The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abakaliki, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Benard Odoh, and that of the PDP, Dr IfeanyiChukwuma Odii, to inspect the March 18 electoral materials. The News Agency of...
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By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has withdrawn his petition at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal he filed over his loss of the Benue North-West Senatorial seat. Governor Ortom, who was the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senatorial candidate in the February 25th, 2023 National...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) and President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he clocks 71, March 29, 2023, with history beckoning to lead the country from May 29th. The President congratulatory message in contained in a...
At the doorsteps of Nigeria’s political independence, Nigerian leaders such as Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Ahmadu Bello were viewed by people with less than adequate degree of perception as the “founding fathers of Nigeria”. Fifty-five years after Nigeria’s political independence, President Buhari, in his inaugural speech on May...
SPORT Sport, particularly football is a lifestyle in Nigeria. It’s one of the few endeavours that have fostered a sense of national cohesion among the country’s heterogeneous population. Whenever a Nigerian team is playing, no one will ever bother to know which tribes the players are from. Many Nigerians...
By DANJUMA JOSEPh, Lafia – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has advised the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to seek redress in the court of law if dissatisfied with the outcome of the governorship election in the state. APC in a statement signed by the party...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu ‘Yar-Abba has called on the President-elect, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reopen all Nigerian land borders upon assumption of duty. ‘Yar-Abba made the call in his congratulatory messages to Tinubu and his running mate, Sen. Kashim...
The embattled National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has described his purported suspension by executive members of his ward, Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue state, as an exercise in futility. Ayu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi says calls for declaration of the governorship election result is an affront to the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Alhaji Abubakar Gari-Malam, an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart in the state, has called on the INEC to declare the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to provide maximum security for its staff and the election materials which were used in the just-concluded polls. This piece of advice is contained in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta by Mr Tunde...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – As the race for the plum job of Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives gathers momentum, a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon. Lawrence Onuchukwu has thrown his weight behind the Speakership bid of Honourable Muktar Aliyu Betara, member House...
The Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State has suspended the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, with immediate effect. They suspended Ayu for anti-party activities after passing a vote of no confidence on him. While...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is trying to cover its tracks after rigging the March 18 Delta governorship election. Dr Timi Tonye, the Deputy Director, Media and Publicity, Delta APC campaign organisation, said this in a statement on Sunday in Asaba....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima has said that for Nigeria to maximize its enormous potentials inherent in the country, its citizens must rid themselves of divisive politics. Shettima stated this on Saturday when the executive members of the Borno State’s chapter of the...
The former Zamfara Governor, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, has donated 240 trucks of food items to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Orphans and other categories of the less privileged groups in their state as Ramadan Welfare Package. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
A renowned Constitution Lawyer, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, has counselled lawyers in the country to be wary of politicising the issue of obtaining 25 per cent in FCT as a requirement to win the Presidential election. Ajulo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja against the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senator Ifeanyi Araraume has debunked reports that he had picked the expression of interest form to run for the office of governor in Imo state, under the Labour Party (LP). Senator Araraume, who stated this in a statement by his issued on Sunday by...
Dr Sanusi Ohiare, Kogi governorship aspirant, on Saturday in Abuja, said the state is ripe for investment, adding that he will make it a logistics and industrial hub of the country if elected as its next governor. He said this while speaking with newsmen after submitting his Expression of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday in Abuja called on INEC to review the March 18 Ogun governorship election result. Its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba told a news conference that the party rejected the declaration of Gov. Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as...
The Leadership of the APC in Kogi has finally screened Alhaji Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, a frontline governorship aspirant after his purported suspension by the party on Thursday. Also screened by the party were the State Deputy Governor, Chief Edward Onoja and Sen. Smart Adeyemi, all anxious to lead the people...