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Drama: Mother, son jostle for Yobe federal constituency seat

By Mohammed Mamman/Ahmed Abba Damaturu, Oct. 3, 2018 Hajiya Khadija Ibrahim, Minister of State Foreign Affairs, defeated her step son, Mohammed Ibrahim to clinch the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Damaturu/Gulani/Gujba/Tarmuwa, Yobe federal constituency. Prof Abba Gambo, the Returning Officer of the election, announced on Wednesday that Khadijah polled 1,295 …

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Lagos primary: I’ve not conceded victory to anybody as elections have not held – Ambode; Lagos APC defies panel’s order, declares Sanwo-Olu winner

By Bolaji Buhari  Lagos, Oct. 2, 2018 The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of Tuesday’s governorship primary. This was contrary to the position of the Clement Ebiri-led panel, which had earlier declared the election that produced Sanwo-Olu as winner as …

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Guber Primaries:   Ugwuanyi returns unopposed in Enugu; Wike, Emmanuel, Masari emerge in Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Katsina  

  By  Emma Acha, John Amieyeofori, Isaiah Eka, Zubairu Idris Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has been returned unopposed as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 2,895 delegates drawn from the 17 local government areas of …

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Tambuwal in Nasarawa State …Promises to tackle Farmers/ Herdsmen violence, develop solid minerals sector 

The Presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said that government would developed the solid mineral sector in Nasarawa state and other parts of the country. Speaking when he met with delegates and leaders of the PDP in Akwanga, Nasarawa …

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Osun rerun: Arrest of PDP chieftains  recipe for anarchy- Secondus warns ……..reminds IGP of the repercussions of thwarting the will of the people.

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has warned that the arrest,harassment  and intimidation of PDP members ahead of Thursday’s rerun election in Osun state is a recipe for anarchy. Prince Secondus said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has in conjunction with the Police and …

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