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667The February 23 Election Verdict
By ABBA MAHMOOD For some weeks now, this column has been absent. It was a deliberate sabbatical. In any case, the opinion...
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565Appeal Court Orders INEC to Release Election Materials to Atiku, PDP
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been directed make all certified copies of the materials used in conducting the 2019 presidential...
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1.8KOnly Strangers Don’t Know the Igbo Built Lagos
By ADESEYE OGUNLEWE Lagos State belongs as much to the ethnic Igbo as it does to the Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani, Efik,...
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Buhari, Atiku Respond to INEC Declaration of Winner
The two main contestants in the presidential election held on February 23 have responded to the declaration of the winner by the...
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572Buhari Declared Winner of Presidential Poll
At exactly 4.39am Wednesday, the chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, declared Muhammadu Buhari of the APC...
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724The INEC Magic: A Corps Member’s Account
In a post on Facebook, Perpetua Ndidi laments her ordeal in the just concluded Nigerian presidential election The rigging was too much....
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Commonwealth Observers Share Initial Findings on Nigeria Elections
The Commonwealth Group observing Nigeria’s general election has concluded that despite difficulties faced during the vote, “for the most part, Nigerians had...
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Nigeria Votes: Bomb Explosions, Illegal Arrests, Late Arrival or Diversion of Materials Reported
Seven or eight bombs went off within minutes in Maiduguri two hours before voting was to start in Nigeria’s general election. Casualty...
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Friday Is Public Holiday
Civil servants in Nigeria, except bankers and others offering essential services, won’t work on Friday, a day before the start of the...
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Incompetent Inec Set to Postpone Polls
Six hours to the commencement of voting in Nigeria’s general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) is expected to postpone the...