A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of Mr Timipre Sylva from contesting Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship poll. Tim Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the plaintiff, Mrs Ogbomade Johnson, failed to prove the case upon preponderance of evidence as required...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The re-election of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has been upheld by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by its Chairman, P. T. Kwahar. Kwahar who led two other members of the Panel, said that the petitioners had rejected the results of the...
Some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa, including the party’s Youth Leader, Nunieh Odede, have dumped the party. Odede and others switched allegiance from Gov. Douye Diri to the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, ahead of the November 11...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has tasked the Imo people to reelect Governor Hope Uzordimma in the Nov.11 poll, to consolidate on his achievements. Governor Ganduje said this when he inaugurated the APC campaign council for the November election in Owerri on Saturday....
Kogi State Government has urged citizens and travellers to ignore false alarm on insecurity circulating that the state is not safe. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Security Adviser (SA) to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja....
Yiaga Africa, a non-governmental organisation promoting participatory democracy, human rights and civic participation has called for the abolition of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) as the sole means of voter identification during elections. Dr Hussaini Abdu, Board Chairman, Yiaga Africa, made the call in Abuja on Friday, during the official presentation...
Liberian President, George Weah, has pledged to deliver a violent free, credible, transparent and inclusive elections as the country prepares for its Presidential and general elections in October. President Weah made the commitment of Wednesday in Monrovia during the commemoration of the 176th Independence of the country with the theme...
A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be “accountable” to Nigerians just as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) treated the case of Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, accused of result forgery. “Like JAMB,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has indicated plans to call “no more than 100 witnesses” to the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT). Both parties are challenging the declaration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the February 25...
The Labour Party (LP) candidate for Mbaitoli-Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Mr Uche Ogbuagu, has appealed to INEC to assign unbiased, uncompromised staff for the supplementary election scheduled for Saturday in Imo. Ogbuagu made the call on Tuesday at his Akabo, Ikeduru, country home while briefing the media ahead of the...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers says it will issue Certificates of Return to the Governor-elect, Deputy Governor-elect and State House of Assembly members-elect on March 29. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr .Johnson Alalibo, made this known on Monday in a...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Amazed by how Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko’s political turbulence has drown the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, President Muhammadu has congratulated Wamakko for the feat. Buhari who described Wamakko as the brain that led to the defeat of incumbent PDP in...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of bias in the ongoing collation of the results of Saturday’s governorship election in Abia State. The Acting Publicity Secretary and Vice Chairman of PDP (Abia North), Chief Abraham Amah, made...
The Independent National Electoral (INEC) has declared of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winners in six Zamfara Assembly constituencies. The results of the six state constituencies were announced by their Returning Officers at the various state constituencies on Monday. The Returning Officer for Bungudu state Constituency, Dr Yahayya...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has boasted that he was a man with excess grace from God which enabled him win a senatorial seat and enthroned a successor as governor. Umahi made the assertion on Monday night during a thanksgiving session he organised for the victory of the All...
Alhaji Shuaib Yaman, the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections in Kwara, says he will leave the outcome of the elections to God. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq says the overwhelming victory that the APC recorded in the Saturday polls underscored the desire of the citizens to continue along the path of positive progress recorded over the past three years. Reacting to his second term victory in Ilorin on Sunday night following the announcement...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Monday said his re-election for a second term has reaffirmed that Lagos has chosen competence and experience, on the march to true greatness. Sanwo-Olu said this at the Lagos House Marina, while giving the victory speech for his re-election, following the official...
By EMMANUEL KEHINDE, Ilorin – An elder-statesman, Chief Salaudeen Latinwo, has rejoiced with the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on his victory in the last Saturday’s gubernatorial election. Cheif Latinwo said Governor AbdulRazaq’s re-election is a validation of people’s confidence and trust in his administration, especially the paradigm shift in...