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By Halimah Olamide The DO Fagunwa Foundation has announced the appointment of a new Board of Trustees. The new Board members, according to statement made available to the NPO Reports, bring a wealth of experience, expertise, and diverse perspectives to the Foundation’s governance. “Their appointment is part of the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening its governance structure and promoting the life and works of late D.O. Fagunwa,” It said The new Board of Trustees includes Mr. Oladiipo Fagunwa as Chairman, Hon. Femi Kehinde as Secretary, and Chief Olu Falomo as Adviser/Consultant. Other members of the Board include Mrs. Ibukunade Sijuwola…

We Bring You, in a Minute, Interesting, Intriguing and Scary Scenes of the Just Concluded Presidential and National Assembly Elections

•Report by Kamil Opeyemi The president- elect, Bola Ahmed Tibubu has received his certificate of return. The certificate was presented to him by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at the International Conference Center, Abuja Speaking, Tinubu said the certificate of return he got symbolised the collective resolve of all Nigerians who he said could even do better than him. ”The road has been long, yet we walked it,” Tinubu told the gathering. He said “I am just a servant of the larger purpose.” He promised to run an inclusive government saying “my…

President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called on those who contested against him to seek constitutional means to seek redress if they feel they have reasons to do so. He said his supporters too must not allow tension build up. Tinubu said the era of renewed hope is here. These were his words as he released a victory speech in the early hours of Wednesday, about one hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared him winner of the presidential election. ”I know some candidates will be hard put to accept the election results. It is your right to seek legal…

By Kamil Opeyemi and Halimah Olamide The candidate of the All Progressive Congress Bola Tibubu has been declared winner of the presidential election with a total of 8,794,726 votes polled from 12 states of the Federation. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission Prof Mahmud Yakubu, who is the chief Returning Officer, made the declaration saying the APC Candidate has met the criteria for the declaration. Though Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party also won in 12 states each, they polled lesser votes with Atiku recording 6,984,520 votes and Obi’s 6,101,533 votes. But…

By Halimah Olamide The Independent National Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State has suspended the collation of results of the elections held on Saturday. Prof Charles Adias, who is the Returning Officer, announced the suspension after claiming threats to his life. He made the declaration sandwhiched amidst security chiefs. Adias, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke in Bayelsa state stated this at the resumption of collation at the INEC headquarters in Port Harcourt on Tuesday morning. He stated, “I have been receiving threats, messages and calls to my life and that of my family for two days…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Labour Party and the People’s Democratic Party on demanded for the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission Professor Mahmud Yakubu. Also joined in the ongoing joint press conference was the African Democratic Congress. They said the INEC has failed in its promise to conduct a free and fair election. At the press conference were Chairmen of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, his PDP Counterpart Iyorchia Ayu, They called on President Muhammadu Buhari to save the country by halting the process of the elections. Abure said the parties are calling for an outright…

By Halimah Olamide Former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday took to the streets in jubilation of his victory at the senatorial election held on Saturday. Akpabio, whose senatorial ticket on the platform of the All Progressive Congress became a subject of legal tussle, was declared the winner of the election which was conducted on he Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today, in the raffia city of Ikot Ekpene, declared me the winner of the electoral contest for the seat of the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District in the National Assembly. “This victory was made possible first…

By Halimah Olamide An allegation has gone viral claiming that the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, gain an unauthorized access into the results portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission .The claim was made with a photograph of Fashola with a laptop and a desktop which appeared to bear some graphic illustrations of elections results. Amidst the ongoing acrimony over release of the presidential and National Assembly elections held last Saturday, the allegation became more a subject of interests among many who have commented on the post. Also a post by the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Senator…

By Kamil Opeyemi and Halimah Olamide The European Union Observer Mission has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission’s implementation of its much promised transmission of election results electronically. The EU, in its preliminary reports, said INEC never made the details of its plan to transmit elections electronically available to Nigerians before going into the elections on Saturday. Controversies have become rife nationwide over the credibility of the election results after the commission failed to keep to its promise of electronic transmission. “Hardware and software specifications of BVAS, test results, audits, basic procurement details, protocols and guidelines for specific operations and…