’s Exploits Shows Ballot Boxes Exist On Twitter – Sirika
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika on Monday, admitted that the performance of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has shown that ballots certainly existed on social media, especially Twitter. Sirika pointed out that Obi wouldn’t have displayed a performance as he did during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections if […]
Real Reason I Have Been Silent About Elections – Burna Boy
Nigerian Grammy award-winning afrobeat star, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy, has opened up on why he has been surprisingly quiet about the 2023 elections. Africa Today News, New York reports that Burna Boy had recently come under fire on social media over the last few days for not speaking up or adding his […]
Messi Wins FIFA Best Prize As Putellas Claims Women’s Award
PSG playmaker, Lionel Messi on Monday night won The Best FIFA men’s player prize for 2022 on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain’s Alexia Putellas retained the women’s award at a ceremony in Paris. To clinch the highly rated award, Messi beat his Paris Saint-Germain teammate, and World […]
Polls: ‘Don’t Set Nigeria On Fire’, Obasanjo Rejects Results
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu to save the country from impending danger by correcting the errors in the recent elections. Obasanjo’s request was contained in a statement he personally signed on Monday which was obtained by Africa Today News, New […]
France Condemns Violence Against Palestinian Civilians
France has lashed out at an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, maintaining that ‘violence against Palestinian civilians is unacceptable’. In a statement by the foreign ministry which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York, France said that it ‘strongly condemns’ the attack targeting a town where two Israeli brothers were […]
Putin Makes Case For Multipolar World Order
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has asserted that the struggle for a multipolar world, where everyone’s interests in the international arena are respected, would prevail. Putin made this known in an interview yesterday while speaking to reporters. ‘And in the end, this position – the fight for a multipolar world, for respect for everyone […]
Shock As Atiku Defeats Tinubu In Buhari’s State, Katsina
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in President Muhammadu Buhari’s state, Katsina. Abubakar secured a total of 489,045 to edge out the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. Candidate of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, came in at third […]
Don’t Throw Nigeria Into Anarchy, Labour Party Warns INEC
The Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Balogun Akin Osuntokun, has implored the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), not to plunge the nation into an avoidable crisis after a largely peaceful election. Osuntokun, who said this in a statement early yesterday, expressed the party’s displeasure at the conduct of INEC officials in […]
Atiku Wins Landslide In Gombe Presidential Election
Nigeria’s former Vice President and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer in last Saturday’s Presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has recorded a landslide going by the result released from all the eleven Local Government Areas of Gombe State. Announcing the results at about 01:00 am on Monday, the Gombe State Collation Officer: Professor Maimuna Waziri, Vice Chancellor […]