Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State led a strong delegation to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) office in Port Harcourt in the wee hours of Friday following the alleged attempt to break into the facility to cart away materials meant for Saturday’s local government election. Policemen allegedly deployed from neighboring Abia State were […]
Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), has addressed Aminu Ado Bayero as the Emir of Kano at an event held in Abuja. Ribadu, who represented President Bola Tinubu, spoke at the inaugural annual international lecture organised by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. While acknowledging the dignitaries present, the NSA said, “Of […]
‘ The Rivers Governor, Siminalyi Fubara, has regretted that his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), will not be taking part in the October 5 Local Government Election in the state. Governor Fubara stated this on Thursday during a meeting with some stakeholders of the party at the Rivers State Government House in Port Harcourt. […]
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has once again barred the Independent National Electoral Commission from releasing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission for the upcoming local government elections scheduled for 5 October 2024. Justice Lifu issued the order on Monday while delivering judgment on a suit […]
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has emerged victorious in the 28 September 2024 local government elections in Anambra State, securing all chairmanship and councillorship seats across the 21 local government areas. Announcing the results late Sunday at the headquarters of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission in Awka, the Commission’s Chairman, Genevieve Osakwe, confirmed APGA’s […]
The office of the deputy governor of Edo State, on Osadebe Avenue, Benin, the dtate capital, has been sealed off by stern-looking policemen who were spotted there on Sunday. The sealed office was the one Philip Shaibu was relocated outside the Government House in the height off his face off with Governor Godwin Obaseki. As […]
The Opposition lawmakers coalition in Nigeria, has knocked the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike for his recent statement, telling him to stop day dreaming as the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara will never leave PDP for him. Wike reportedly mocked his successor, Governor Fubara and his camp for resorting to the APP as an alternative […]
By Pascal Ibe One week after the Imo Local Government Elections, the State Electoral Commission (ISEC), has failed to publish the figures pulled by each of the parties’ candidates. 17 political parties participated in the election. On 22 September, ISEC Chairman, Mr Charles Ejogu, declared the results without announcing the figures polled by the parties […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to obey court judgement on electoral offences committed during 2023 general polls. SERAP made the call in a statement on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare. He said Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal […]
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said he is too big for anybody to fight him, adding that all his imaginary and potential political enemies cannot fight him. Wike said contrary to reports that Ijaw people were against him in the ongoing political crisis against Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, Ijaw nation […]
