A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has warned Senator Magnus Abe to stop blackmailing the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by constantly linking the leader’s name to his numerous betrayal of the party in Rivers State. Eze, who is former National Publicity Secretary […]
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The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue Nigeria’s electoral process and democracy from imminent collapse. Reacting to the just concluded elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, Idayat Hassan, CDD director, said the foundation of Nigeria’s democracy is facing serious challenges. Hassan condemned the violence and disruptions in the […]
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Candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Wada has rejected the declaration of Yahaya Bello as Governor of Kogi State. According to Wada what happened on Saturday was a declaration of war against the APC Wada during a press conference in Monday said it was clear that elections were not held on Saturday. He […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello has been declared the winner of the Kogi State Governorship election, by the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Bello had polled the total of 406,222 votes and his main opposition, Engineer Musa Wada of the PDP had 189,702 votes. The incident governor had won in 12 local government areas and Wada of […]
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The electoral umpire in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi west senatorial rerun election inconclusive. Announcing the outcome on Sunday night, Olayinde Lawal, the returning officer, said the number of cancelled votes is higher than the margin between Smart Adeyemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Dino Melaye […]
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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded Bayelsa State governorship election, Mr David Lyon, has been declared winner by INEC. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Faraday Orunmuwese, announced this on Monday morning. Professor Orunmuwese returned Lyon as […]
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Peter Ayodele Fayose, the former Governor of Ekiti State, has lamented over the outcome of the election of Kogi and Bayelsa States. The elections held in both states were marred with violence and ballot box snatching. INEC has raised alarm that 30 of its ad-hoc staff who participated in Saturday’s election in Olamaboro Local Government […]
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Engineer Musa Wada, flagbearer for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, has rejected the results of Saturday’s governorship election. NAN reports. According to Wada, while speaking with newsmen, the results represented what happened in the field. The PDP candidate who promised to challenge the outcome of the election said the results from the […]
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With defeat starring the face of Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate on Thursday vowed to return the state to APC. “This morning, the Yahaya Bello game plan began to unfold. The APC governorship candidate in concert with a top military officer perfected the rigging plan of the […]
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Dino Melaye, flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Kogi West senatorial district, has claimed that five thugs working for Sunday Faleke, Governor Yahaya Bello’s aide, have been arrested by the Police. Kokomansion earlier reported that there was a case of ballot box snatching at Dino Melaye’s polling unit. Dino Melaye noted that the […]
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