A Federal High Court, Abuja, for judgment in a separate suits filed by leader of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, against Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and others, over alleged refusal to issue them new international passports.

The candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has promised that he will not endanger the relative peace existing in Nigeria in his challenge of the results of the February 25 presidential election.

Abia State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has expressed dismay over the failure of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to issue a categorical statement on the use or otherwise of old naira notes.

The US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement while calling for calm amid accusations of voter fraud and concerns over technical hitches.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, said sacrifices of the Armed Forces remain appreciated by Nigerians.

As controversies continue to trail Nigeria’s just concluded 2023 presidential and National Assembly polls held last weekend, The Financial Times of London has said the elections were badly flawed, just as it lambasted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for misfiring.

Six states in Nigeria on Friday night withdrew a suit asking the Supreme Court to void the result of the just-concluded presidential election, the latest twist in several challenges facing the ruling party’s victory in the vote.

Tensions are mounting in Nigeria’s capital as election officials continue releasing official results from Saturday’s presidential vote

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has won the presidential election held in Ondo State on Saturday.

Vote counting is under way in Nigeria's tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999.

Some frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots with flashlights while others stood watch at their polling stations as counting got under way late Saturday amid fears of vote tampering after a day of delays in Africa’s most populous nation.

On the 24th anniversary of the election that returned Nigeria to Democracy in 1999, Nigerians will today file out to elect a President that will run the country for another four years, effective May 29.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence the collation of 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday at midday.

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All Progressives Congress’s Bola Tinubu is likely to do well in two of the country’s biggest voting states - Kano and Lagos.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Faruk Yahaya, who stated this, also warned criminals and thugs to stay away from and desist from causing infractions in the elections.

The Nigerian military has denied a claim by the governing party that it is planning to disrupt the upcoming presidential election.

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has expressed its commitment to ensure that in 2023, Nigeria makes more than $4.82bn it generated from non-oil export business in 2022.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, adjourned the hearing on the suit filed by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) seeking a referendum to determine the fate of Biafra and other self-determination agitations to March 30, 2023.

The terrorists abandoned their properties and weapons with at least 50 bicycles recovered during the raid.