Ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu is leading Nigeria’s most hotly contested general election since the country’s return to democracy over two decades ago. Fourteen of the 36 states have thus far been officially declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec). Mr Tinubu has now secured 44% of the votes counted so far. The main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar is trailing in second, followed by Labour’s Peter Obi. In order to win the presidency, a candidate needs to have the most votes overall and win 25% in 25 of Nigeria’s 36 states. But the electoral process has been mired...
Obasanjo urges Buhari to cancel compromised election, says tensions are building up
Obasanjo in his letter on Monday, February 27, 2023, alleged that INEC officials tampered with BVAS machines and manipulated election results. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel all elections that do not pass credibility and transparency test. The former President said this in a letter to Buhari amid calls for the cancellation of the 2023 presidential election by the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While the collation of the election results was ongoing at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, the agents of the two parties walked away after they failed to...
Govt assures external creditors of their equal importance to the Republic of Ghana
The Ministry of Finance has said that the Government of Ghana will continue to work with external creditors to advance the progress of our external debt treatment in order to ensure Ghana’s long-term macroeconomic stability. The Ministry assured the external creditors of their equal importance to the Republic of Ghana. “The newly issued bonds have been settled and listed and will become the new benchmark bonds for the fixed income market. “The Ministry of Finance will work with relevant stakeholders, as agreed, to ensure that these new benchmark securities become the basis for deepening the domestic sovereign bond market,” the...
Opposition boycott Nigeria election announcement
Opposition parties have walked out of the venue where results from Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential elections are being announced. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party have claimed there is a lack of transparency with the new electronic voter system. This is the first national election where an electronic device has been used to accredit voters. The election commission has denied the opposition parties’ complaints. The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) chairman Mahmood Yakubu said the announcement of results would continue. The PDP representative at the election centre in Abuja described the process as fraudulent, and...
Bondholders to meet Ofori-Atta over March 13 ‘assurance’
Representatives of bondholders who did not subscribe to the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) have raised doubts about the assurances given by the Ministry of Finance to pay coupons on old bonds by Monday, March 13. The Ministry, in a statement on Monday, February 27, assured that administrative steps are being taken to ensure that coupons and principals on old bonds are paid by the set date. But speaking on Ghana Tonight on TV3 on Monday, February 27, a legal representative of the Individual Bondholders Association of Ghana, Martin Kpebu, said the import of the statement to them is that not all will receive payment by...
Building collapse kills 104yr old woman at Asamakese
An elderly woman believed to be 104 years old has been confirmed dead after a building collapsed on her during a rainstorm Saturday evening at Asamankese in the Lower West Akim Municipality of the Eastern region. The deceased Maame Yaa Konsua was returning from her washroom to her room when the structure came down on her at Abaase a suburb of Asamankese. She was pronounced dead by health professionals at the Asamankese government hospital two hours after she was rushed to the facility. More than 850 people in the area have also been displaced following torrential rain which collapsed several...
‘Glory be to God’ – Ablakwa says as nobody’s ready to contest him
No National Democratic Congress member in the North Tongu Constituency dared to contest the incumbent Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who is seeking re-election to represent his people for the fourth term. Nominations for the biggest opposition party’s primaries closed on Saturday, February 25, 2023, and no contender emerged against the lawmaker. Mr Ablakwa took to his social media pages to renew his vow to serve his constituents to the best of his ability. “We are running unopposed in the North Tongu NDC Parliamentary Primaries. “Another reason to serve my beloved constituents better, stronger, harder & more innovatively. “As you very...
Jean Mensa to face Parliament on Tuesday over new ‘Ghana Card’ CI
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa is set to appear in Parliament to answer questions on a new C.I laid before the house. The EC boss will face the legislature alongside the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Dr. Ken Attafuah. The EC’s CI is attempting to use the Ghana Card as the primary document for voter registration in the upcoming general elections. The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, announced that the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, will appear before the legislators on Tuesday. “The EC officials had established contact with the Chairperson, who had agreed to...
Akufo-Addo to meet Christian Atsu’s family today to finalise final funeral rites
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is set to meet the family of the late Ghanaian player Christian Atsu today. The main purpose of the meeting is to finalise the final rites for the former Black Stars player. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Yussif told the media that: “We will call on the President on Monday. Once we do that, the plan that the family has tabled before the Ministry and GFA would be made public because it is subject to the confirmation of the president. A funeral planning committee has also been set up to ensure a befitting...
5 states that could determine Nigeria’s next president
All the serious presidential candidates will deploy every trick in their books to ensure they get the maximum votes from these states. As the February 25, 2023 presidential election draws ever so near, frontline presidential candidates have continued to travel the length and breadth of the country in their frantic effort to convince Nigerians to vote for them. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in its last update on voter registration disclosed that 93,469,008 voters have been registered for the upcoming exercise. These voters are spread across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja....