Politics

Kogi decides: INEC to hold fresh elections in 59 polling units The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), today said that fresh polls will be conducted in 59 polling units in the Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State. According to the commission, the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as the winner of the state governorship election held on Saturday The state Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, who is also the Vice-Chancellor, Federal ...

INEC officer kidnapped on election eve is freed One of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Supervisory Presiding Officers, who was abducted at the Amassoma jetty in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on the eve of the governorship election, ...

The Labour Party governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, has said VOTE-BUYING was the other of the day He said this while faulting the conduct of today’s governorship election in the state. Udengs who spoke to reporters after casting ...

Kogi decides: Governorship candidate, Olayinka Braimoh ARRESTED The governorship candidate of the Action Alliance in yesterday’s gubernatorial elections in Kogi State, Olayinka Braimoh, has been arrested. Musa Yakubu, his media aide, confirmed the arrest to journalists. He told reporters that his principal ...

Despite not voting, Dino Melaye has won his  polling unit The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in yesterday’s election garnered 210 votes to defeat his main challenger, Ahmed Ododo of the All Progressives Congress candidate (APC), who polled 22 votes. Leke Abejide of the African ...

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Thursday, said his predecessor, who is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, remains his ‘oga’ (boss) He said this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, when both met for ...

  Singer Terry G has called out some APC members over an alleged campaign debt. He called them out on his insta-story, saying he worked for them, but some people have now chopped the money. He then said, he has left them ...

Appeal Court declares Lalong winner of Plateau South senatorial poll The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday upheld the judgment of the tribunal which declared the Minister of Labour, Simon Lalong winner of the Plateau South Senatorial election. The Independent National ...

Vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last General election, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that showing respect for President Bola Tinubu wouldn’t deter him from referring to him as a drug dealer. Datti Baba-Ahmed spoke during an interview ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission is yet to prosecute 197 electoral offenders months after the 2023 general elections The commission had on May 2, 2023, said it would prosecute the 215 case files handed over to it out of the ...

INEC adds Sylva to Bayelsa gov candidates list The Independent National Electoral Commission has released an amended list of candidates for Bayelsa State governorship election.   According to the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Monday, the names ...

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reaffirmed the victory of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing the Abia-North senatorial district In a unanimous ruling on Monday, November 6, the Appeal Court upheld the judgment ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has accepted the judgment of the Supreme Court which affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu. Obi, however, said the judgment would not signify the end of the Obidient movement. The former Anambra state governor ...

Appeal court sacks Kwankwaso, upholds Datti’s election The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress and reinstated Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria People’s Party in the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency ...

Tinubu, Atiku, Obi should unite for Nigeria’s progress – Oba Akiolu The Oba of Lagos, Riliwan Akiolu, has urged President Bola Tinubu and his rivals in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, among others, to come together and move Nigeria forward. Oba ...

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has apologised to the people of the state for what he called ‘regrettable anxiety’, following the political crisis that rocked the state earlier this week. Governor Fubara also thanked President Bola Tinubu, Rivers Elders and ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has said his rift with Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State was purely politics. Wike said it is politics if he demands N20 billion monthly and is allowed to award all the ...

The Senate, on Thursday, sworn in Senator-elect for Kogi Central Senatorial District, Barr Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a member of the 10th Senate This followed her presentation with Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly ...

A former governor of Gombe State and the senator representing Gombe North, Ibrahim Dankwambo, has asked the state government to suspend the payment of his monthly pensions Ibrahim Dankwambo in a letter he addressed to Governor Inuwa Yahaya on October 4, ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, sacked the former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, from the Senate. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, said it was satisfied that Suswam was ...

Court restrains Rivers Assembly from impeaching Fubara A Rivers State High Court in Isiokpo Division in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state has issued an interim order restraining the Rivers State House of Assembly and Speaker, Martin Amaewhule from ...

Natasha Akpoti has rejected Governor Bello’s congratulatory message The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has rejected Governor Yahaya Bello’s congratulatory message to her. This comes following the Appeal Court judgement that upheld her victory at the National ...

  Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, and Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki have arrived at Oyo State Governors Lodge in Abuja for the party’s forum meeting. The PDP yesterday had summoned an emergency meeting scheduled ...

  Operatives of the Nigeria Police have arrested the Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Chijioke Ihunwo, and about 15 other youths in the pro-Siminalayi Fubara’s protest. Ihunwo, his Chief of Staff, and many others were picked up ...