Ruling partys candidate concedes defeat Ghanas former President, John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nations presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat yesterday. Bawumia is the candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) while Mahama is of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Early results indicate Mahama is poised to win, garnering 56.39% of votes, while Bawumia secured 42.64%. Ghanas Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia, has conceded defeat. The vice-president, who addressed the press at his residence yesterday, congratulating Mahama…
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Liberia Presidential poll: Tinubu congratulates Boakai
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the government and people of Liberia on the successful conduct of the Liberian presidential election. The President also congratulated President-elect Joseph Boakai, who won the mandate of the people, enjoining him to unite the country and build on the popular support expressed through the ballot box to deliver good governance to the people of Liberia. Tinubu, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, commended President Weah for demonstrating uncommon leadership by conceding the election and averting any form of socio-political crisis. The President…
Read MoreJustice Okoro to head Supreme Court panel on presidential election petition
Justice John Inyang Okoro has been nominated to coordinate the Supreme Court panel that will oversee the presidential election petition filed by the candidates of Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the People Democratic Party PDP), Atiku Abubakar, respectively. It was gathered that Justice Okoro is currently coordinating other Justices of the Supreme Court out of the total of eleven Justices currently serving in the apex court. An insider however, revealed to this medium that there is heavy arm-twisting among the Justices as the majority are insisting on following the electoral…
Read MorePresidential Poll Tribunal: Tinubu to open defence against Atiku, Obi, others July 3rd
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu are scheduled to open their defence next week in the ongoing petition challenging the outcome of the presidential election. Tinubu emerged victorious in the election, securing 8,794,726 votes, surpassing Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) with 6,101,533 votes. Following the election, Obi, Atiku, and their respective political parties lodged petitions before the tribunal. The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) also filed a petition and concluded its case after presenting…
Read MorePresidential Election: “Declare me winner, or order rerun between me and Tinubu” Atiku urges tribunal
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to declare him winner or order a rerun between him and the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. In the alternative, he wants the entire election nullified and a fresh one conducted. These are the key reliefs being sought in the petition filed for him and the PDP at the PEPC secretariat on Tuesday night by their team of lawyers led by Joe Gadzama (SAN). Listed as respondents in the petition are the…
Read MoreWhat APC must do to win 2023 presidential election – PGF DG
By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, said regular meetings by the All Progressives Congress (APC) bigwigs and power brokers between 2013 and 2014 was what led to President Muhammadu Buharis victory in 2015. He added that APC must therefore adopt the model it used in the build up to the 2015 general election to win the 2023 presidential poll. Speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abuja, during the presentation of his new book titled, APC and Progressive Politics in Nigeria Lukman…
Read MoreINEC fixes date for 2023 presidential election
seeks replacement of manual with electronic voting The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday announced the date for the 2023 presidential election. INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu said the 2023 presidential election is scheduled to hold on February 18, 2023. In his goodwill message at the inauguration of the special adhoc committee on the review of the 1999 constitution, the INEC Chairman told members of the House of Representatives they are about 855 days left for the next general election. Yakubu said that before the 2015 general elections, INEC came…
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