The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has disputed the results of the 25 February election in a total of 21 out of the 36 states of Nigeria. The 21 states include three of the 11 states that Mr Obi won based on the final result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has berated the Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu for failing to deliver his state, Benue for the PDP. Wike and Ayu have been at loggerheads following the former’s demand that the latter relinquish his position. In the build-up to the February 25 presidential election, Wike’s G-5 failed…
The lawmaker representing Kano North in the Senate, Senator Jubrin Barau, has officially announced his intention to run for the position of President of the Senate in the 10th National Assembly.His declaration is coming a day after the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, said it is his turn to be the Senate President…
The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, says he forgives his detractors within and outside the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following his successful re-election bid in last Saturday’s governorship election.Mohammed, who made a live appearance Tuesday on Channels Television’s Politics Today, gave the assurance that he would extend an olive branch to those who feel…
Hundreds of residents and supporters of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia State have staged a peaceful protest in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately declare Alex Otti the winner of the governorship election having scored the highest number of votes in last Saturday’s election in…
The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate for Abia Alex Otti has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of plotting to rig the governorship election. Otti made the allegation in a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, hours after the collation of governorship election results in the state was…
A former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has maintained he won’t join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).He made the comment on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, days after the conduct of the 2023 elections. Fayose who opposed his party – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar from northern Nigeria –…
The US Mission in Nigeria has spoken out against the “disturbing” acts of violence, voter intimidation and suppression that marred last Saturday’s governorship elections.The US Mission in Nigeria has spoken out against the “disturbing” acts of violence, voter intimidation and suppression that marred last Saturday’s governorship elections.In a Tuesday statement published on its website, the…
The heated governorship race has finally ended in 24 of the 28 states that participated in last Saturday’s polls with Kano State playing host to a historic win for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).The over-20-year-old party claimed its first governorship seat through the victory of its standard-bearer Abba Kabir, a mentee of presidential candidate…
