THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it plans to go ahead with the October 14 campaign launch for the November 11 Bayelsa governorship election, in spite of the disqualification of its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva. Newsextra24 earlier reported that Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, …
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19 Kaduna PDP Councillors, Supporters Dump Party To Join APC
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost a total of nineteen councillors to the All Progressives Congress (APC) across 23 local government areas of Kaduna State. Newsextra24 understands that the politicians decamped to APC along with their supporters. Announcing their decision on Tuesday during a press conference held in Kaduna, the …
Read More »Insecurity Threatens INEC’s Schedule Of Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi Election
AHEAD of the November 11 governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has expressed deep concern at the wave of insecurity in the three states. Consequently, the commission has again appealed to political parties and their candidates to avoid actions and utterances capable …
Read More »‘Tribunal Requested Us To Withdraw From Kano Guber Appeal’ – INEC
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened up on the issues surrounding the letter in circulation stating that it has withdrawn the appeal against the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal judgement sacking the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf. The Head of the Legal Department in Kano, Barrister Suleiman …
Read More »NNPP Reclaims Kano Representative Seat At Appeal Court
THE candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for Tarauni Federal Constituency, Mukhtar Umar Yarima has reclaimed his seat at the Court of Appeal. Newsextra24 recalls that the National and State Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal in Kano had sacked Yarima, over certificate forgery and handed the seat to Hafizu Kawu. …
Read More »Ex-Kogi Federal Lawmaker, Hussein Dumps PDP For APC
A former federal lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Ismail Inah Hussein has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Kogi State. Hussein, who represented Idah Federal Constituency in Kogi State announced his defection on Friday in Ajaka, Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area at …
Read More »PDP Wins 11 States In Governorship Tribunal, APC 10, Labour Party 1
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has so far emerged victorious in ten states, following the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on the March 18 governorship elections. Trojan News Media understands states won by the APC are Gombe, Cross River, Benue, Lagos, Kano, Ogun, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kebbi and Sokoto. In Gombe, the …
Read More »Certificate Saga: Don’t Drag Peter Obi Into It – Labour Party Warns Atiku
THE leadership of the Labour Party has asked the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to leave out its candidate, Peter Obi, from his feud with President Bola Tinubu, saying the former Anambra governor is solely focused on reclaiming his ‘stolen mandate’ at the apex court. The party however …
Read More »Why Nigerians Want Bola Tinubu – Ex-National Publicity Secretary Attacks Atiku
FORMER National Publicity of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has said the noise about President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University (CSU) certificate is a pre-election matter that has long been forgotten. Trojan News Media reports that in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, Nabena asked the Peoples Democratic Party …
Read More »Peter Obi To Atiku: I Won 2023 Presidential Election
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has told his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, that he actually won the 2023 election and he is in the Supreme Court to reclaim his mandate. Obi said this in response to the appeal by Atiku that he should …
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