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No Buhari in 2023, APC will have issues – Oyegun
John Oyegun, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the ruling party will have issues in 2023 general election.
In an interview with ARISE NEWS on Friday, he said…
Oyo: With our evidences, I’ll get my mandate back soon, says Adelabu
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last gubernatorial election in Oyo state, Chief Adebayo Adelabu on Friday said he was optimistic that the evidences presented at the Oyo…
Thugs fire dynamite, gunshots in failed bid to stop PDP congress in Bayelsa
Thugs suspected to be loyal to some governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State yesterday threw dynamites close to the party’s secretariat in Yenagoa in…
My sacking, miscarriage of justice —Melaye
The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye on Friday described the ruling of the Kogi West National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal nullifying his victory in the…
BREAKING: Tribunal sacks Dino Melaye as Kogi West Senator
The Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has quashed the victory of Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district.Melaye (PDP) was declared winner in the February…
‘I have appreciated your votes and paid you back’ — Buhari speaks on 4 senior portfolios for Kaduna,…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he gave Kaduna and Kano states two substantive positions in his cabinet to appreciate the massive votes he received during the 2019 presidential election.…
Tribunal Dismisses HDP’s Petition Challenging Buhari’s Election
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday dismissed the petition of the Hope Democratic Party challenging the conduct of the February 23rd presidential election which returned President Muhammadu Buhari…
Those without one-year membership can’t carry APC’s flag, says Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday dashed the governorship aspiration of a former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the Cross Rivers…
Atiku didn’t deny he isn’t a Nigerian by birth – Buhari, APC
President Muhammadu Buhari and is party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) made their final submissions on Wednesday before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in the…
JUST IN: Tribunal reserves judgment on PDP, Atiku’s petition against Buhari’s election
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, on Wednesday, reserved its judgment on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to challenge…
Results transmitted to server is the century’s greatest lie – INEC
Yunus Usman, counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the claim that results of the February presidential election were transmitted to a server is “the…
I anticipated s’court’s rejection of access to INEC server – Atiku
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says there is no cause for alarm over the Supreme Court’s ruling dismissing his claims to inspect INEC…
Supreme court rejects Atiku, PDP’s request to inspect INEC’s server
The supreme court has refused an application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking to inspect the central server of the Independent National Electoral…
BREAKING: Supreme Court strikes out Atiku, PDP’s appeal
The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election.
The appeal marked SC/738/2019 was filed…
PDP rakes in N793m, screens 33 aspirants for Bayelsa, Kogi gov’ship
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun screening of its governorship aspirants for Kogi and Bayelsa states ahead of the Nov.16 elections.The party had raked in N693m from sales of nomination form to the…
No more godfatherism in Kwara, says AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said that the dislodgement of Saraki dynasty in the last general elections put an end to godfatherism in the state’s politics.
The governor said…
INEC Discloses Why Atiku Abubakar Wasn’t Declared Winner Of 2019 Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed why Atiku Abubakar, the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was not declared winner of…
Anambra: We won’t vote for ‘foreign’ candidate again – Stakeholders
Stakeholders in Anambra State have vowed that they will not vote for persons who have not lived in the state for at least 10 years as their next governor in 2021.
The…
2023: Is Jega the New Joker?
Former National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, last week joined the People’s Redemption Party. But those who understand the game say it’s not an accidental move. Shola…
The Return of Godswill Akpabio
Silence is the best answer to a fool, and the unpredictable tides of fortune has made fools out of many prognosticators, and it will make fools out of many more. Witness the curious case of Senator Godswill…
I Was Approached To Join In Destroying Bola Tinubu – El Rufai
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday, claimed that some unnamed people asked him to join in a plot to destroy All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Senator Bola Tinubu.…
Ex-governors in political wilderness after 2019 polls
The 2019 elections have come and gone. So also is the nomination of candidates for ministerial slots in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. But it has been different strokes…
REC’s resignation to join partisan politics is unacceptable – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the process in which the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River, Mr Frankland Briyai, resigned to join partisan…
600 people applied to be commissioners in Lagos, says Balogun
No fewer than 600 people applied to be commissioners and special advisers in the Sanwo-Olu administration, it has been learnt .
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in…