Politics

By Muhammad Bello/Habibu Harisu Sokoto; Abbas Bamalli, Kano, March. 24, 2019 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Gov. Aminu Tambuwal and Dr Abdullahi Ganduje winners of the governorship election, after Saturday’s supplementary poll in Sokoto and Kano states respectively. Tambuwal won by a small margin of 342 votes. …

The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, in the February 23 Presidential Election Mr Peter Obi, Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Chairman of main opposition party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus have hailed the Osun state governorship Election Petitions Tribunal that returned PDP candidate, Senator Ademola …

  The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has called on the military not to allow themselves be called out again for illegal duties. Prince Secondus said that at the rerun election this Saturday, the military and other security agencies should resist any attempt to …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 23, 2019, Presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has said that by challenging the outcome of the election in court, the Presidential candidate and the party have chosen the most civilized manner to seek redress and  grow the nation’s …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, March 19, 2019 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has challenged the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja, ordering it to stop the collation of the governorship election results in Bauchi State. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 23, 2019, Presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has decried the rigging recorded in this year’s general elections in the country and says that no nation can really grow with a rigged election. Mr Obi said that the …

Following the successful conclusion of the general election in Enugu State and the overwhelming victory recorded by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has appealed to members of his political party to promote peace and unity and show love to one another irrespective of party …

By George Odok Calabar, March 16, 2019 Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has restated his commitment to ensuring that the southern Senatorial District of the state produces the next governor in 2023. Ayade, who spoke on a phone-in radio programme on Saturday in Calabar, insisted that equity and fairness …

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced that the State Government will set up a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to ensure that the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) personnel who killed Dr Ferry Gberegbe,  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Khana Collation Agent are brought to justice. Governor Wike also announced …

The Bauchi State government has denied reports that President Muhammadu Buhari shunned Governors MA Abubakar and Jibrilla Bindow of Bauchi and Adamawa states on account of the political situations in their states. The governorship elections in both states are among those that were declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral …

Rivers state politician, Hon. Chidi Lloyd, has apologised for his recent comments against President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that they were made in anger. In response to a statement by Senator Magnus Abe which credited his outburst against President Buhari to Transportation Minister, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, Hon. Lloyd said “My statement …

The Senator representing the Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Ngei Abe has called on the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his supporters in Rivers State to stop abusing President Muhammadu Buhari over the predicament of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. He said …

Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just returned from that dirtied, muddled up, confused, uncertain, unpredictable zone of Nigerian life and society with truck loads of stories in my head and enough impressions in my mind to …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, has asked the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai,  to investigate the role of the military in the violence that occurred in the state during the last general elections. The party alleged that some army officials directly participated in the …

By Chukwudi Ekezie Abuja, March 12, 2019 A former Minister of Information and Culture, Prof. Walter Ofonagoro, has congratulated Chief Emeka Ihedioha on his victory in the Governorship election in Imo. Ofonagoro, Duruishimbu of Amaigbo in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo, in a message made available to News Agency …

The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 23, Presidential election Mr. Peter Obi has expressed concern over the fallouts from some states in the last Saturday’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections, particularly Rivers state, and wants international attention drawn to it. Mr. Obi a …

Following his landslide victory at the March 9 governorship election, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Governor-Elect, has expressed gratitude to God and thanked the people of the state for their overwhelming support in renewing his mandate. This came as a coalition of governorship candidates in the state led …

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, March 11, 2019 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia has won 19 of the 24 state constituency seats. Mr Joseph Iloh, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, made the result of the March 9 election available to newsmen in Umuahia. The All Progressives Grand Alliance, …

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has condemned the stage-managed unlawful arrests of PDP members ahead of the Governorship and State Assembly elections of March 9, 2019. Governor Wike urged security agencies to be professional and unbiased in the discharge of their duties for the peaceful conduct of credible polls …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, was on Friday afternoon stopped from holding a meeting in his home town, Agulu, Anambra State. The news which first was taken as a rumour was confirmed when the people of the town, already seated for the …

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, March 8, 2019 The Presidential Support Committee (PSC) has suspended three of its members over ultimatum given to Adam Oshiomhole, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to lift the suspension on Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha. Mr Chemberline Adiaso, the South East Zonal Coordinator of PSC, …

  Ahead of the March 9, 2019 governorship and state assembly elections, the Enugu State Government has declared Friday, March 8 public holiday. In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Gabriel Ajah, dated March 7, the state government said that “banks, other financial and health institutions …

By Peter Okoli Onitsha (Anambra), March 7, 2019 Mr Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Feb. 23 election, has called for peaceful and credible polls on March 9. Obi made the call in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Onitsha, saying …

By Martins Odeh Abuja, March 6, 2019 The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) access to inspect electoral materials used in the presidential election. Justice Abdul Aboki, Chairman of the tribunal …

  Prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, on Wednesday unanimously applauded Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for entrenching peace, tranquillity and good governance, in a manner that has never been experienced before in the history of the state. The PDP chieftains, namely the Deputy President of the …