People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Mr Hudu Arim the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa to recuse himself from conducting the April 15 re-run governorship election in the state. The party made the call at a news conference addresses by the...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted an appeal panel to consider appeals arising from the conduct of ward congresses in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo. Its National Organising Secretary, Mr Umar Bature stated in Abuja on Monday that the party’s National Working Committee approved the appointment of Sen. Idris...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi has assured Nigerians and the global community that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will perform creditably well in his tenure. Maigari who premised his assertion on the fact that, Tinubu has unimaginable leadership qualities, added that,...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has queried the silence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in responding to a petition submitted by the party. The petition was submitted following alleged irregularities in the gubernatorial election conducted in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum, has reversed the referral of Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State to the party’s National Disciplinary Committee. The NWC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba,...
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, seeking disqualification of Sen. Bola Tinubu of the APC and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP as presidential candidates of their political parties. The apex court threw out the suit on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed plot by some misguided political actors to set aside the constitution and install an interim government. DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who confirmed the plot in a statement on Wednesday, vowed that the secret police will...
Gov.Darius Ishaku of Taraba has called on the Governor-elect, retired Lt. Col Agbu Kefas, to concentrate more on provision of stomach infrastructure to the people, as they tend to appreciate that more. Governor Ishaku gave the advice to his successor shortly after he collected his Certificate of Return from...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it would issue Certificates of Return to the 26 elected members of the Osun State House of Assembly on Thursday. The Osun INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mutiu Agboke, said in a statement on Wednesday, that the...
The Peoples Democratic Party has constituted Ward Congresses Electoral Committees to conduct party ward congresses in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States for the purpose of electing three ad hoc ward delegates in the states. The party in separate statements issued by its National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature in Abuja...
The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abakaliki, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Benard Odoh, and that of the PDP, Dr IfeanyiChukwuma Odii, to inspect the March 18 electoral materials. The News Agency of...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has withdrawn his petition at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal he filed over his loss of the Benue North-West Senatorial seat. Governor Ortom, who was the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senatorial candidate in the February 25th, 2023 National...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers says it will issue Certificates of Return to the Governor-elect, Deputy Governor-elect and State House of Assembly members-elect on March 29. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr .Johnson Alalibo, made this known on Monday in a...
By DANJUMA JOSEPh, Lafia – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has advised the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to seek redress in the court of law if dissatisfied with the outcome of the governorship election in the state. APC in a statement signed by the party...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he is in support of the suspension of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu. The Executive Committee of the PDP in Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, suspended Ayu on Sunday, after...
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...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The police in Nasarawa State have banned all forms of protests in order to forestall the breakdown of law and order in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued in Lafia on Sunday. According...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is trying to cover its tracks after rigging the March 18 Delta governorship election. Dr Timi Tonye, the Deputy Director, Media and Publicity, Delta APC campaign organisation, said this in a statement on Sunday in Asaba....
A United State of America -based business tycoon and philanthropist, Dr Magdalene Agada, has described Friday’s Abuja Appeal Court victory of Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun, as well deserved victory. Agada’s felicitation was conveyed in a statement issued from New York, U.S.A. and was made available to newsmen in...
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...