From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – A federal High Court sitting in Enugu has retrained the police from barricading the entrance of the State House of Assembly. African Examiner reports that the police sealed the Enugu state House of Assembly last week shortly before 14 out of the 24 members of the house served an impeachment […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Lagos State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the purported sack of the State chairman, Tunji Shelle, as laughable, null and void. A statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Taofik Gani said the party had thus impressed on the party members to discountenance the purported […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The Chairman of the Lagos State ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Tunji Shele, has been impeached, while Hon. Kamal Olorunoje was named the new Acting State’s Leader. Hon. Shele’s impeachment was announced Monday morning at the GRA Ikeja State’s secretariat of the party. His impeachment notice was endorsed by all […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji – The possible persecution alarm after leaving office, blew by President Goodluck Jonathan Sunday in Abuja, has begun to draw public attention, as the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has affirmed that the the incoming Buhari Administration will not witch hunt anyone. While reacting to Mr President in a statement issued in […]
The Greater Together Campaign Organisation, GTCO, has condemned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Independent National Commission, INEC, for taking another incestuous step in rubbishing Nigeria’s democracy, particularly in Rivers State. PDP and INEC, Thursday, the campaign outfit alerted the public, sponsored some persons to the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, where they […]
Ayo Balogun – National leader, All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has denied ever apologising to Bode George or beg for forgiveness as being claimed by the PDP chieftain. Tinubu, in a statement said he was informed about a recent interview by Bode George in one of the national dailies and felt it necessary […]
INEC will today (Saturday) hold supplementary governorship elections in Abia, Imo and Taraba states as well as National Assembly elections across 11 states. Recall that governorship elections in the 3 states were declared inconclusive because the margin between the leading candidate and the second place was less than the number of cancelled votes. In Imo […]
Agabus Pwanagba – The Bauchi State Campaign Council of the PDP in the just concluded general election has alleged that National Officers of the party from the State sabotaged their campaign activities which led to the failure of the party in the state. The Coordinator of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation in Bauchi South Senatorial District, Alhaji […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The House of Representatives has said President Goodluck Jonathan lied to Nigerians by saying that the National Assembly did not meet the constitutional requirement for amending the constitution. It said on Thursday that four- fifths of 360 membership of the House is 288 and 317 members voted in support of the […]
Several days after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, concluded elections in Rivers State, with results declared, it is still compiling results. In collaboration with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, INEC has been busy thumb-printing ballot papers and doctoring result sheets of all the local government areas so as to correspond with […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to disregard the wild speculations making the rounds concerning the appointment of ministers and the zoning of offices under the incoming Buhari Administration. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said there is no truth to […]
From Collins Amadi – The rescheduled election in Orhionmwon Constituency II of Edo State House of Assembly, had put the opposition APC in further lead of the emerging State’s legislative house, just as the party’s stalwart, Roland Asoro was declared the winner of the weekend exercise. The constituency Returning Officer, Olowu Owin, while declaring the result […]
As various region of Nigeria intensifies moves to grab various exalted positions at the National Assembly (NASS) Youths of All Progressives Congress (APC) from the South-South region, have called on leadership of the party to zone the speakership or deputy speakership of the House of Representatives to Edo State. According to them, by so doing, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – South East zonal Chairmen of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) have warned the Army and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against rigging of the rescheduled Governorship and House of Assembly elections in some states within the zone. They argued that the act of impunity by the army in […]
*May Wield Big Stick Against Erring Members Indications have emerged that Bayelsa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is contemplating of instituting a probe into the anti-party activities of Senator Emmanuel Paulker in the recently concluded State House of Assembly elections. Besides, there are indications that the PDP is also probing the role […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – Indigenes of Enugu state resident in Houston, Texas United States, under the aegis of Enugu Remains United Patriotic Transparent (ERUPT),has congratulated Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of the peoples Democratic party PDP over his victory on the April 11th, governorship election. ERUPT, in a press statement signed by its chairman, Tom Omeh, […]
By Enyinnaya Appolos – As I write, am in high spirit, basking in the euphoria of a sure, but delayed victory of Okezie Ikpeazu Ph.D, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), against Alex Otti of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2015 governorship election in Abia State. Against all odds and […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive. The Returning Officer, Professor Ibidapo Obe, declared the election inconclusive because the number of cancelled votes (144,715) is higher than the margin of win (79,529) by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, In the results, Mr. Okorocha polled […]
Audu Limun, Bauchi – Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Bauchi state Barrister Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, winning outright in 19 of the 20 local government areas of the state. The state Returning Officer, Professor Mohammed Kabir Faruq, who is the Vice Chancellor […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The post election crises have reared its ugly head in Imo State as Governor Rochas Okorocha and Senator Osita Izunazo were alleged to have stormed INEC collation centre and forcefully seized and tore the result sheet into shred. The report, which was monitored on the television, said that the Governor stormed […]
