Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will not underrate any candidate from other political parties in the state’s Nov. 16 governorship election. He stated this on Sunday at a gathering to celebrate his victory at the APC primaries, organised by...
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A chieftain of the APC in Ondo State, Mr Femi Adekanmbi, says destiny has placed Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa as a governorship aspirant over others jostling for the seat in the state. Adekanmbi, in a statement on Tuesday in Akure, said the governor was ordained to lead the state,...
A mammoth crowd of supporters, on Monday, welcomed Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State to Okitipupa, Okitipupa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state during his visit to solicit support for his re-election bid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aiyedatiwa visited Okitipupa town to meet...
A new entry into the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Muyiwa Adu, has thrown is hat in the ring in support of Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State. Adu, a former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, who recently decamped to the APC, said...
There was a mild drama, on Thursday, at the Kogi Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja as the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s witness, Danmusa Williams, contradicted himself on documents before the panel. The SDP and its governorship candidate in the Nov. 11 election, Murtala Ajaka, had alleged that...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, set aside the inspection order granted Murtala Ajaka, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) by the Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal had, on Nov. 25,...
A Pentecostal pastor, Dr Azemhe Azena, has emerged the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yakubu Shendam, stated in Abuja on Sunday that Azena polled 211 votes to defeat three other aspirants...
Ahead of its primary election slated for Feb. 17, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has cleared all the 12 aspirants jostling for its ticket to contest the Sept. 22 governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the 12 aspirants had purchased and returned their duly completed...
Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah says he will take advantage of the rich diaspora community of Anambra and the media to put the state on the global map if the people make him governor in 2025. Ubah, who said this in Nnewi on Tuesday while addressing journalists, also took...
An officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kazeem Yusuf, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court that N4.6 billion was allegedly diverted to finance the 2015 gubernatorial election in Sokoto State. Yusuf said this while testifying as the second prosecution witness (PW2) in the trial...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday reserved judgment on the appeal filed by Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State challenging the annulment of his election by the Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal, in a split 2-1 judgment on Oct....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Governors Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Douye Diri of Bayelsa and Governor-elect Usman Ododo of Kogi, on their victories in the Nov. 11 governorship elections. The president in his congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri...
Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 27 local government results announced in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Imo State Collation of results at the State Collation Centre started around 02:30am on Sunday in Owerri, the state capital, with the Vice...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that it is 90 per cent ready for the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi.i The Kogi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Gabriel Longpet, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on telephone in Lokoja...
The Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, on Sunday said that he joined the Labour Party to win the governorship ticket as well as win the forthcoming 2024 governorship election in Edo state. Akpata, who made this known in Benin during his 51st birthday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up modalities to conduct mock accreditation of voters for the forthcoming off-cycle Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States. The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that it will leverage the lessons learned in the 2023 General Election to ensure that the Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states scheduled for November 11, 2023, are conducted in full compliance with...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has tasked residents of the state to vote for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election. Governor Bello said this on Sunday in a radio and television broadcast to celebration the 32nd anniversary of the creation...
Students of Imo origin in different tertiary institutions in the country on Tuesday organised a “solidarity march” in Owerri to reaffirm their support for Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s second-term bid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the march was held under the auspices of the National Association...
The Bayelsa government on Sunday linked Saturday’s shootout between the police and armed youths in Nembe-Basambri to the forthcoming Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Chief Ayibaina Duba, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Sunday in Yenogoa....