By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Governors Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Douye Diri of Bayelsa and Governor-elect Usman Ododo of Kogi, on their victories in the Nov. 11 governorship elections. The president in his congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri...
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Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 27 local government results announced in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Imo State Collation of results at the State Collation Centre started around 02:30am on Sunday in Owerri, the state capital, with the Vice...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that it is 90 per cent ready for the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi.i The Kogi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Gabriel Longpet, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on telephone in Lokoja...
The Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, on Sunday said that he joined the Labour Party to win the governorship ticket as well as win the forthcoming 2024 governorship election in Edo state. Akpata, who made this known in Benin during his 51st birthday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up modalities to conduct mock accreditation of voters for the forthcoming off-cycle Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States. The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that it will leverage the lessons learned in the 2023 General Election to ensure that the Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states scheduled for November 11, 2023, are conducted in full compliance with...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has tasked residents of the state to vote for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election. Governor Bello said this on Sunday in a radio and television broadcast to celebration the 32nd anniversary of the creation...
Students of Imo origin in different tertiary institutions in the country on Tuesday organised a “solidarity march” in Owerri to reaffirm their support for Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s second-term bid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the march was held under the auspices of the National Association...
The Bayelsa government on Sunday linked Saturday’s shootout between the police and armed youths in Nembe-Basambri to the forthcoming Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Chief Ayibaina Duba, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Sunday in Yenogoa....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a Special National Media/Publicity Committee (SNPC) for the Nov. 11, governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Ologunagba...
An opinion poll conducted on the Nov 11, 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa, indicates that incumbent Gov. Douye Diri, will win the election in the eight Local Government Areas of Bayelsa.d The opinion poll was conducted by a team of six researchers and 50 research assistants for 2...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the forthcoming Gubernatorial election in the state, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, are currently engaged in a bitter war of words that may assume a frightening dimension. Governor Bello had warned...
Some students in Edo on Monday joined the call by various groups and other notable citizens for Rev. Fr. Andrew Obinyan to contest the 2024 gubernatorial election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Group, known as Youth for Good Governance (YGG), a political wing of the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the Imo gubernatorial election slated for Nov. 11 Sen. Samuel Anyanwu says his vying for governorship to reposition the state. Anyanwu said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja by his...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday in Abuja called on INEC to review the March 18 Ogun governorship election result. Its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba told a news conference that the party rejected the declaration of Gov. Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as...
The Benue Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said it will challenge its defeat on both the governorship and state assembly elections at the tribunal. The Acting state Chairman, Mr Isaac Mffo, made this known during a press conference on Thursday in Makurdi. “It is the decision of...
Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got 28,972....
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says he has broken the glass ceiling preventing youngsters in the state from attaining whatever heights they desire with his re-election. Makinde said this on Tuesday in his address during a re-election victory celebration at Ilaji Hotels and Sports Resourt, Akanran in Ibadan....
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers described the victory of the Governor-elect, Siminalayi Fubara, as a reaffirmation of the state as one of the premier strongholds of the party. Wike said this in a statement issued by Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, on Tuesday in...