Press Statement: PDP Refers Ortom to Disciplinary Committee, Suspends Fayose, Anyim, Others The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has after very extensive review of the affairs of our Party in the country and pursuant to the provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017) referred the Governor of Benue … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to two Bills recently passed by the National Assembly. The bills are the Copyright Act 2022 and the Federal College of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Jos, Act. Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Nasiru Baballe Ila, disclosed this in a statement and … [Read more…]
…drums support for Umahi Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Thursday, said that the office of the Senate President should be zoned to the southeast. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, National Coordinator, HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, drummed support for Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, saying that he was the best … [Read more…]
…vows to run an all inclusive government …to dualize Abakpa, Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka road …to build a monorail from Enugu to Nsukka, Udi, Awgu …to construct ring road to connect all 17 LGAs Ndi Enugu, This is your Peter Ndubuisi Mbah. As you all know, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced my election as … [Read more…]
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; his wife Beatrice and their doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. Ekweremadu, 60; his wife, Beatrice, 56; and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain … [Read more…]
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu The race to the Lion Building, Enugu State’s seat of power, has come to an end following the declaration of Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the tightly contested 2023 Enugu State Governorship Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Mbah scored a total … [Read more…]
Alex Otti of the Labour Party, LP, has been declared the winner of the 2023 Abia State Governorship election. He scored a total of 175,467 valid votes while his closest contender and PDP candidate, Okey Ahiwe scored 88,529 valid votes. More details later…
While we wait for the results of the just concluded sham of an election in Enugu State, I would like to say a few words to my young friends and supporters who joined me on this journey to retrace the steps of our dear state. As much as we tried to foresee and prepare for … [Read more…]
Press Release: Resumption Of Collation Of Governorship Election Results In Abia And Enugu States It will be recalled that the Commission met on Monday 20th March 2023 and reviewed the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly elections held nationwide on Saturday 18th March 2023. Arising from the meeting, the Commission took the decision to … [Read more…]
“I am eager to go,” Buhari said at the State House in Abuja Tuesday while receiving the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard. He said given the chance of a free and fair election as well as non-interference as was witnessed in the February 25 and March 18 elections, Nigerians had proved to be … [Read more…]
Enugu residents and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have, once more, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to, without further delay, announce its candidate, Dr. Peter Mbah, the winner of the Saturday March 18 governorship election in Enugu State. The winner of the Enugu governorship polls is yet to be announced … [Read more…]
The Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Mr Peter Obi, have formally filed a petition at the Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential election. The petition marked: CA/PEPC/03/2023, has the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); … [Read more…]