The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Prof. Anthony Ani, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s Ebonyi South Senatorial by-election in the state. Ani won with 46,270 votes, defeating his closest rival, Ifeanyi Eleje of APGA who garnered 3,513. Silas Onu of the PDP polled 2,783 votes and...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have shared the spoils in the court-ordered rerun election in four Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Cross River. Declaring the results in the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 4, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Guma I State Constituency in Benue, Mr Terwase Uche, has been declared winner of the rerun election by Returning Officer, Prof Julius Ikya. Ikya declared Uche as the winner of the rerun election on Saturday in Daudu, the constituency’s headquarters....
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate in the Ebonyi South Senatorial District rerun, Mr Ifeanyi Eleje, has described the election as “hugely flawed”. Eleje, who made the assertion on Saturday at Afikpo while speaking to newsmen, further described the process as “marred with intimidation”. “This is the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Shittu Ibrahim, has been declared winner of the State House of Assembly re-run election for Saki West State Constituency in Oyo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the result of the poll on Saturday evening at the INEC Collation...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, has said only 121, 111 registered voters possesses Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to vote at Saturday’s by-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of the state. The INEC’s spokesman in Lagos State, Alhaji Taiwo Gbadegesin disclosed this in an interview...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur, has led the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign team to Chibok town in preparation for the upcoming House of Assembly by-election scheduled for Saturday. The event saw the presence of several notable APC figures, including the APC...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has debunked alleged crisis within the party ahead of the 2026 governorship election in the state. The APC Chairman in the state, Mr Tajudeen Lawal, who debunked the reports in a statement on Thursday, urged members to...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Chairman of the Benue chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Mr Augustine Agada, has been suspended by his Ehaje Ward 1 executives for alleged anti-party activities. The APC Ward Chairman of Ehaje Ward 1 in Ogbadibo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has charged the Speaker of Plateau House of Assembly, Gabriel Dawang, to swear in the party’s 16 house members affirmed by the Court of Appeal as duly elected. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made the call...
The Labour Party (LP), on Tuesday said it has the capacity to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming Edo governorship election. The Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, made this known in Abuja while addressing newsmen on some of the...
A democracy without opposition is like making an omelet without breaking eggs; or, a bird flying with one wing or one clapping with one hand. Yet, the fact is there is no opposition in the nation’s so-called democracy. Opposition political parties simply exist as platforms for power grabbers...
The Supreme Court reserved judgment in the appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani, against the governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri. The tribunal and Court of Appeal had dismissed Binani’s petition challenging the victory of Fintiri in the governorship...
The lawmaker representing Anambra South in the National Assembly, Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, has called on the people of Anambra to give him their mandate in the 2025 governorship election to enable him address the state’s leadership questions. Senator Ubah, a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), who...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has called on opposition parties in the state to join hands with him towards developing the state. “‘We have no state other than Sokoto. It is all our collective responsibility to make Sokoto better. Hence I am calling on all...
The immediate past Speaker of Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, has said the All Progressives Party (APC) will rule the state beyond 2027. Abdullahi expressed optimism that Gov. Abdullahi Sule would hand over power to another APC governor in the state come 2027. He stated...
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to appoint his long-term political ally, Chief Amos Gizo, to replace former Labour Minister, Simon Lalong, to fill Plateau’s vacant ministerial slot. Plateau Progressive Movement (PPM), a political group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) fold in Plateau, made the call in...
Former Edo State Governor, Oserheimen Osunbor has said he is optimistic of returning to the Government House on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Sept.21 poll. Osunbor said this on Thursday in Abuja at the APC National Secretariat when he spoke with newsmen after...
Ahead of the Ondo State Governorship primaries, Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim on Thursday commenced familiarisation tour of the 203 wards across the 18 Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibrahim, one of the governorship aspirants on the platform of the All...
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the election of Gov. Simi Fubara of Rivers. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa dismissed the appeal by the APC and its governorship candidate, Tonye Colo. Details shortly….