Politics

By Alexandra Oladipo Abuja, March 28, 2019 The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to reverse the March 22 majority judgment of Osun Election Tribunal which declared Sen. Ademola Adeleke winner of September 2018 election. The tribunal had, by a majority judgment given …

By Chidi Opara Owerri, March 27, 2019 Imo Governor-Elect, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, has promised to run a responsive and all inclusive government with an independent judiciary that would guarantee unbiased and quick dispensation of justice. Ihedioha made the promise after receiving his Certificate of Return at the INEC Headquarters in …

The African Action Congress, AAC governorship candidate in Rivers State, Engr. Biokpomabo Awara has expressed disappointment over the purported resignation of his running mate, Akpo Bomba Yeeh and his reported defection to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Awara debunked claims by his erstwhile deputy candidate that the Minister of Transportation, …

Chairman of the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon. Moses Cleopas, has, profusely, thanked the people of the state for the massive support they gave the party during the last general elections, notwithstanding the daunting challenges they faced from opposition forces. Hon. Cleopas, in a statement by Chief …

By Mohammed Ahmed Kaigama Bauchi, March,25, 2019 Senator Bala Mohammed of  the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)  has emerged the new governor of Bauchi state, polling 515,113 votes to defeat the incumbent,  Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 500,625 votes. Announcing the results of Governorship elections …

The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Peter Obi has described as scandalous and height of brigandage last Saturday’s supplementary election in Kano state. Obi said that what all democratic watchers saw in Kano state rerun election last Saturday amounts to licensing our youths for violence, …

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 …