Politics

Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary election in Bayelsa State on Tuesday, September 3,a governorship aspirant, Mr. Keniebi Okoko has accused the state party chairman, Mr. Moses Cleopas, of bias. Okoko expressed dismay that Cleopas was already taking sides instead of being neutral in the political contest involving 21 …

The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State says Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has nothing to show for his 100 days in office. The Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Lagos State, Taofik Gani, said this during an interview with. Gani said the only people who can boast of benefitting from the …

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Thursday emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 16 governorship election in the state It was reported that Bello emerged winner of the governorship ticket by polling 3,369 votes to beat eight other aspirants who contested the governorship …

Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the platform of Ikpoba-Okha Liberation Movement, have called for s new party leadership in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo. The group announced this in a communiqué signed by its conveners, Mr Osarobo Idahosa. The group alleged that most political …

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has met with aggrieved All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants who participated in the party’s 2019 primary election. Addressing the aspirants at government house in Benin, the governor said that the meeting was inline with the recommendation of the Theophilus Okoh Committee set up to reconcile …

The Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders in Abia State faulted a former governor of the state, Chief Orji Kalu, over his claim that he funded the state for the first six months into his tenure as governor in 1999. While giving his testimony at the resumed hearing in a case of …

Salmot Badru, a former deputy to ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun (2007-2011), on Tuesday led over 1,000 supporters into the All Progressives Congress in the state. Badru, who was a deputy governor in the state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, declared for APC with followers who were …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will distribute 49,819 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Bayelsa so as not to disfranchise some people during the Nov. 16 gubernatorial poll. Mr Monday Udoh, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Bayelsa, said this in Yenagoa on Tuesday, during an election stakeholders …

Mr Jarry Ossai, Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, said that the state had since its creation, 28 years ago, witnessed steady rise and development especially, in youths empowerment, education, health, roads and infrastructure. Ossai, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in the state, said this in an …

The National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Friday sacked Senator Dino Melaye as the Senator for Kogi West. In its judgement, the tribunal ordered that fresh elections should be held in the senatorial district, reports. Meanwhile, the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye,today …