A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Bosco Onunkwo, has called on INEC to extend the voting deadline at the on-going Anambra governorship election beyond 2.30 p.m. “I call on INEC to give us additional three hours to accommodate the high number of people who are...
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Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has expressed shock over the technology breakdown of the Bimodal Verification Accreditation (BVA) system. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been experiencing technical challenges in the use of the...
Mr Valentine Ozigbo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside Orjiugo, his wife, cast their vote at PU 010, Social Centre square, Amaesi Ward in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra at about 11am. Ozigbo, who voted after about 20 minutes of accreditation delay, expressed worry that all...
Voting has commenced in the 2021 Anambra governorship elections. Some 18 political parties are on the ballot as the race to replace current Governor, Willie Obiano, comes to a head. Although there have been hiccups with electronic voting equipment in some polling units, the exercise is well underway in...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, along with his wife, Erelu Bisi, has not anointed any candidate that will takeover from in 2022. Mr Yinka Oyebode, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, denied an allegation by a group that the governor’s wife has anointed the Secretary to the...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Federal Government from executing its plan to deduct $418 million from the bank account of the 36 states of the Federation. Justice Inyang Ekwo issued a restraining order against the Federal Government on Friday following an ex parte application brought...
A Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, has sentenced a civil servant, Ma’aji Shettima Arfo, to 28-years-imprisonment for engaging in an N86.1 million contract fraud. Arfo, who was sentenced to jail by Justice Haruna Mshellia, of Borno State High Court, 3, was the General Manager of the state-owned...
Widow of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu has expressed worry over the dwindling political fortune of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Ojukwu made the remarks in a statement she signed on Thursday to mark the posthumous birthday of the late Biafra warlord, on Nov. 4. She...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A federal lawmaker, Senator Gershom Bassey has said he is in total support of power shift to the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State. Senator Bassey explained that for the sake of unity, equity and fairness in the state, the continued rotation of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, opened its case in the money laundering case it instituted against Mrs Beauty Apere at the Federal High Court Yenagoa. The absence of EFCC’s star witness on Oct 20 had stalled the N200-million money laundering suit against Mr Embelakpo Apere, and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Jime, the Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue state in the 2019 election has urged the people of Benue South Senatorial District (Zone C) to keep up their fight to produce the Benue state Governor in 2023. He...
The absence of counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in court on Wednesday stalled the money laundering trial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Federal High Court, Abuja had fixed today, Nov. 3, for...
As the Anambra governorship election, scheduled for Saturday, approaches, a mixture of apprehension and confidence have taken over the space. This is because of the threat of the sit-at-home order declared by the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) between Nov. 4 and Nov. 10, which threatens the conduct...
The newly elected Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal, has urged members and supporters of the party to be united to reclaim the governorship seat in the 2023 general elections. Bilal made the appeal while addressing party members in Ganye town, headquarters of Ganye...
The eight All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the Anambra State House of Assembly have paid a courtesy visit to the Anambra Deputy Governor, Dr Nkem Okeke, on Tuesday in Awka. Leader of the delegation, Dr Timothy Ifediora (APC-Njidoka 1) said it was a visit of solidarity as the...
Alhaji Yusuf Zailani, Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and state Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECOMs) to emulate Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’ by conducting credible elections. Zailani described what he called the El-Rufai electoral revolution as a model in conducting transparent, free and...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Anambra electorates to vote and ensure victory for its candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, on Nov. 6 in order to take back their state. The party governors and other chieftains made the call at the grand finale of the governorship campaign rally...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Supreme Court of Nigeria has described the alleged invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s residence by unknown security operatives as impunity taken too far. In its first reaction to the ugly situation, the apex court, in a statement on Tuesday by its Director of Press and...
A High Court in Kaduna State has ordered Today Publishing Company, publishers of The Union newspaper, to tender an apology and pay N10 million for defaming the state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Governor El-Rufai had approached the court in 2015 after the newspaper published false claims about his assets declaration,...
A Lagos lawmaker from Igbo extraction, Mr Jude Idimogu, has appealed to members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to change strategy and give peace a chance on the Anambra governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that IPOB agitation in Anambra and other South-east...