Politics

The Umar Ganduje-led Kano government has appealed to the All Progressives Congress, APC, members and loyalists to stay calm after the outcome of Saturday’s election. Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, a protégé of ex-Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, won the tight-race gubernatorial poll. Yusuf polled 1,019,602 votes …

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), Southeast Zone on Monday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately rise to the occasion and save Enugu State from an avoidable crisis by resolving the logjam encountered in the governorship election held on Saturday. Chairman of CLO Southeast Zone, Aloysius Attah, made …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Oyo, Teslim Folarin has congratulated Governor Seyi Makinde. Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared the winner after polling 563,756 votes; Folarin scored 256,685 votes. In a statement on Monday, Folarin commended party leaders, members and electorates for their support …

The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, has been declared winner of Saturday’s Gubernatorial election. Oborevwori polled 360, 234 votes to beat his closest rival of the APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who scored 240,229. Details soon…..

With 24 hours to the governorship election, a former Kogi west Senator, Dino Melaye, has accused Senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of electoral malpractice. Melaye accused an APC senator participating in the governorship election of printing ballot papers. He also alleged that another APC Senator printed result sheets …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has said the killers in Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, are working on a script to suppress votes and shortchange the party to lose the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections. The PDP state chairman, Felix Hassan Hyat, …

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Ogun State, Kehinde Sogunle, has charged all members of the Obidient Movement to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday. Obidients are supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Speaking on a radio station in Abeokuta on Thursday …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River has said that it will resist any attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to militarise the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly polls in the state. Mr Effiok Cobham, Director General of the PDP Governorship Campaign Council, stated this at …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, is billed to dominate the House of Assembly election slated for March 18, 2023, in Ekiti State due to the impressive performance of Governor Biodun Oyebanji and its acceptability among the electorate. In the last five months, the Governor has proven the sceptics wrong, by …

The Labour Party Youth Wing on Thursday vowed to take over Lagos, Rivers and Edo States, among other South-South and South-East states in the March 18 governorship and houses of assembly elections. Kennedy Ahanotu, Acting National Youth Leader of the Labour Party said this at a news conference to herald …