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Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said in his press statement today that former INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has been appointed an ambassador by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. But the list of newly appointed ambassadors circulating on social media names a “Mahmud Yakubu” from Ekiti State. If that list is accurate, two issues stand out. First, […]
Continue ReadingFollowing a decade of steering Nigeria’s elections through sweeping reforms and digital innovations, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu announced his resignation on Tuesday. Yakubu, who has been at the helm since 2015, formally stepped down during the Commission’s quarterly meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs in Abuja, describing the […]
Continue ReadingAward-winning Nigerian rappers, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz the bad guy and Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, better known as Vector, have expressed their views about the 2023 elections in their latest song, ‘Yakubu’, titled after the current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. “Mr Yakubu! Ę ma ń se bi fraudster (you […]
Continue ReadingNigerian police have paraded a man named Ismail Yakubu who resides in Waru village around Apo area of Abuja as the suspect who gave false information about gun being hidden in the Abuja residence of Niger Delta elder, Chief Edwin Clark. Yakubu was presented to newsmen by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Jimoh Moshood, […]
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