Says BVAS manipulated Calls for Rerun in affected areas Only 43% of Results uploaded so far on IReV 48hrs after polls Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to immediately stop the ongoing collation of results for the presidential…
APC Chair, Adamu Loses Senatorial Zone to SDP As PDP Sweeps Osun NASS Elections; Senate Spokesperson, Bashiru Defeated The 2023 general elections have continued to spring surprises as some big political gladiators in the country have lost their respective bids. The New Diplomat reports that Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers has lost his Senatorial…
Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, has defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos, which has been the latter's stronghold for over two decades. Obi polled a total of 582,664 votes while Tinubu scored 541,850 votes and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar,…
Nigerians have continued to raise alarm over the delay by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in uploading much of the presidential and National Assembly election results to the INEC server after voting ended at various polling units nationwide Saturday. Checks by The New Diplomat via the INEC IRev portal reveal that only…
As Buhari Calls For Calm, Insists On Status Quo Barely five days to presidential and National Assembly polls, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to respect the Supreme Court order of interim injunction on…
Lagos has issued a travel advisory to citizens in the state ahead of the grand finale of the presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for Tuesday. In the travel advisory, citizens were advised to plan their movement as the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will traverse the state. The…
The National Council of State has thrown its weight behind the redesign of N1000, N500, and N200 naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made this revelation while briefing members of the press at the end of the council meeting at…
Legal Fireworks Mount; Gladiators Pray Apex Court to Stop Fresh Primary by PDP.. ..Bar Party From Participating in Reps Poll Three weeks to presidential/National Assembly polls, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently in a fix over the ticket of Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency of Imo State as interested parties have approached the Supreme…
As Southern, Middle-Belt Leaders Endorse Peter Obi The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state to immediately resign as the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The group said Okowa being a running mate to the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar is…