politics

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Lagos State, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, yesterday, urged the Election Petition Tribunal to sack Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, alleging that the governor was, at the time of election, not qualified to contest the election. This came as the Lagos State Governorship, National and State …

PEOPLES Democratic Party’s governorship aspirant in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, has revealed how the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, allegedly begged him to ensure Atiku Abubakar picked him as his running mate. After losing the party’s presidential primary to Atiku last year, Wike had refused to work with the …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss all the petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential  election. INEC had declared that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the …

THE leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Echiaba Ward in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Tuesday, suspended its governorship candidate in the 2023 elections, Prophet Adolawam Chris, over anti-party activities. Addressing journalists after their emergency ward meeting in Abakaliki, the Secretary of Echiaba Ward of the …

THE spokesperson of the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Festus Keyamo has bragged about the party being the leading party in the South-East. This was contained in a tweet by Keyamo on Monday. The minister threw shades at the Labour Party, stating that despite the noise …

THE National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (North-West), Malam Salihu Lukman, on Monday, warned against choosing a Muslim lawmaker as the next Senate president to avoid a repeat of the tension that greeted the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket last year. The APC chieftain made the appeal in a statement …

SEN. Obinna Ogba of the Peoples Democratic Party (Ebonyi Central) said on Sunday that the party deservedly lost the 2023 general elections because of the mismanagement of affairs by its National Working Committee. Ogba told a news conference at his Nkalagu hometown in Ishielu Local Government Area that the NWC …

FORMER Edo State Commissioner for Information, Kassim Afegbua, has said Senator Godswill Akpabio is still in the race for the Senate presidency and has no plan to drop out. Afegbua made this known in a statement on Monday to debunk rumours that Akpabio is considering an exit from the race …

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State has called on security agents to take note of the threat by the Labour Party in its efforts to pursue and reclaim its mandate, alleged to have been stolen through over-voting, ballot stuffing and electoral malfeasance …

OYO North Senatorial District candidate of Accord, Hon. Shina Abiola Peller, has revealed why the party formed a coalition with Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Peller made the disclosure while speaking at a stakeholders meeting of the party on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital. The …