In a bid to retain power beyond 2015, former president Goodluck Jonathan ran a campaign with a somewhat foolish and simplistic slogan: “Neighbour to Neighbour”. I believe the aim of it all was to emphasize the sense of communal good neighbourliness that had been the kernel of national unity...
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Mr Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, and the Anambra state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), have intensified campaigns for their respective candidates, ahead of the March 18 House of Assembly election in Anambra. While Obi called on candidates of the Labour...
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Renewal Group has advised opposition parties agitating against the declaration of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect to perish the thought of upturning his victory. In a statement issued on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, the group described Tinubu’s emergence as president-elect as the best that had...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the resignation, arrest and investigation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu over alleged manipulation of the February 25 presidential election result. In a keen contest, PDP presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he did not support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi during the Feb. 25 election because nobody discussed Igbo presidency with him.. Publicity Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia stated on Friday in Enugu that...
Mr Ade Omole, Director of Diaspora, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), has assured the party’s members that it will win in the Presidential Election Tribunal. He gave the assurance at a dinner organised by the directorate to appreciate its members and to thank God for the...
Growing up, two proverbs stuck out for me, one by my father, and the other was a Pidgin English saying. One was: “If one person buries himself, one hand will stick out”. Young, impressionistic, and inquisitive, I asked for an explanation. My father explained it away both as an...
An Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), has restated its support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Enugu State, Mr Peter Mbah. The National President of the OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, said Mbah was the most competent among all the candidates standing for...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says the efforts of his administration in fighting insecurity have yielded positive results. Soludo told journalists in Awka on Wednesday that eight Local Government Areas were under the control of some criminal gangs at the time he assumed office about a year ago but...
The Appeal court on Wednesday refused to grant Mr Peter Obi’s application scan and make copies of the election materials from INEC ‘s database. The three-member panel held that granting the order sought by obi will hamper the elections slated for Saturday. The Justice Joseph Ikyegh-led panel faulted Obi...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday granted INEC permission to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the Saturday Governorship and State Assemblies Elections. A three-member panel of the appellate court , led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh, granted leave to the applicant for the purposes of configuring the...
A lawmaker in Ondo State, Mr Sunday Olajide, has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his Labour Party counterpart, Mr Peter Obi, to accept their defeat in the Feb. 25 Presidential election. Olajide, representing Akure South Constituency 2 in the Ondo State...
President-elect Sen. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday approached the Court of Appeal seeking leave to obtain the election materials for his defence. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu had declared Tinubu winner of the Feb. 25 presidential election after securing majority of votes cast...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Julius Abure has dissolved the River State Executive Council in Rivers State with immediate effect over alleged anti-party activities and mismanagement of funds. Mr. Abure announced the dissolution in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja....
The Appeal court will on Wednesday deliver ruling in the application by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking leave to configure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the governorship election. INEC in its motion dated March 4, asked the appellate court to vary the ex parte order...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday in Abuja, assembled a team of highly qualified and experienced lawyers to represent it at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. According to a statement by Ahmad El-Marzuq, APC, National Legal Adviser, the team comprised legal luminaries with vast experience in election petition...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said he was not against the South-East zone voting massively for Mr Peter Obi, during the Feb.25 presidential election. Umahi said this on Monday at the Ebonyi international airport, Onueke, while addressing stakeholders and people of Ezza, the clan where the airport is...
Soludo not after Peter Obi, they are brothers – Aide Mr Chris Aburime, the Press Secretary to Anambra Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, says the governor is not after Mr Peter Obi, a former governor in the state and presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Aburime spoke on Monday in...
The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has dissociated itself from a trending publication, which said that Peter Obi is not destined to be Nigeria’s president. Its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, made the expression in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Court of Appeal to vary the ex parte order made in favour of Labour Party and the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), with regards to inspection of materials used for the presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that...