politics

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has deleted the names of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the list of candidates for the forthcoming Bayelsa State gubernatorial election. INEC on Tuesday released the amended lists of candidates for the Bayelsa and …

THE Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Yola has fixed Saturday, October 28 to hear a case challenging the handling of the last governorship election in Adamawa State. A leading governorship candidate, Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani of All Progressives Congress, APC, had instituted the case questioning the decision of the Independent …

BARRING any further red tape and last minute events, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, His Excellency Comrade Philip Shaibu will officially flag-off his campaign for nomination as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the state. Multiple trusted sources told Midwest Herald …

THE Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgements in the appeals filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, challenging the declaration of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the …

A High Court sitting in Enugu State has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to replace Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary. Anyanwu is the PDP governorship candidate for the forthcoming election in Imo State. The order was granted while ruling in a motion on notice filed by …

NOLLYWOOD actress Tonto Dikeh, has reportedly joined to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The thespian decamped from the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC). According to The Nation, Dikeh will be officially unveiled by the APC National Women Leader, Dr Mary Alile, later today at the national secretariat in Abuja. Trojan …

THE governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has called on members of the Imo State Council of Elders to join hands and ensure that the implementation of the Charter of Equity is realised. He promised that he would deploy the machinery of government to defend the document and its implementation. Uzodinma gave …

FOLLOWING the expiration of the interim injunction of the Federal High Court in Abuja, the Ondo State House of Assembly has recommended another process to impeach the Deputy-Governor, Hon Lucky Ayedatiwa. The assembly asked the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Olusegun Odusola, to constitute a seven-man panel to investigate …

IT is now being said that the presidential candidate of the PDP, Waziri Atiku Abubakar has set up a media committee for the sole purpose of revving up the media to thoroughly embarrass and blackmail the justices of the Supreme Court. He tried this backroom tactic during the Presidential Tribunal, …

THE Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has nullified the victory of the Senate Minority Leader, Simon Mwadkwon, in the February 25 Plateau North senatorial election. This was as the Appeal Court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a fresh election within 90 days. The court …