A pro-Nigeria and anti-sabotage group on the platform of The Natives has commended the Nigerian security agencies for their resilience, asking them to step up their vigilance ahead of May 29 scheduled date for inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Natives, however, acknowledged that Nigerian security agencies, especially the Department of State Security Service (DSS), Military and Read More
At the close of the first ballot, when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the Adamawa state governorship election inconclusive, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri was already leading his closest challenger, Aishatu Dahiru Binani of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with over 31, 000 votes. The total voting strength of the polling units marked for rerun comes up to a little Read More
Given the controversy surrounding the just concluded Adamawa state governorship rerun election where the Corps was alleged of complicity along with other security agencies, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has summoned the state Commandant, Muhammad Bello, to the Corps’ national headquarters, Abuja. The Corps helmsman directed the State Commandant to Read More
The Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) has finally declared incumbent Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of Adamawa gubernatorial election, thereby securing his second term. Announcing the result of the election on Tuesday evening, in Yola, following the conclusion and collation of the results of the 69 polling units across the various Local Governments Read More
To avoid the repeat of the 8th Assembly where party couldn’t influence the emergence of Bukala Saraki-led National Assembly, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Rev. Dominic Alancha, has asked Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC), to convene an urgent National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party to deliberate on the zoning formula of the Read More
The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume and conclude the collation process and announce a winner in order to douse tension created by what it described as the reckless announcement of Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa state, Barrister Hudu Ari. The CTA also condemned what it called ‘gross misconduct’ of Read More
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday queried an application by Senator Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, seeking an order of court restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from invalidating her declaration as winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State. The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, temporarily declined to hear the application. Blueprint had on Monday reported that Read More
An election observer group, Yiaga Africa has asked the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume collation and declare the official results of the Adamawa state supplementary governorship election. Yiaga Africa said INEC should resume collation and conclude the process based on results announced at the polling units and uploaded on the IReV portal on Saturday. A statement jointly signed Read More
The chairman of Partners for Electoral Reform (PER) Ezenwa Nwagwu, has urged political parties who lost in the just concluded general election to form a strong opposition to deepen the country’s democracy. Ezenwa also said the law setting up INEC empowers them to conduct the election, they have discharged that responsibility and have announced a winner, it’s mischievous to refer Read More
Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has been announced as the winner of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship primaries in Kogi State. He was declared winner after polling 313 votes to defeat Idoko Ilonah who had 124 votes. Awoniyi Sunday had 77 votes while Musa Wada had 56 votes. The former lawmaker will be up against Usman Ododo, the flagbearer Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Saturday 15, April election conducted in the Yobe South senatorial district. The INEC Returning Officer, Dr. Abatcha Melemi, of the Federal University Gashua, announced the result in Potiskum amid tight security. The returning officer said his mandate of the exercise Read More
A member of House of Representatives, Leke Abejide, has alerted Police, Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies on the alleged trick of former Kogi state chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kingsley Ogga. According to Abejide, who represents Yagba East/West/Mopamuro constituency in the National Assembly, Ogga now brandishes a Federal High Court judgement which has nothing to do Read More
A social activist and author, Reno Omokri, has said forensic analysis of the presidential election result of the February 25, 2023 showed that there were over voting in more than 10,000 polling units, which represents almost 8% of all PUs. He, however, told the the Nigerian judiciary that the world is watching the Presidential Election Petitions Court and hopes it Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra state, Senator Andy Uba, has continued his visits to Abuja mosques to share food to Muslim faithful for Iftar (breaking of fast). Senator Uba, Friday, visited the National Mosque in Central Area, Annur Mosque in Wuse II and Ansaru Deen Mosque in Maitama, all in Abuja. Recall that earlier in Read More
The people of Kogi state were shocked to the marrow when they woke up to news of Governor Yahaya Bello’s decision to anoint the Kogi State Auditor-General, Ahmed Ododo, as his preferred successor ahead of the primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). After the sudden demise of Kogi APC governorship candidate, Abubukar Audu, during the poll, Yahaya Bello was Read More
A college of former and serving members of the National Assembly on the platform of Council of the Initiative, has called on the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone Senate Presidency to the South-south region and to a Christian. The Council specifically settled for the former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as the Read More
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for on Nigerians in the areas slated for the supplementary elections to conduct themselves peacefully and eschew violence and any act prejudicial to orderly electoral processes. Tinubu also asked the All Progressives Congress members and the supporters in the areas listed for the polls to come out in their large numbers to Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra state, Chief Andy Uba, has congratulated the Nigerian Muslim ummah on this year’s Ramadan fast, even as he called on Nigerians to imbibe the virtues of selflessness, charity and love for one another as exemplified by the holy month. Uba, who spoke Monday in Abuja, while sharing food to the Read More
A coalition of stakeholders of the ruling party drawn from the National Assembly and business community on the platform of APC Integrity Caucus (AIC), has raised the alarm over what it called a desperate attempt by opposition parties to take over Kano and the entire North-west zone from the APC. The APC group said part of a grand design is Read More
A pro-All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi state, on the aiges of APC Youth Progressive Movement (AYPM) has urged the president-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be wary of some sycophants and saboteurs in and outside the party even as he prepares to take over. The group said some party chieftains in Bauchi, for reasons best known to them, betrayed Read More
The Senator-elect representing Imo West, Senator Osita Izunaso, has given reasons why he is the most suitable to occupy the next Senate Presidency seat based on his experience, capacity and the need to ensure national cohesion. First elected into House of Representatives in 2003 and later into the Senate in 2007, Izunaso will be one of the ranking Senators in Read More
A member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Salihu Moh Lukman, has described as insensitive to Nigerian constitution any Muslim aspiring to be the next Senate President. Lukman, who is also the National Vice Chairman (North-west) also call on the APC governors, stakeholders and all the party members to prevail on all Read More
The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has formally filed a petition before the Election Petition Tribunal, seeking a fresh election without Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adebutu added that Abiodun, a candidate of the APC was not duly qualified to contest in the March 18th gubernatorial election. He said Read More
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, under the Abuja Judicial Division, has granted an interim injunction restraining the All Progressives Congress (APC) from acting on the purported suspension of a governorship aspirant of the party in Kogi state, Hon. Murtala Yakubu Ajaka. The presiding judge, Justice H. Muazu, Thursday, granted the prayers of Murtala’s counsels, S.E. Aruwa (SAN), Read More
A member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Salihu Moh Lukman, has raised alarm that some aspirants contesting various positions to the 10th National Assembly leadership have started bribing party leaders with bags of Rice and Sugar. Lukman, who is also the APC National Vice Chairman (North-West), however, called on the leadership Read More
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