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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has emerged as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state. Announcing the result, Chairman, APC Primary Election Committee, Uba Maigari, declared Mr Zulum as the winner of the election at the end of the exercise held on …

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has pledged that he will start where President Muhammadu Buhari will stop. Lawan said this on Thursday in Abuja while addressing and wooing leaders and delegates of the All Progressives Congress from the Federal Capital Territory for votes. He said he had offered himself for …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has appointed new Special Advisers and officials of commissions. According to a statement, Governor El-Rufai nominated Hajiya Umma K. Ahmed, as Commissioner for Local Government, She is the current administrator of Birnin Gwari Local Government. Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to Governor Nasir El-Rufai on …

The crisis rocking the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has taken a turn for the worse. Barring any last minute changes, the party in the state might be grappling with a gale of defection as topshots resigned from the party. The development follows the resignation of …

An Abia High Court has nullified the victory of All Progressives Congress aspirant, Chief Ikechi Emenike, the acclaimed winner of the governorship primary election. The presiding judge, Justice O. A. Chijioke annulled the result on Thursday, hours after Emenike was declared winner of the controversial primary election in the state. …

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union on Thursday implored the Federal Government to migrate all payment of salaries of all lecturers in tertiary institutions to the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), the alternative payment platform developed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was contained in a …

Alhaji Idris Abiola-Ajimobi, son of late former Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo, has emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ibadan South-West II State Constituency. At the party’s primaries on Thursday in Ibadan, the former governor’s son emerged as the consensus candidate. His main opponents reportedly stepped down to …

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for the capital of Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, where he will take part in the African Union (AU) Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said the summit …

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognizing or accepting ad-hoc delegates produced by Governor Godwin Obaseki’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Edo State. The court declared the Ad-hoc delegates produced by Dan Orbih’s faction of the party …

Governor of Ekiti state and presidential hopeful on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi has stated that the idea of consensus candidacy is not undemocratic but he would prefer to lock horns with other aspirants. Fayemi while speaking on The Morning Show, a programme on Arise …