The Labour Party (LP) on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February … [Read more…]
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC), took a turn for the worse as national vice chairman (North West) of the party, Salihu Lukman, asked the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to convene National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and present the financial report of the National Working Committee (NWC) within a week or face … [Read more…]
The State Working Committee of the Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, rising from its meeting on 10th April 2023, have recommended the immediate suspension of some of its members for various acts of Anti-party activities, in relation to the just concluded National and State elections in Enugu State, a statement … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu State, has taken a swipe at the Enugu opposition for what the party described as endless fake news about the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate of the governor-elect of the State, Dr. Peter Mbah. It also dismissed as fake and infantile the report that Governor of Enugu … [Read more…]
Labour Party (LP) has been declared winner of the just concluded Oji River State constituency supplementary election, held on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The election took place at Oji-River Central School polling Ulunit; registration area/ward 11, which had 2,489 registered voters. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared and returned LP’s candidate, chief Osita Eze … [Read more…]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has expressed doubt over constitutionally provided restrictions placed on a presidential candidate with dual citizenship from contesting elections. The former Lagos State governor shared his perspective, given photos of what appeared to be a Guinean passport with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as its holder being widely shared … [Read more…]
Representatives of the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, told the international media that the All Progressives Congress, APC, a candidate won the February 25 polls contrary to the claims of opposition parties such as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and Labour Party, LP. Led by Mr Festus Keyamo, the chief spokesperson of the Tinubu Campaign … [Read more…]
The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, has emerged the party’s candidate for the Imo State governorship election scheduled to hold November 11. His emergence followed the party’s primary election held on Wednesday at the party’s secretariat along Okigwe Road in Owerri, the state capital. More Details later…
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…]