Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah , on Monday, swore in 17 newly elected Local Government Chairmen and Vice Chairmen, charging them to transform their areas for the benefit of rural dwellers. The Chairmen and LGAs are Jude Chinedu Asogwa, Nsukka; Joel Onyemaechi, Enugu South; Ugo Ukwueze, Igboeze South; Obiora...
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed the behaviour of individuals seeking societal recognition as trivial and unworthy of prestige. He said those who place undue emphasis on public acknowledgment have “lost it,” stressing that, by the grace of God, he requires no such introduction. The governor made these...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State has inaugurated a 16-man committee to address the intra party grievances and restructure the party membership system. Taraba State PDP Chairman, Abubakar Bawal, inaugurated the committee at the party’s secretariat amidst a mammoth crowd in Jalingo, the...
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has said “nobody has the monopoly of causing violence” in the wake of the political rift between himself and the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. Wike made the statement in Port Harcourt on Saturday at the Rivers State Ijaw Peoples Congress organised in...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Shendam Local Government Council, Dr. Kemi Nicholas Nshe, has called on residents to put aside past divisions and work together for the community’s progress. Speaking at the official launch of his campaign at the Shendam mini-stadium,...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governors from dissolving the executive committees of the Rivers’ chapter. The court equally stopped them from constituting any interim committee to replace the officers of the party at the state,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the outcome of the Saturday Edo governorship election, saying it will use every legal means to reclaim it mandate. The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Saturday Edo governorship...
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...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won all the 260 political ward councillorship seats in the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State during the council polls held on Saturday. Prof. Christian Ngwu, the Chairman of Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), stated this while declaring the results on Monday...
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...
The ruling-All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo has won Saturday’s elections for all the 305 Councillorship and 27 Chairmanship positions in the 27 Local Government Areas of the state. The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC) has declared the results of the elections at its Collation Centre located at...
The PDP on Sunday appealed to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to review the collated results for the Edo governorship election before the final announcement. Dr Anthony Aziegbemi told newsmen in Benin that the entries the electoral officers made were totally different from the actual results uploaded...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Edo governorship election held on Saturday. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, announced the suspension on Sunday due to outstanding results from Oredo and Ikpoba Okha local governments. “The collation officers for the two...
The Zamfara chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the call for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by the State PDP...
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People Democratic Party (PDP) have occupied the popular Ramat Park in Benin, jubilating even when the result of the Edo Governorship Election is yet to be announced. As at the time of this report, collation of results for the election...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Enugu East Council Area, Pst. Beloved-Dan Anike, has been declared winner of the Saturday’s chairmanship election in the state. Dr Nelson Ossai, the returning officer, while announcing the result on Sunday said that the PDP candidate scored a total of 116,690 votes...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is mounting pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Anugbum Onuoha, in Edo State to suspend the collation of Saturday’s governorship election results. “Intelligence available to the PDP indicates...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed its members and supporters in Edo to follow the results of the state governorship election from the polling units to the ward, local government and state collation centers. The party gave the directive in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo...