The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has filed a petition before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal challenging the declaration of Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) as winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship poll. The APC said Yusuf was not qualified to contest the election as his … [Read more…]
Award winning writer and renowned novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, on Tuesday ramped up her criticism of the conduct of the 2023 presidential election, maintaining that President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, blew the chance to emerge the new heroes of Nigeria’s fledgling democracy. Speaking Tuesday on ARISE … [Read more…]
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, on Tuesday, said no power can deprive the president-elect, Bola Tinubu of his mandate. Mr Umahi, who made the assertion in Abakaliki, dedicated the victory of the All Progressives Congress in Ebonyi State and across the country to God. According to him, those seeking to upturn the victories at … [Read more…]
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Dino Melaye has fired back at Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who laughed off his aspiration to succeed Governor Yahaya Bello. In a statement on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday, Melaye said Kogi is not Rivers State where Wike determines who … [Read more…]
The former lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Mao Ohuabunwa has opposed the Senate President’s ambition of Orji Kalu. Ohuabunwa, who spoke during Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, argued that Kalu, the current member representing Abia North Senatorial District, has a pending case with the Economic and Financial Crimes … [Read more…]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has laughed off Senator Dino Melaye’s Kogi governorship ambition, saying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain does not have what it takes to vie for such a position. The governor was speaking during a media chat with selected journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. “When you give Dino that … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Association of Presidents General of Town Unions has congratulated the state’s governor-elect, Dr. Peter Mbah, over his victory at the polls. The union, in a congratulatory message jointly signed by its State President General, Chief Barr. Paully Eze, and the State Deputy President General, Hon. Arinze Ogbodo, hailed the process that produced … [Read more…]
Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called for the immediate prosecution of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, “for spreading fake news against the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Clark, who is the Leader of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, said that … [Read more…]
Five days before the April 15 supplementary polls, opposition parties and candidates, weekend, intensified moves to get the upper hand in the elections and whittle down the strength of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 10th National Assembly. There will be supplementary balloting for two governorship, five senatorial, 31 House of Representatives and … [Read more…]
The 36 state chairmen of the Labour Party (LP) and some members of the party’s National Working Committee have passed a vote of confidence in the leadership the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure. Addressing the press on Saturday, they said the action of Lamidi Apapa and a few individuals is illegal and decisions taken are … [Read more…]
Spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko has said that the leadership crisis rocking the LP is not just an attack on the national chairman, Julius Abure, but a ploy to derail the drive by the party’s flagbearers, Mr Peter Obi and his vice, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Mr Tanko who was a … [Read more…]
A group under the aegis of Arewa Young Professionals in Politics (AYPP) has averred that for political inclusion in Nigeria, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) should consider the South East for Senate President and North West for the Speaker of the 10th National Assembly (NASS). Addressing a press conference in Kaduna, the group noted … [Read more…]