Politics

  The Labour Party has appointed Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, as the new acting chairman of the River State chapter of the party days to the governorship and state assembly elections rescheduled for March 18.   A statement signed by ...

  Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has described the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as the hero of the just-concluded election. He said his active participation stopped the North from retaining power after President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike spoke during ...

  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the same faith ticket featuring two Muslims, Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress caused the party’s defeat in the state in the February 25 presidential election. ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given reasons it postponed the governorship election by one week. The exercise, which was initially scheduled for this Saturday, will now take place on March 18. The National Commissioner & Chairman Information ...

  Few days to Saturday’s election, the Ebonyi State Police Command has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Bernard Odoh, wanted in connection with the murder of the traditional ruler of Omege Umuezokoha in ...

  Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, had a post-election press conference with the media on Thursday, 2nd March 2023. This was the first speech by Peter Obi since Saturday’s election and Wednesday’s announcement ...

  Akin Alabi has continued to enjoy his political seeds. The lawmaker who has just been re-elected for a second term in office representing the Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, this afternoon met with hundreds of ...

  The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure has dissolved the party’s State Executive Council in Rivers State for alleged anti-party activities and corruption in the management of party’s funds. Abure, in a statement on Tuesday, said the ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the name of the embattled leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, from the list of election winners. This comes after the electoral body declared him as the winner ...

  A former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, has condemned the reported threat against voters of Igbo extration in Lagos. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, George expressed displeasure at the audacity ...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the mandate of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in the just concluded polls. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, almost ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday issued Certificates of Return to winners of the February 25, 2023 Senatorial elections in Nigeria The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu made the presentation at the National Collation Centre (the International ...

  Rivers State Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Beatrice Itubo, has vowed she will defeat Siminalayi Fubara, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 11 governorship election in the state. She disclosed this while speaking on Channels political ...

  Charly Boy is dragging Mahmood Yakubu for declaring Bola Tinubu the winner of the February 25 presidential election, despite opposition by the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party. In a tweet via his official Twitter account, the activist accused ...

  The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Governorship and Dep. Governorship candidates were both on the streets of Rivers state yesterday, were they danced for votes. In photos and videos shared to social media, the politician and the actress were seen ...

  Dr Alex Otti, the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party LP, in Abia State, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is dead and shall be buried at the polls on March 11. He was speaking at a ...

  The Labour Party said it had engaged the services of at least 20 senior advocates of Nigeria to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election on behalf of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. According to sources within ...

  Eight days after Nigeria held its presidential poll, the United States, has said that the exercise failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won ...

  The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has sent a congratulatory message to Nigeria’s President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging him to justify his election by delivering the dividends of democracy to all the people. Noting that Tinubu’s victory would bring ...

  Actress, producer and scriptwriter, Mosun Filani, has advised her colleagues in the entertainment industry to stop fighting over the outcome of the recent presidential election. Responding to a question on what she thought of the entertainers that had been ...

  The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has congratulated Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his victory in last Saturday’s presidential election. The Ukrainian president took to Twitter to send compliments on Thursday, a day after Tinubu ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers State has released the comprehensive result of the National Assembly elections conducted in the state last Saturday. Elections were conducted in the three senatorial districts and 13 federal constituencies of the ...

  The Labour Party has picked Mr Kelvin Chukwu, the younger brother of the slain senatorial candidate for Enugu East senatorial zone, Oyibo Chukwu, for the March 11 senatorial election for the zone. Oyibo Chukwu was assassinated on Wednesday, February ...

  A spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Council, PCC, Senator Dino Melaye, has declared that the victory of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu is temporary and would soon be upturned. In a video broadcast posted on his verified ...

  The Court of Appeal Abuja has granted the request of the candidates of Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, respectively, to have access to all the sensitive materials the Independent National ...