“Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times”, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. EXCEPT the August 6, 1983 Presidential […]

ONE of my favourite songs was written by Ulvaeus, Bjoern K/Anderson, Benny (copy right: “I Have A Dream lyrics” © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group). This music is popular with the Abba […]

The Saturday Presidential and National Assembly election has left River State with too many unanswered questions. The questions that have remained unresolved now are, were there really fake result sheets at the polls as alleged by […]

AS you read this, I am certain that the winner of the presidential election of Saturday, 28th March 2015, is known, either officially or from all reasonable indicators. I am also sure that the election […]

  It’s the matter of the moment! Election, international moni­tors, rigging, ballot boxes, protests, law suits, voting cards, free and fair, the police, the military…These words and phrases boom in our ears to a nonstop […]

Two days after the country’s presidential poll, the  immortal lines from Shakespeare’s Macbeth are relevant : “When the hurlyburly’s done – When the battle’s lost and won.”  Against the background of the continuing anti-terror battle, […]

By the time this article is published, the presidential and national assembly elections would have been over. Possibly also, the results may have become a matter of public knowledge. Successful candidates would be jubilating while […]

There are some mistakes the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made at the presidential and National Assembly elections, which must not be repeated at the governorship and House of Assembly polls on April 11. […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu spoke with reporters in Lagos, shortly after casting his vote at Ikeja, the state capital. EMMANUEL OLADESU was there. What is your assessment of the exercise […]

Voting has been extended in both Yobe and Borno states by the Independent National Electoral Commission due to logistic, technical and security reasons. The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Borno, Samuel Madaki, disclosed that voting will […]

Certainly the much anticipated March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections may have come and gone but the echoes from that exercise is one that will surely linger for a very long time to come. […]

Sen. George Akume is the senator representing Benue Northwest senatorial district. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, the Senate minority leader opens up on some state and national issues. What issues would you like the […]

THE shocker for the president was evident on nationwide television. For more than 20 minutes the president could not get his Permanent Voter’s Card, PVC matched by his fingerprints as the miracle device, Card Reader […]

The All Progressive Congress Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, has secured a crucial victory over his Peoples Democratic Party rival Goodluck Jonathan in Ondo State, according to results of the Saturday polls released early Monday. Both […]

Lagos—Early results in Lagos State indicate that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, is winning Lagos by a wide margin. Results collated in different polling units revealed that Buhari defeated Jonathan […]

The table below shows that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading in most key states across the country, with APC currently having 69% of the vote and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) having 30%. […]