The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River says endorsement of its governorship candidate, Sen. Sandy Onor, by Mr Peter Obi attests to the candidate’s sound pedigree as a man of the people. PDP chairman in the state, Mr Venatius Ikem made the declaration in Calabar on Monday when...
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Ahead of the March 18 Governorship/House of Assembly election, Mr Isaac Omodewu, the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, says members of five pro-PDP groups have defected to the party. Omodewu, who made this known on Monday in Ibadan, while receiving the defectors to the party, said...
Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta on Monday in Asaba promised to be fair, just and equitable in the management of the state’s resources if elected. Omo-Agege made the declaration at an interactive session he held with Delta civil servants. “I will...
Former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has re-echoed Mr Tonye Cole’s pledge to establish a hedge fund for businesses in the state to thrive if elected governor. Amaechi, in a statement by his media office, said this on Monday, during his door-to-door campaign for Cole, the All Progressives Congress...
Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery
Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery
Mr Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, asked the Court of Appeal, Abuja to declared Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun unqualified to have contested the July 16, 2022 poll in which he emerged as winner over alleged certificate forgery. Oyetola, whose candidacy in the poll...
Labour Party members in Badagry, on Monday, decried the imposition of candidates on the party for the March 18, House of Assembly election. Addressing newsmen in Badagry, Mr Mark Akande, the Chairman of LP in Badagry, said that some chieftains had imposed candidates for the legislative seats in the...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says he will continue to support the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr Sheriff Oborevwori. He told newsmen in Asaba on Monday that his decision was premised on the fact that Oborevwori was democratically elected at the party’s...
Governorship candidates of six political parties in Adamawa on Monday in Yola directed their supporters and party members to vote for Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on March 18. The candidates gave the directive when they paid a solidarity visit to the governor. They are...
The National Industrial Court on Monday adjourned until April 24 for further report of settlement between Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, and 110 of its dismissed employees. .When the matter slated for further report of settlement before Justice Rakiya Haasteup came up, the claimants’ counsel, Mr Femi Adedeji informed...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun. The three-member panel led by Justice M. F. Shuaibu, after listening to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, some first term senators-elect from North East and North Central are rooting for the emergence of former Abia state Governor and Senate’s Majority Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the next senate President, describing him as bridge...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group, Coalition of United Civil Society Organizations in Bauchi State, has petitioned the President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately call to order the Bauchi State gubernatorial candidate, Sadique Abubakar, over alleged violent intimidation of innocent residents of the state. The letter entitled: Air Marshal...
Some political actors and candidates in Oyo State have expressed divergent views on the recent postponement of the governorship and house of assembly elections in the country. The actors and candidates made their submissions in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Sunday. NAN...
Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has called for zoning of the 10th President of the Senate to the South South for equity and fairness. Okechukwu, also a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “Methinks it’s...
Mr Faliya Sharon, a public affairs analyst, has called on the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the aspiration of incumbent Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Wase, to emerge Speaker of the 10th Assembly. In a statement on Sunday, Sharon said that the APC should as...
The Katsina State Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Alhaji Sani Liti, has said that the Party’s gubernatorial candidate, Engr Nura Khalil, is incapable to be governor of the state. The State Chairman of the party disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Katsina, in reaction...
The Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal, sitting in Bauchi, on Saturday, granted leave to Garba Dahiru of the PDP, to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Feb. 25 NASS election in the state. Dahiru contested and lost the...
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on security agencies to investigate report of illegal printing of party agents tags by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by the...
Mr Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, and the Anambra state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), have intensified campaigns for their respective candidates, ahead of the March 18 House of Assembly election in Anambra. While Obi called on candidates of the Labour...
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Renewal Group has advised opposition parties agitating against the declaration of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect to perish the thought of upturning his victory. In a statement issued on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, the group described Tinubu’s emergence as president-elect as the best that had...