A member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Sylvanus Eruaga, has asked the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin, to compel INEC to withdraw the certificateof return issued to Seid Oshiomhole as winner of the recently conducted State House Assembly. Eruaga is also seeking an order for a perpetual injunction restraining Oshiomhole from parading […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) needs leaders that are committed. Obasanjo said this when he received leaders of the party from the region in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, on Monday. He advised the opposition party to “purge itself of bad eggs”. He said such individuals lacked commitment to returning the […]
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A top member of the house of representatives from Lagos state, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared his interest in the position of speaker in the 9th assembly. During his televised declaration in Abuja on Sunday, the lawmaker who represents Surulere 1 federal constituency, said he is in the race as a “beacon of hope”. Gbajabiamila, who […]
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The ongoing stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to resume votes count for the March 9 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Rivers State has suffered major hiccup following a walk-out by the presumed winner of the governorship election, Biokpomabo Awara, of the African Action Congress, AAC. The meeting, […]
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The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole says the party is not in alignment with any other party in Rivers state. Commenting during a Channels TV programme on Friday, the APC national chairman said neither him nor the party’s national working committee is aware of any of such alignment. Recall that […]
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Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri of thenPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged winner of Adamawa Governorship election. The Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Andrew Haruna, who declared the result Thursday in Yola after the supplementary election in 44 units across 14 local government areas of the state said Fintiri polled 376,552 votes to beat his closest […]
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The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the victory of Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election held in Ekiti state. In a judgment on Thursday night, a three-man panel of the court dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Kolapo […]
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The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, said he has resolved to avoid political and economic controversies in the aftermath of the 2019 elections. According to PUNCH, Sanusi spoke during a dinner organised to celebrate the 125th anniversary of First Bank, on Tuesday. The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) prayed for […]
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A coalition of 28 political parties in Sokoto State on Tuesday rejected the victory of Governor Aminu Tambuwal at the governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Tambuwal winner of the election after Saturday’s supplementary polls with a narrow margin […]
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The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the March 28 date the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixed for the supplementary governorship election in the state. Ahmed Lawal, organising secretary of the party, announced the party’s decision in an interview with NAN in Yola on Tuesday. Lawal said INEC did […]
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