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Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu, having scored the highest votes in the election, was declared as winner by Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Wednesday. The former governor of Lagos State polled the total votes of 8,794,76 to defeat his close rival in the election, Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) with 6,984,520 votes. While the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi came third with 6,101,533 votes.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have demanded a fresh election, saying the February 25 presidential election has been “irretrievably compromised”. LP National, Julius Abure; the PDP chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; as well as their ADC counterpart, Ralph Nwosu, made this known at a joint press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. They alleged that Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections were manipulated by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at polling units by their failure to upload results electronically on the commission’s Results Viewing Portal (IReV). Abure, who spoke on behalf of the LP, PDP and the ADC, said, “This election is not free and far from being fair”, adding that there are “ongoing cancellation of results from areas of strength of the opposition parties”. They declared a vote of no confidence on INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu and asked him to immediately step aside for an un

The APC Presidential Campaign Council and our Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have called on security agencies to stop some members of opposition political parties from inciting violence in the country. In a statement, the APC noted “with utmost concern those inciting comments and call to violence by some spokespersons of the opposition, especially those from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). We are particularly concerned and call on the State Security Services and the Nigeria Police Force to immediately restrain persons such as Dino Melaye, Dele Momodu and a certain Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis Church from their clear call to violence”. The APC Presidential Campaign Council, however, expressed appreciation to Nigerians for coming out in large numbers to exercise their civic duty on Saturday, February 25, 2023. It was, yet again, a momentous day in our democratic journey as Nigerians lined up to choose the next set of leaders, especially the President and Nationa

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on Lagosians to remain calm. Saying that there is no need for violence, as it is not part of Yoruba culture. He made this call through a press statement posted on his social media page. The governor was reacting to an allege politically motivated attacks on Igbos in some places in Lagos. He said: "We have got reports of friction in some parts of Lagos this morning. All is calm now." "There is no need for violence, which is not part of our culture." "I urge all Lagosians to go about their businesses without any fear of harassment. Law enforcement agencies have been asked to ensure that there is no breakdown of law and order in any part of the state." "I have been your Governor for almost four years, promoting harmony and friendship across ethnic and religious lines without any form of discrimination whatsoever.  Let us remain calm. All will be well.  We are a peaceful people and so we shall remain.&qu

Alhaji Olanrewaju Shittu, MD/CEO Lanre Shittu Motors, is dead. The business mogul reportedly died in the early hours of Monday (27 February, 2023). He was aged 65. Lanre Shittu Group has over the years supported the private and public sectors of the economy in the realization of the Nigerian  developmental goals and objectives. The Group is a creative and  innovative business conglomerate that offers high standard quality  products and services at competitive rates with guaranteed customer  satisfaction. The Group is synonymous with excellence and performance in  its various industrial operations. Lanre Shittu Motors Nigeria  Limited, a member of the Group is one of the leading automobile companies in Nigeria. It has always been a force in the automobile industry since it was established on the 31st of March 1981 and  incorporated on the 3rd of March 1986. Alhaji Lanre Shittu was also a socialite per excellence in his lifetime. The likes of K1 and other top musicians have waxed many al

Labour Party, LP, has called for the cancellation of the ongoing presidential election as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, cannot upload results into its server from the polling units. The national chairman of the party, Julius Abure made the call in a statement saying that INEC has given room for doubt in the credibility of the process. Abure, said the inability of INEC to upload results after over 12 hours is worrisome and called it electoral robbery. He said: "Labour Party is shocked by the revelations emanating from Rivers state after the presidential and national assembly elections which held on Saturday; where thugs believed to be agents of the state government invaded various polling units and collation centres, took away election materials including the results sheets, manipulated the BVAS machines and uploaded fake results in to the Central portal. “We took particular note of incidences in places like Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo, Rumukoro and seve

They took a flight of fancy hoping to win the presidency of Nigeria with Igbo votes in Lagos. Such grand delusion. You can't win a presidential election in Nigeria just because you think harvesting the anger of few hate-propelled young people, including sexual deviants and luminaries of the cybercrime community, who congregated at Lekki Toll gate, in a choreographed exhibition of derangement is all it takes. You're well advised to perish the thought of anyone being rigged out. This is the most peaceful, transparent, credible, free and fair election in Nigeria, all thanks to BVAS and Buhari's demonetisation policy. You can't allege vote buying because you all said Buhari was dealing with Tinubu and wanted his party candidate to lose. Your candidates, Atiku and Obi, praised Buhari and CBN lavishly over a poorly implemented policy that has traumatised Nigerians. It will be foolhardy of you now to come around to allege rigging and manipulation.  So, Nigerians voted their co

It's the day after. Fogs are gradually clearing (or not clearing) from the face of the firmament. Though we may not see as clearly as American singer-songwriter, pop star and reggae musician, Johnny Nash, saw when he magisterially pronounced that “I can see clearly now,” we can at least see beyond the ridges of our noses. Whichever way, there are consequences. In philosophizing consequences, Yoruba go into the thrills and frills of the Egungun festival to explain what was and what is. Masquerade festivals – E’gun Odun – are moments of plenty, wild frenzy and flexing of muscles. For the son of the village Masquerades Chief Priest – the Alagbaa – the masquerade festival season is particularly a momentous period. Aside the plenty that the period offers, it is also a period to ride roughshod over everyone and anyone in the village. His father has plenty of Egba Osunsun – cudgels carved out of Osunsun tree branches – which are kept inside a closet. Masquerades deploy the cudgels to terr

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, monitoring the presidential and national assembly polls made some arrests of suspected vote buyers.  One Dr. Cletus Tyokyaa, a lecturer with the Sarwuan Tarka University (formerly known as the University of Agriculture), Makurdi, Benue State, was arrested at the RCM Polling Unit in Daudu, Guma Local Government Area of the state with the sum of N306, 700 in various denominations stashed in his car. Luck ran out on the suspect when he drove to the voting centre which was different from his polling unit and tried to run upon sighting operatives of the Commission. When asked about his mission at the center, Dr. Tyokyaa could not provide a coherent explanation, leading to arrest, and the search of his car revealed the money in various denominations. He was released after volunteering a statement to the Commission. The EFCC also arrested a man for alleged vote buying with N194,000 at Gidan Zakka polling unit, Goron Dutse area

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of today, February 25, 2023 intercepted a woman with 18 voter cards in a sting operation at Badarwa area of Kaduna, Kaduna State. The woman, one Maryam Mamman Alhaji, who is a member of the support group of one of the leading political parties, also had in her possession, a 17-page list containing names of eligible voters, their bank details and phone numbers as accredited under Badarwa/Malali Ward 01 and 08, Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State.  She was nabbed after undercover operatives pretended they had voter cards and were desperate to sell them. She is currently being grilled by operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC, with a view to unravelling other members of her syndicate whom she claimed are also collecting voters’ cards and paying monies through PoS or direct bank transfers  The EFCC also arrested a man for alleged vote buying with N194,000 at Gidan Zakka polling u

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinyere Igwe has been arrested with over Five Hundred Thousand US dollar ($500,0000) in Port Harcourt. Igwe, nabbed by security operatives in the early hours of Friday, is said to have admitted that the money was given to him by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ensure his election success in Rivers State. The police also recovered the sharing formula of the money from him.  From a document at trendscopenews disposal, they planned to give dollars to Security, INEC, as well as voters. This is coming few hours away from the much anticipated Presidential and National Assembly elections, slated for Saturday 25th February, 2023.

Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) contesting National Assembly seats in the 3 senatorial districts and 14 federal constituencies in Oyo State are presently at the crossroads. Reason for this is not far-fetched. A few days into the polls scheduled for 25th Febuary, 2023, their leader, Governor Seyi Makinde is yet to give a clear picture of his preferred presidential candidate. This, of course, is unconnected to the unresolved crisis between G5 governors and the leadership of the party. G5 have been at loggerhead with the leadership of PDP over Senator Iyorchia Ayu retaining his seat as Chairman of the party after the emergence of former Vice President  Atiku Abubakar, as the standard-bearer of the party for the February 25, 2023 presidential election. The situation, if not well managed, according to some political watchers in the state, will not only take its toll on the chances of the national assembly candidates but may also affect Makinde's second term bid. Makinde

The governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo has that the three police officers allegedly involved in extra-judicial killings in the state should be thoroughly investigated. Soludo stated this while commenting on a story published by a Nigerian blog, accusing the officers of engaging in the illegal arrest, torture, extortion, and extra-judicial killings of their victims. The governor also assures that the accused officers will face the full wrath of the law if found guilty. This was contained in a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Christian Aburime, on Saturday. The affected officers are Patrick Agbazue, Nkeiruka Nwode, and Harrison Akama. Mr. Agbazue, a chief superintendent of police, serves as officer-in-charge of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Unit of the police in Anambra State, while Ms. Nwode, a superintendent of police, is the spokesperson in Zone 13 Headquarters of the police. Mr. Akama, an inspector, is attached to the RRS unit of the police in Anambra State

At times like this, two works of literature are my abiding refuge. One, written over a century ago, speaks to the melee both in the APC and Nigeria as a whole. It is a poem entitled ‘The Second Coming’ by William Butler Yeats. It was written at a time similar to that of present Nigeria. It was a time when it looked like the world was coming to an end. The casualties of the First World War were benumbing and overwhelmingly high. The deaths of millions from the pangs of the flu pandemic that also occurred at this time were suffocating. The flu also infected Yeats’s pregnant wife, Georgie Hyde-Lees. In reply to this vexing time, Yeats wrote the poem in November 1920. Its lines are still very relevant to our situation in Nigeria today. He had written: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passi

Nigerian comedian, Emmanuel Iwueke, popularly known as Craze Clown, has revealed that the late Ghanaian footballer, Christian Atsu, paid his school fees until he graduated from school when he lost his father. The comedian made this known while mourning the death of the footballer via his Twitter handle on Saturday. He said that Atsu had been his supporter since 2015 saying, “Christian  has  been supporting me from way back 2015. When I lost my dad, he reached out and offered to pay my fees til I graduated  and he did. you’ve been a great friend of mine Chris and I will surely miss you. I really can’t hold back the tears. Rest well brother” The remains of Atsu were found under the rubble after a devastating 7.8-magnitude quake hit Turkey.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed Deposit Money Banks to  collect  old N500, and N1,000 notes from customers with reference code generated from its website Multiple bank sources told Vanguard the branches received a directive from the head office some hours ago that they should collect the old notes from their customers who have enrolled and generated reference code from the CBN website. A top CBN official confirmed to CBN saying yes we have directed them to collect the old N500 and N1000 from customers. Recall that President Mohammadu Buhari directed that the old N500 and N1,000 notes are no longer legal tenders but those having the notes should take the notes to the CBN so as not to lose their money. Consequently, the CBN opened a portal for people with the old N500 and N1,000 notes to register how much they want to deposit and to get a reference code to confirm there registration. The reference code will be used to deposit the old notes at any of  the CBN offices across the c

All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has denied the news making the rounds on his purported plans to take a new wife. This was contained in a press statement signed and made available to journalists by the former Lagos State governor's media office. The statement reads: "We have seen a fake news that has gone viral on social media purporting that the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidates, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is set to take a new wife. This is what it is: a fake and groundless news. HE Asíwájú is enjoying his marriage to his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, which is blessed with excellent children. He is not ready to take an additional wife, whether a Christian or a Muslim. We know the intention of those behind those peddling a new Muslim wife is not only to cause discord within the extremely peaceful family of Asíwájú Tinubu but to also create disaffection within the Christian community. Their intention has failed. It will not c

In 1984, Nigeria happened to Ayanyemi Atokowagbowonle. Atokowagbowonle was a musician whose style was unique, his delivery peculiar and he was the official musician of the stormy petrel of Ibadan politics, Adelabu Adegoke, a.k.a. Penkelemes, of the National Council of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC). The then-new head of state, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, had just violently seized the reins of power in Nigeria. That year April, Buhari had ordered the colours of all banknotes in circulation to be changed. The currency trafficking prevalent at the time and stolen funds by politicians must be repatriated, he said. The Naira’s official exchange rate was $1.30 but was worth only 33 cents in the black market. These destructive politicians were the same set of people he had just overthrown. Buhari had tar-brushed Umaru Dikko, Adisa Meredith Akinloye (A.M.A) and others as enemies of the people. He needed to halt them from repatriating stolen loot into the country. His propaganda army circulate

Alhaja Olubunmi Sakirat Lawal is a US-based businesswoman who deals in African foodstuffs in wholesale quantity. She is a big player in the sector. She is the CEO of Supremacy Varieties. She is one woman who has proved her mettle in business over the years. Her store at 290, Elizabeth Newark, New Jersey is a one stop place for African foodstuffs. She is also into real estate and a philanthropist of note but doesn’t make noise about it. Alhaja Olubunmi Lawal is a woman of class and substance too. At 62, she remains as beautiful and stylish as ever. She is one of the most respected society women in Ibadan and America social circles. She is also a prominent member of Oluyole Classic Sisters. Last week, City People’s Correspondent, DARE ADENIRAN (08057639079) was a quest at Alhaja Olubunmi Lawal’s mansion, located off Akala Way, Ibadan. Where quintessential Alhaja Lawal opens up on her very private life and how she hits it big business. She also talked about the award recently given to her