YIAGA Africa, a civil society organisation (CSO), has identified three key factors that will determine the successful conduct of the Edo State governorship election scheduled for Saturday, September 21. It also said the election would be used to measure the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral system. The group, in a statement on Thursday, September 19, listed … [Read more…]
One day into the Edo State governorship election, the three major political parties — Labour Party, LP; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and All Progressives Congress, APC, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and former President Goodluck Jonathan have tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security agencies on credible balloting. The call came as … [Read more…]
…Says PDP Candidates to Consolidate Ongoing N1bn projects in Every Ward As campaigns gradually wind down ahead of the September 21 Council Chairmanship and Councillorship poll in Enugu State, Governor Peter Mbah has urged the electorate to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to consolidate his administration’s development strides. Mbah, who is also the … [Read more…]
…Trump is safe – NY Post Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is safe after an incident on Sunday in which two people exchanged gunfire outside his Florida golf club, the New York Post said, citing law enforcement sources. Trump’s campaign had earlier said he was safe following gunshots in his vicinity but gave no details. “Sources … [Read more…]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has challenged any governor or leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to publicly call him a mole. Wike, who appeared on Channels Television’s “Politics Today,” dared anyone to come forward and accuse him of being a mole. Clarifying the infamous “I’ll put fire in … [Read more…]
Ahead of the forthcoming local government elections, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has tasked the chairmanship candidates contesting under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to base their campaigns on issues and intended service to the people and avoid attacks on persons or institutions. The Governor gave the charge at the … [Read more…]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed indefinitely its scheduled National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings slated for Wednesday and Thursday, September 11 and 12, respectively. APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, who announced the development in terse statement on Monday night, said new dates for the meetings will be communicated in … [Read more…]
Embattled Labour Party Chairman, Julius Abure, has disclosed that the party’s presidential ticket is no longer reserved for Peter Obi, but is now open to all members. In a video Abure was flanked by other party officials while clarifying that neither Obi nor Alex Otti had been removed from the party. According to him, the … [Read more…]
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has dissolved the Local Government Transition Implementation Committee administration across the 17 local government areas of the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Saturday by the Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere. The governor directed Directors of Personnel Management to assume responsibility for the administration … [Read more…]
The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) escalated yesterday, despite a strident attempt to resolve it. National Chairman, Julius Abure, rejected the 29-member interim committee headed by Senator Esther Nnenadi Usman, former Minister of State for Finance, describing it as illegal. The committee was set up during the extended stakeholders’ meeting of the party convened by … [Read more…]
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have berated the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, for threatening to “set their states on fire”, should they meddle in the affairs of the party in Rivers State. The Governor Bala Mohammed-led PDP Governors’ Forum in a statement signed by … [Read more…]
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has tasked the 13 newly-elected council chairmen and 171 councillors in the state to utilise the opportunity of the autonomy granted local governments by the Supreme Court to bring more developmental projects to their constituencies. The governor threw the challenge at the new local government chairmen and councillors during … [Read more…]