ndidates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have won the chairmanship seats in all the 16 local government areas of Taraba in the just-concluded local government elections in the state. Chief Philip Duwe, the Chairman of Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), disclosed this on Sunday while declaring...
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Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has said what the state needs is practical and not experimental governance. Shaibu told newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, “with the 2024 Edo Governorship Election fast approaching, the state could not afford to experiment again with someone who does not understand...
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,...
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 – Labour Party (LP) has debunked news reports making the rounds on social media that the LP was working out a merger arrangement with a political party. The National Publicity Secretary, Labour Party, Mr. Obiora Ifoh made this known in a statement on...
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...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it would review the Appeal Court’s ruling which affirmed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the March 18 Governorship Election in Lagos State. PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Alhaji Hakeem Amode, disclosed this in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau, has said that Jonah Jang, a two-term governor of the state and former senator, remains its leader in the state. Mr John Akans, its Publicity Secretary, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Jos...
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....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it had a clear and convincing victory at Saturday’s Off-Cycle Governorship Election of the state and not afraid of litigation. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, Spokesperson/Director of Media and Publicity, Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council, made the remarks in Lokoja on Tuesday...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in Kogi State, Dino Melaye has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to review last weekend’s election. He gave the ultimatum.on Monday when he appeared on Channels TV’s Politics Today. Melaye, who came third in the election...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and other opposition political parties have called for a review and cancellation of the result of Saturday’s Governorship election in Imo. The parties were unanimous in their reaction to the outcome of the off-circle poll. They spoke separately in a...
The PDP Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has congratulated Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on his re-election. The forum Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, in Abuja on Monday, attributed Diri’s victory to his good stewardship during his first tenure in office. Mohammed described it as a well fought...
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...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has applauded President Bola Tinubu for keeping to his pledge of non-interference in the off-cycle governorship election in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Diri, of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was re-elected for second term in the governorship...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Governor Douye Diri, has been declared winner of the Nov. 11 election. Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Kuta Farouk, who is the Returning Officer of the election, announced the result on Monday in Yenagoa....
With winners already declared in the November 11, 2023 governorship elections in Kogi and Imo states, all eyes are on Bayelsa State as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) plans to announce the final results of the poll today (Monday). Results from six of the eight local...