Author: Rashaad Harris

Former President Olusegun Buhari has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari cautioning him to avert violence by correcting the many ills that marred last Saturday’s presidential election. In a letter dated Monday, 27th February, 2023, the former military Head of State told Buhari and INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to do the right thing. Obasanjo’s letter read in full: “I crave the indulgence of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency General Muhammadu Buhari, to make this statement because have had opportunity to keep him aware of what I know is happening and the danger…

Thaddeus Attah won with 24,075 votes, beating Banky W of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 18,666 votes and the incumbent APC candidate who polled 16,901 votes. Attah hails from Kogi state and is not even known, compared to the singer. Most of the voters decided to vote Labour Party from top to bottom, not minding who the candidate is.

Nigerian superstar —Damini Ebunolwa Ogulu professionally known as Burna Boy, has cleared the misconception of him having a candidate amongst those vying to be the nation’s next president. This is coming as a result of outbursts from fans who has called the self-proclaimed African Giant out for shying away from intervening in the 2023 electioneering processes.Recall that Burna took to his Instagram account yesterday, issuing a warning to INEC to let Nigerians decide, and not tamper with the results.However, that didn’t sit well with some Nigerians, as they felt Burna Boy should be doing more, especially as his music often…

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress — Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to Lagos State citizens to be calm and desist from any violent act in a bid to reject INEC’s result in Lagos State. The ex-Lagos State governor stated that he would accept the outcome of the presidential poll, whether it’s in his favour, or not.According to INEC’s result in In the 20 local government areas making up Lagos, Obi polled 575,524 votes to win Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Amuwo-Odofin, Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Somolu, Ojo and Alimosho.Tinubu, on the other hand, garnered 573,001 votes from Agege, Apapa, Badagry, Epe,…

Popular Nigerian musician — Harrison Tare Okiri, professionally known as Harrysong has taken to his social media to express his disapproval of a potential Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency. Harrysong posted a photo of the Ekiti state presidential election results on Instagram along with a statement that clearly expressed his disdain of the outcome, which he labelled fraudulent.The caption reads: “Fake. Lie lie. Thief, Dictator .. corrupt INEC. oppressor…. Tinubu Desperately wants to be president and rule us by fire by force? .. I swear I die on this matter. Save this post ||. Tinubu will and can never BE my…

The Nigeria Police Force has ordered all presidential candidates, including those from the APC, PDP, LP, and NNPP, to warn their party loyalists and supporters to refrain from making inciting remarks that could unnecessarily heat up the polity and cause excessive excitement among the electorates and the country’s general populace. The force made the charge today, via their official Twitter account in a statement signed by CSP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, mnipr, mipra, — FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA.The statement headlined “Sues for Calm, Patience as INEC Intensifies Effort on Speedy Collation,” reads: “In furtherance of the close monitoring of the…

The governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has lost his senatorial bid to the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the district, Okechukwu Ezea.Mr Ugwuanyi, who is rounding off his second term as governor, was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Enugu North Senatorial District election held on Saturday 25 February. The Returning Officer for the election, Chukwuemeka Ubaka, announced the result at the collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nsukka Local Government Area headquarters on Monday at about 5:20 a.m.Mr Ezea, the LP candidate, polled a total of 104,492 votes to defeat Mr Ugwuanyi…

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will confront Uganda in the quarter-finals at the ongoing 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Egypt.Ladan Bosso’s finished second in Group A after defeating Mozambique 2-0 in their final group game on Saturday night. Uganda confirmed their place in the last eight after a 0-0 draw against South Sudan on Sunday night. The Young Cranes finished in second position in Group B behind Congo. The quarter-final fixture will be played at the Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia on Thursday, March 2.Victory in the game will see the Flying Eagles secure a place at the 2023 FIFA U-20…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has kicked at the allegations of the Labour Party over his alleged act of influencing the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections held in the state. Labour Party made the allegation in a Twitter post, alleging that Wike was influencing results in favour of the All Progressives Congress in his village, Rumueme.The LP also stated that Obi had a large chunk of the votes in the South-South state, as results so far from Rivers had put the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the lead.The post read, “This is from a returning…

Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State has warned against any form of protests over Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly election results in the state. According to the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the announcement of the result remained the exclusive preserve of the Independent National Electoral Commission, reminding residents that declaring unofficial results had its implications.He said, “As the collation of election results progresses, the Kaduna State Government hereby reminds citizens that protests of any sort remain strictly prohibited across the state.“The State Government has noted with satisfaction the largely peaceful conduct of elections across the…