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...
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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...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has called on politicians across the political parties to save the nation’s hard earned democracy. The National Chairman of NNPP, Prof. Rufa’i Alkali, made the call at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. Alkali accused some political parties of engaging in act...
Labour Party Coalition for True Democracy (ECTD), on Sunday called for a review of the Enugu Governorship election result due to what it called “some irregularities”. The call was made by the coalition’s President, Ken Asogwa, and the General Secretary, Emeka Nnaji, at a news conference in Abuja. Asogwa...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – No fewer than 79 suspects were arrested by the security agencies in the state during the March 18 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. The Sokoto State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Sokoto....
The Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts (ASSPT) says 2023 general elections shows that Nigeria needs more that an independent or well funded INEC to guarantee credible elections. The Director of the School, Prof. Sam Amadi, stated this in Abuja on Saturday at the 2nd Memorial Election Management...
INEC assured in Abuja on Saturday that it would conduct credible supplementary governorship election in Adamawa that would be the pride of Nigerians and of the international community. INEC’s Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, gave the assurance when some women staged a protest at the...
INEC has fixed Wednesday, March 29 to Friday March 31 as days for the issuance of Certificates of Return to governors, deputy governors-elect and states Houses of Assembly members-elect. Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Feb. 25 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday denied validating its outcome. INEC returned Sen. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election. Atiku in a statement on...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in Delta. The petition was signed by Mr Godwin Anaughe, the state APC Director, Election and Strategy on Saturday in Asaba. Anaughe said that the collation of...
Alhaji lbrahim Ajia, the PDP candidate for the llorin-West/Asa federal constituency in the Feb. 25 general elections in Kwara, has withdrawn his legal process against the APC and the INEC in the spirit of Ramadan. Ajia made the declaration in a statement made available to the News Agency of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has reacted after Nasarawa State women went naked to protest against the governorship election which they claim was rigged. Mr. Obi, in a tweet on Saturday, described the viral videos making the rounds on social media as “sad”...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, Friday evening, dismissed an appeal by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking the disqualification of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate, All Progressives Congress (APC), and his vice, Kassim Shettima, in the Feb. 25 election. A three-member panel headed by Justice James Abundaga, in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over alleged directives aimed at frustrating the procedure for issuance of Certified True Copies (CTC) of form EC8A. The Spokesman, PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Charles Aniagwu, stated this at a news conference on Friday in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has dedicated his victory at the appeal court, which affirmed him him as winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election, to God and the people of the state. Governor Adeleke in a statement on Friday in Osogbo, said...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has granted permission to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to serve their petitions on Sen. Bola Tinubu though the All Progressives Congress (APC). A three-member panel sitting in Abuja on Friday,...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Friday, adjourned a suit filed by Sir Siminlalayi Fubara, Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Governor-elect and his deputy, Dr Ngozi Odu, over alleged plan by the party to suspend them for judgment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, fixed April 20...
Ahead of the November Kogi Governorship election, Sen. Yakubu Oseni (APC-Kogi), has said that he would turn the fortunes of the state around, if given the mandate. Oseni made this known while addressing a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kogi,...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a Caretaker Committee for the Katsina State Chapter, following the dissolution of the state executive committee. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. Hon. Ologunagba...
The Kaduna State Governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani, has said that he will challenge some election results where the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won with unimaginable margins. The Governor-elect who spoke in Hausa, expressed surprise that PDP won some local government areas with bogus figures. Sani said that he...