A group under the umbrella of The Natives on Monday staged a rally in Abuja, where it vowed to resist any attempt to foist an interim government on the nation. DAILY POST report that ever since the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the president-elect, opposition … Read more
A group, Ogun Integrity Vanguard, has tasked the leadership of security agencies in the country, particularly the Nigeria Police, to ensure comprehensive probe of the electoral infractions allegedly perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, during the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections in the … Read more
The Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center, CISLAC and the Kano Civil Society Elections Situation Room, have distanced themselves from a group they described as “fake civil society” calling for the cancellation of the Kano gubernatorial election. During a press conference at the Tahir Guest Palace on Saturday, the chairman of TMG, … Read more
An international group, Pan African Women Projects has extolled the virtues of the INEC Returning Officer for Abia governorship election, Prof Nnenna Oti. The group gave the commendation in Umuahia during a press conference where it reviewed its findings in the last general elections in the country. The group, a non-governmental organisation of women from … Read more
A group, known as Coalition of Abia Patriots and Youth Leaders have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to save Abia State from crises by rejecting alleged fake votes from Obingwa LGA. The group which addressed the press in Umuahia on Tuesday, accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of allegedly manufacturing fictitious figures from … Read more
The Ebeano political structure founded by the former governor of Enugu State, Senator Dr Chimaroke Nnamani, has joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. The announcement was made by Chief Emmanuel Okwor, Chairman of Ebeano, on Tuesday in Enugu. The announcement is coming a day after its leader, Chimaroke, announced his decision to dump the Peoples … Read more
The Congress of Civil Society Groups in Abia State has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to rise up and save the state from impending crisis owing to an alleged move by the state ruling party to manipulate the results of Saturday’s election. In a press briefing held in Umuahia on Monday, the … Read more
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Renewal Group on Monday condemned the threat by the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) in diaspora to expel the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. National president of the renewal group in Nigeria, Prof. Atilade Adeeyo, stated at Oye-Ekiti that the threat issued by the United States of America-based NADECO group was unreasonable. Adeeyo … Read more
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has called on the police authorities to ensure that those arrested for electoral crimes during Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections throughout the country face the full wrath of the law. This was even as the group called on the 9th National Assembly to pass … Read more
group, Rescue Movement for New Nigeria has sent a congratulatory message to President-elect, Bola Tinubu. DAILY POST reports that Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared winner of the February 25 presidential election. The group, which spoke through a statement signed by its Director General, Mr Martins Ugwu, urged Nigerians to keep hope … Read more
Barely 48 hours to the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Nigeria, the Kaduna State Peace and Mediation Working Committee, has appealed to citizens to make sacrifices for peace during the forthcoming elections. The committee noted that every citizen has just one vote and should cast that vote peacefully, lovingly, and prayerfully hoping for … Read more
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has maintained that it is not a terrorist organization. IPOB described the Global Terror Index report, ranking it as the world’s 10th deadliest terrorist organization, as an attempted blackmail. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, said the report was aimed at demonizing it before the world. A statement by … Read more
Aloy Ejimakor, a Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to reports that the group is ranked the 10th deadliest terrorist organisation in the world. Ejimakor said the report by the Global Terror Index that IPOB was the 10th deadliest terrorist group was false. He explained that IPOB … Read more
As Nigerians will yet again cast votes for the governorship and State House of Assembly elections on Saturday, a Diaspora group has called on Nigerians to come out en masse. The group, Diaspora Medics For Good Governance (DM4GG), in a statement which was issued by its Directors, Dr. Chukwudi Muojieje, Dr. Kunle Adedeji and four … Read more
The Katsina State Chapter of the Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has called on the Katsina State Police Command and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure compliance with the peace accord signed by candidates and political parties in the state ahead of the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly polls. The group also … Read more
An Islamic group, Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has cautioned the Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project, SERAP and some other non-governmental organisations, NGOs to stop seeking cheap publicity by meddling wrongly in the affairs that do not concern them. Specifically, the group was reacting to the ultimatum given by SERAP to the National … Read more
The Taraba Independent Peace Committee has condemned the reported attacks on the convoy of some political parties in Takum and Wukari local government councils of the state. They expressed sadness that despite the recent peace accord signed by no fewer than fourteen governorship candidates in the state, some candidate supporters continue igniting problems. The Committee … Read more
As lobbying for the 10th National Assembly intensifies at the upper and lower legislative chambers, a group operating under the aegis of Movement For Democratic Consolidation (MDC) has called for a balancing of power to foster unity in the country. The group noted that the procedure for the selection of principal officers in the House … Read more
The Coalition for Transparency in Nigeria (CTN) has raised the alarm over a plot by paid agents to blackmail the leadership of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) through the use of fictitious petitions. The group said the aim is to create chaos in the Commission and ultimately distract the NEDC leadership from fulfilling its … Read more
A civil society group, political justice and Fairplay has written to the Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to publish the name of Rev. Fr. Hycenth Iormem Alia and APC for 2023 governorship election in Benue State. They stated that the date of the judgement by the Appeal Court Makurdi Branch between Prof. Terhemba … Read more