The Inspector- General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered withdrawal of police officers from the 23 local government council secretariats in Rivers. The council offices were sealed in June following a dispute over the appointment of Caretaker Committee Chairmen by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers. Tensions escalated when...
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Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has fixed Oct. 16 for its chairmanship primaries ahead of the Nov. 2, local councils elections in the state. The State APC Chairman, Mr Aliyu Bello, announced this at the party’s expanded stakeholders meeting on Monday in Lafia. He also...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) members in the House of Representatives have said that no lawmaker elected on the platform of the party was coerced into parting with money in support of Monday Okpebholo’s governorship ambition in Edo. Deputy Spokesperson, House of Reps, Philip Agbese, said this while reacting...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Senate Minority Leader and Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Abba Moro has strongly condemned and rejected the local government election “purportedly conducted” in Benue State on Saturday, October 5, describing it as...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has clinched all 23 local government chairmanship seats in the local government elections conducted in Benue on Saturday. The Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Mr Richard Tombowua, announced the results on Sunday in Makurdi. Tombowua said that the APC also won all...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won 30 chairmanship positions in the Saturday’s local government council election in Akwa Ibom. Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak, the Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission, announced this in a signed result released in Uyu on Sunday. Ikoiwak also announced that the All Progressive...
The immediate past governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, has confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would reclaim power in the state in 2027. Ortom stated this at the party’s state congress on Thursday in Makurdi. The former governor said that the enthusiasm and zeal exhibited by members of...
By JOEL OLADELE, Abuja – The Chairman, Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG), Barr. Jesutega Onokpasa, has sent a strong warning to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), over its perceived stance on the ongoing issue between the immediate former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and the Economic and...
Members of the PDP on Wednesday protested at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Benin to register their displeasure over the outcome of the just concluded Edo governorship election. The state PDP chairman, Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, led the protesters along with the Director General of the PDP...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, has extended heartfelt felicitations to Nigerians on the country’s 64th Independence Day anniversary. In his message, Araraume reflected on Nigeria’s journey since gaining independence, acknowledging the nation’s progress and...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Rt. Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, the representative for the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam (PKK) Federal Constituency at the 10th National Assembly, has emphasized his commitment to representative democracy as a means to foster good governance and ensure accountability to the public. As the Chairman of the House...
No fewer than 1,331 members of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Kano State, on Thursday defected to the ruling New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP). The decampees, who are mainly from 11 wards of the area, vowed to work against the return of APC as...
The Ondo State PDP Governorship Candidate, Mr Agboola Ajayi, says the state and its people have not fared well under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last eight years. The PDP candidate said this at a media parley on Friday in Lagos. He said that Gov. Lucky...
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has described the emergence of Sen. Monday Okpebholo as governor-elect of Edo as a milestone for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akpabio in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Eseme Eyiboh, congratulated Okpebholo and his deputy,...
Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded Edo governorship election, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has said that his aspiration was never about power but a genuine desire to serve Edo people. In his thank you message to Edo people made available to newsmen on Monday in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit seeking the removal of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’d National Chairman. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit on the ground that the plaintiff, the North Central APC Forum, led by Alhaji Saleh...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has congratulated Senator Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and winner of the Edo State Governorship election held on Saturday September 21, 2024. Reacting to the declaration of Senator Okpebholo as the duly elected...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen. Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Saturday governorship election in Edo. INEC’s Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Faruk Kuta, announced the winner on Sunday in Benin after the collation of results from 18...
Tge All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje,has congratulated Sen. Monday Okpebholo for emerging as Edo Governor-elect at the Saturday governorship election. Ganduje, in a statement by Mr Edwin Olofu, his Chief Press Secretary on Sunday in Abuja, said Okpebholo’s victory was well-deserved. He said the triumph...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress(APC), candidate in Saturday’s Edo governorship election, on his victory. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that Okpebholo floored his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Asue Ighodalo, to pick the seat in the result declared by the...