The Concerned citizens of Sokoto State, a non-political pressure group, has condemned the words of incitement credited to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal ahead of the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections. The group accused the governor of preaching violence at a recent stakeholders meeting of the People’s Democratic Party...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it suspended the Feb. 25 National Assembly Election in Sokoto State after discovering some anomalies in the process. Retired Maj. Gen. Modibbo Alkali, the INEC National Commissioner redeployed to oversee the state, said this at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in Sokoto....
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Spokesperson of ‘Generation Next Campaign Council’, Mr Shittu Bamayi, says no governorship candidate in Plateau can match the credentials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda. Bamayi in statement on Monday in Jos, said that Yilwatda’s pedigree, intellect, exposure and...
Sen. Teslim Folarin, the APC Governorship candidate in Oyo State, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to investigate circumstances surrounding the killing of a young man allegedly wearing a cloth with his picture. Folarin made the call on Sunday in a statement by his Media Aide, Yekeen Olaniyi,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, have assured Igbo Community of peaceful atmosphere to cast their votes during the March 11 governorship election in the state. The governor gave the assurance during an event organized by the Igbo Community at Igbo Community Hall in...
Ahead of the March 11 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has warned that the state government will not allow religious crisis in the state. Sule stated this on Saturday in Lafia during a meeting with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jama’atu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says March 11’s Governorship and State House of Assembly elections will hold as scheduled. The commission gave the assurance in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in Abuja on...
Senator Gershom Bassey while reacting to the outcome of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in an interview with PATRICK ABANG spoke on the chances of the opposition People’s Democratic Party PDP in Cross River State. Except: What is your reaction on the poor performance of PDP...
Mothers United and Mobilised (MUM), a coalition of Nigerian mothers from all walks of life, has called on the nation’s electoral umpire to remedy lapses observed during Saturday’s polls. It urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to do so ahead of the March 11 Governorship and House of...
Africa Democratic Party (ADC) governorship Candidate in Abia, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, says he will phase out analogue with the digitisation of the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the state, if elected. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onuoha is running on the platform of the...
Popular Nigerian simger, Davido Adeleke has arrived Osun state to support his uncle and aspirant, Sen Ademola Adeleke ahead of the governorship election on Saturday, 16th July. The singer who was surrounded by police officers could be seen standing on a Toyota Hilux as the car was being driven...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the July 16 governorship election in the state by wide margin. According to him, winning his re-election is to consolidate on his achievements in the last three-and-a-half years. The governor said this during an engagement...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Over 10,000 youths from Akpabuyu, Calabar South and Bakassi LGAs on Wednesday threatened to dumped The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if the party fail to present a credible deputy governorship candidate. The youths who stormed the PDP Secretariat along Mary Slessor Highway, carried placards...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress,(APC), Prof. Adio Afolayan, has described the seamless operation of BIMODAL Accreditation System for the conduct of ongoing governorship election in Ekiti by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as excellent. Afolayan, who is also the Commissioner for Local Government Affairs in Ekiti,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressive Congress (APC) delegates in Katsina State have been called upon to grant a consensus to DR. Umaru Dikko Radda as the candidate of APC in the 2023 Governorship Elections in the state. A group comprising of The Coalition Of Civil Society...
By AUSTIN-FAIR NWAULU, Lagos – Legendary entertainer and one of Nigeria’s top hitters, Innocent Idibia a.k.a Tuface, has joined his kinsmen from Benue State especially those of Idoma extraction to demand for a governorship candidate from the area. In an Instagram message just released, Tu Baba as he is...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun says keeping to promises he made to people of the state in the last three and half years of his administration with limited resources, will give him victory in the July 16 governorship election in the state. The governor said this at an engagement...
By By SAM ADZEGEH, Makurdi – Following up on his momentous outings in his Jechira countryside, Professor Terhemba Shija, star aspirant of the Benue APC continued his impressive round of consultations with the party’s leadership in the State during which he formally informed them of his intention to contest...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has dismissed media reports that he endorsed Senator Sandy Onor for the 2023 governorship election in the state. ‘I never endorsed any candidate, it will be wrong for me to do that, those using my name...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra Chapter, says it will review its performance in the November 6 governorship election in the state. The party which made the resolution at a stakeholders’ meeting in Awka on Tuesday, said it would sanction party members who sabotaged the election. The PDP said...