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Jonathan’s kinsmen celebrate PDP’s defeat
Kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Kolo, Ogbia Local Government Area trooped out to celebrate the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ward 9. They took over…
APC set to upset PDP in Bayelsa
Unofficial results filtering out of Bayelsa State are indicative of a major political upset in the state as opposition All Progressives Congress appears to be ahead of the…
Bayelsa poll: I’m disappointed, says Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said he was not happy at what he observed at his hometown polling unit, Otueke, Bayelsa State. He said this on Saturday…
Kogi Decides: The Odds Against Yahaya Bello’s Return
Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State had by Friday night started regaining the calmness it was noted for as politicians with their rough driving convoys and their hirelings diffused into…
Presidential election: Supreme Court under fire over reasons given for dismissing Atiku’s appeal
The Coalition of United Political Party, CUPP, has expressed shock at the reasons provided by the Supreme Court for dismissing the appeal filed by the…
Kogi guber: Why armed security operatives invaded Governor Makinde’s hotel – Police
The police in Kogi State on Friday confirmed that security operatives stormed a hotel in Lokoja where the Governor of Oyo, Seyi Makinde, was lodged. The Commissioner of…
Supreme Court: Presidency urges PDP take on opposition mandate
The Buhari Presidency has welcomed the elucidation of the Supreme Court 30 October ruling on the petition by the PDP and Atiku Abubakar’s petitions and…
Kogi election: Masked gunmen attack Gov. Makinde, PDP candidate’s hotel
Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde and Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s election in Kogi state, Musa Wada on Friday escaped being whisked away…
Edo APC youths back Obaseki’s second term bid
The youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, says it will not abandon Governor Godwin Obaseki in his quest to get the party’s ticket for a second term…
Buhari does not need certificate to be president – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday held that President Muhammadu Buhari was right not to have submitted his academic credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Bayelsa, Kogi Polls: Voters selling PVCs for N500, N1,000 – YIAGA
An election observation group, YIAGA Africa, through its Watching The Vote (WTV) project, says voters in Bayelsa and Kogi states are trading their permanent voters’ cards for…
Atiku Abubakar’s lawyers shun Supreme Court
None of the about 20 Senior Advocates of Nigeria paraded by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is present at the Supreme Court…
Kogi, Bayelsa polls: We will pay close attention – US
The U.S. government has called for a free and fair election in the upcoming gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa, stating that it would be paying close attention to electoral…
No shaking: I’m in for Bayelsa governorship poll – Lyon
The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon said he is still contesting the gubernatorial poll on Saturday, calling on his…
Forgive Bello – El-Rufai begs Kogi voters
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council for Kogi governorship election, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday appealed to the people of Kogi State to forgive Governor Yahaya…
JUST IN: Buhari calls for fairness in Bayelsa, Kogi polls
President Muhammadu Buhari has made a strong demand for exemplary conduct of non-partisanship on the part of election and law enforcement officials in Kogi and…
Kogi/Bayelsa guber: Snatch ballot boxes and lose your life – Police
The Deputy Inspector General, Operation, AbdulMajeed Ali, has warned those planning to snatch ballot boxes during Saturday’s elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States to have a…
Supreme Court fixes date to explain presidential election decision
The Supreme Court has fixed November 15 to explain why it dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the re-election…
BREAKING: Court sacks APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has disqualified David Lyon, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state. In an order…
Activist sues Wada over health status
HUMAN Rights Activist, Sunday Ehimoni, on Wednesday urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to make an order disqualifying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate…
Photos: 3 killed in shootout between APC, PDP hoodlums in Bayelsa
Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, Wednesday night visited the injured victims of the brutal clash between suspected thugs of the Peoples…
El-Rufai will never be president of Nigeria – Bishop of Zaria
The Bishop of Zaria, Rt Rev Abiodun Ogunyemi has denounced the Archbishop of Kaduna and the general secretary of the Anglican Consultative Council for paying a…
Oyo gov: I’ve a date with history, says Adelabu as he heads to Supreme Court
Following the pronouncement made by the appeal court that the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Mr. Bayo Adelabu, against the tribunal’s dismissal of his…
Lagos PDP foils move to hold fresh congress
The lingering crisis in the Lagos State chapter of the PDP has resurfaced, following a move by a faction to hold an election today (Wednesday).However, the party under the leadership of Chief Olabode George, a former…