The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the six Senatorial and nine House of Assembly bye-elections slated for October 31. The Commission said the decision to cancel the elections is in compliance with Section 26 (2) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), which gives INEC the power to postpone an election if there […]
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has expressed regrets that “diabolical influencers in form of hooliganism, ethno-religious bigots and even political marauders” are bent on pulling the nation down and pushing for regime change. The governors also wondered why protests have persisted despite the “magnanimity exhibited” by the federal and state governments. In a communique […]
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party have started reaching out to the Ebonyi State Governor , David Umahi , in a bid to stop his defection from the party, our correspondent has gathered . A party source who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media on the […]
Guinea’s octogenarian president, Alpha Conde, is leading other rivals in early results declared by the nation’s electoral commission. So far he has won four electoral districts in Sunday’s presidential vote. He won three districts in the capital, Conakry, scoring over 50% of the vote in two of the districts. He also won Boffa district north […]
Guinea’s opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo declared Monday, without waiting for official results, that he had won a presidential election against incumbent Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term. Speaking at a press conference in the capital Conakry a day after the hotly contested first-round vote, Diallo said he had emerged “victorious” despite […]
A law to bar courts and election tribunals from voiding the election of a President-elect and governors-elect, because of blemishes in the educational qualifications of their running mates, is underway in the House of Representatives. The Bill to that effect, obtained on Monday, by VANGUARD, is entitled: “An Act to Alter the Provisions of the […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman in Ebonyi, Mr Nwachukwu Eze, says the opposition party will welcome Gov. David Umahi with ‘open arms’ if his reported defection to the APC is true. Mr Chinedu Ogah (APC-Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency), on Saturday announced that Gov. Umahi has defected to the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party […]
Orji Uzor Kalu, senate chief whip, says Obafemi Awolowo, the late former premier of the western region, told him he refused to work with the Ibrahim Babangida military regime because he never trusted his government. Kalu, who was governor of Abia state from 1999 to 2007, also said he turned down an offer to lead […]
AREWA leader in the South, Alhaji Musa Saidu, has asked Igbo to forget about presidency in 2023 if they fail to build bridges of peace across the country. Saidu, in a chat with the Sunday Vanguard, said those promising Igbo the presidency without the need for them to build bridges of peace were only deceiving […]
President Donald Trump says he may leave the United States if he does not win the upcoming presidential election. The US presidential election is scheduled for November 3, with Trump, Republican candidate, contesting against Joe Biden, former vice-president of the country and Democratic candidate. Speaking during his campaign rally in Georgia on Friday, Trump said […]
