Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North Senatorial District and former Governor of Edo, says the incumbent governor of the state, Mr Godwin Obaseki, remains his friend in spite of their political and party differences. Oshiomhole spoke while giving his goodwill message at the ongoing 2023 Alaghodaro Summit...
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The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Mr Udengs Eradiri, has the gubernatorial election held on Saturday in the state has been marred by massive vote-buying. “The level of vote-buying is overwhelming,” Eradiri said while commenting on the general conduct of the election. Eradiri who spoke at...
Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, on Saturday expressed diverse views on the conduct of the Saturday governorship election in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that both candidates spoke shortly after casting their...
There was early arrival of election materials at polling units in Yenagoa. At the Amarata Ward 6 in Yenagoa Local Government Area, a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent reports that activities started at 7:30 a.m. as materials were being distributed to polling units within the ward. Security...
By GABRIEL OMONHINMIN – Chairman, Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council, His Royal Majesty, King Bubaraye Dakolo Agada IV, who was a member of 38th Officer Regular Course of the Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA) in Kaduna State, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nigerian government to henceforth...
The State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, dismissed the petition filed by Action Alliance (AA) and Accord Party (AP) against Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State. The three-member panel led by Justice Tani Hassan, said that the findings of the tribunal were...
The Labour Party (LP) candidate for Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa, Mr Udengs Eradiri, has said he is confident of victory during the poll despite the decamping of some of the leaders of his party to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He said he was not worried that...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, urged a Federal High Court, Abuja not to grant the ex-parte motion filed by Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led Labour Party (LP), seeking to replace the party’s governorship candidate in Imo. INEC, in its affidavit to show cause pursuant to the court...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has no reason to fail in Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa. The Lagos State ADC Chairman, Mr George Ashiru, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while speaking on the chances...
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) Mr Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, on Friday condemned the attack on an Area Court judge in Gombe, calling for prompt investigation of the case. This is contained in a statement on Friday, issued by the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Mr Habeeb...
An Appeal Court on Friday cleared former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to participate in the Saturday governorship election. This comes less than 24 hours to conduct Governorship election in Bayelsa The Appellate Court on dismissed the last of the chains of suits seeking exclusion of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied the purported video alleging the withdrawal of its Governorship Candidate in Imo, Sen. Sam Anyanwu, from the Saturday election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on...
Crisis has hit the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa barely 24 hours to the governorship election in the state. Some of the party leaders are said to have abandoned the LP governorship candidate, Mr Udengs Eradiri, and openly declared support for Gov. Douye Diri of the Peoples...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said two million registered voters are expected to vote in the Saturday off-cycle governorship election in Kogi. The election will hold in 3,508 poling units, spread across the 21 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The LGAs included Adavi, Ajaokuta,...
Sen. Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Saturday’s Kogi governorship poll has pledged to rebuild the state in four years if elected as governor. Melaye said this at the party’s grand finale campaign rally held in Lokoja on Thursday. “In 4 years, we are...
The Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, said he discovered during his campaign that Imo people have lost confidence in Gov. Hope Uzodimma led government. Anyanwu said this at a news briefing in Owerri on Thursday. He said that he saw...
The Hausa-Fulani Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to review the recent Court of Appeal judgments that sacked some members of the National Assembly from Plateau. The forum made the call at a press conference on Thursday in Jos. Alhaji...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has it plans to honour some of its preforming governors and lawmakers elected on its platform in a Productivity Award on Nov. 25 in Abuja. The Chairman APC NewsOnline, Dr Tom Ohikere, said this when he addressed newsmen on Thursday in Abuja....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, struck down some “offending provisions” which takes away the right of appeal of a tax debtor. Specifically, the affected provisions include the Tax Appeal Tribunal (Procedure) Rules ( 2021), the Federal High Court of Nigeria (Federal Inland Revenue Service) Practice Directions...
An Oyo High Court sitting in Awe has adjourned for hearing a fresh suit filed by Oyo kingmakers (Oyomesi) against Governor Seyi Makinde and two others on the vacant stool of Alaafin of Oyo till Dec. 14. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Attorney General...