By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Sen. Sandy Onor has rejected the Wednesday 22nd November 2023 Appeal Court judgement affirming Sen. Bassey Otu as the governor of Cross River State. In a statement on Thursday shortly after the judgement in Lagos, Onor said he’s seeking further legal action as...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has said his victory at the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Wednesday, November 22 should bring to a close to election litigation over the governorship poll as it is a clear indication of the people’s mandate...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) on Wednesday in Abuja, dissolved the party’s Rivers Executives at all levels. The APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, announced this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the NWC’s meeting. Morka said the party’s NWC also appointed...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that trending Court of Appeal Certified True Copy (CTC) judgment affirming the governorship election of Abba Yusuf of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the duly elected governor of Kano State is an error. The APC National Legal Adviser, Prof....
Ondo state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it will soon resolve the face-off between the legislature and a section of the executive arm of government in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there has been a face-off between some members of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has called on the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to stop their campaigns of calumny and blackmail against the judiciary. Mr. Onanuga stated this in a...
Retired Maj.- Gen. Charles Airhiavbere has joined the race for the Edo 2024 governorship election, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said this at an APC stakeholders meeting in Benin on Monday. Airhiavbere, also a former Executive Director, Finance and Administration, the Niger Delta...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday affirmed the election of Gov. Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress as Governor of Benue. The appellate court dismissed the appeal filed by the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Titus Uba challenging the election of Alia....
The leaders of NNPP and APC in Kano State have refuted reports of alleged plans by their supporters to organise violent protests following the judgment of the Appeal Court, Abuja on the governorship election in the state. The State Secretary of APC, Alhaji Zakari Sarina and the Deputy...
Residents of Jos, the capital of Plateau have rejected the judgement of the Court of Appeal that sacked Gov. Caleb Mutfwang. The residents called for the review of all the judgements delivered by the court of appeal on Plateau elections. They made the call during a peaceful protest...
A Lagos State Chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Mr Adekunle Aderibigbe, says the Appeal Court verdict sacking Gov. Abba Yusuf of NNPP, an attempt to rob Kano majority of their mandates. Aderibigbe, also a Lagos State House of Assembly NNPP Candidate in 2023 general elections...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has said it plans to appeal the judgment of Court of Appeal which upturned the victory of Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State at the Supreme Court. Alhaji Abba Ali, the NNPP acting National Chairman, said this at a news conference...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said election has gone beyond ethnic sentiment in the state, saying that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Nov.11 poll because it presented a popular candidate and not based on tribe or ethnicity. Bello said this at a stakeholders meeting of...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal on Friday called on the people of the state to remain calm and law abiding over the Appeal Court verdict on his governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday declared March 18,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the victory of Bala Mohammed as the Governor of Bauchi State. Recall that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Sadique Abubakar, had approached the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in the State to...
Six months after the Zamfara governorship election, the leadership of the North-Western state is now in question as the Appeal Court nullified the election of Governor Dauda Lawal. Lawal, of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election....
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has commended the judgement delivered by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on the governorship election in the state. Recalled that the Appeal court on Thursday declared the Zamfara governorship election inconclusive and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke Federal Constituency, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi has said that the judiciary is doing well in the handling of cases arising from this year’s general elections. Rep. Gagdi, made his position known in a statement in Abuja on...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Only 6 out of the 19 registered political parties are set to participate in the forth coming Taraba State Local Government Council elections which would hold on the 18 of November, 2023 across the state. The Executive Chairman, Taraba State Independent Electoral...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state for the misconceived notion on the running of the state owned institution, Osun State University, (UNIOSUN), saying the rudderless opposition cannot pretend to be what it is not. This...