Dayo Israel, the National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Lagos State residents to ensure the reelection of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term in office as compensation for his exceptional performance since his election in 2019. During his statewide door-to-door voter engagement campaign ahead of the election on Saturday, […]
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for governor of Lagos State, refuted allegations that some godfathers pressured him to run. The LP governorship candidate was responding to Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, of the Peoples Democratic Party, who claimed on Tuesday that his LP opponent is supported by godfathers like Chief Bode […]
Iyiola Omisore, the party’s national secretary, threatened to sue Salihu Lukman, the APC’s vice chairman in the North West, for defamation, but Lukman has dismissed her threats. According to Naija News, Lukman requested that Omisore submit his resignation during an interview he gave on AIT Television on Tuesday. Members of the ruling party’s National Working […]
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the most recent presidential election, has withdrawn his request to the court for permission to watch the Independent National Electoral Commission reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. The reorganization of the BVAS used to conduct the presidential election on February 25 had been approved […]
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the most recent presidential election, has withdrawn his request that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) permit PDP agents to take part in the process of sorting out materials (ballot papers) used in the running of the presidential election on February 25. In a Notice of […]
Dele Farotimi, a human rights advocate and attorney, stated that it would be “God forbid” if President-elect Bola Tinubu, whom he referred to as “INEC-select,” were to be sworn in as the leader of Nigeria following the March 18 gubernatorial election. Farotimi made this statement while urging Lagosians to participate in the electoral process by […]
25 stations were penalized by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for breaking the Nigeria Broadcasting Code during the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25. It sent letters of warning to 16 other negligent stations. These were revealed on Wednesday in Abuja at a news conference by its Director-General, Balarabe Ilelah. He claimed that […]
As a result of an invitation given to the Chairman of the Imo Peoples Democratic Party, Engr. Charles Ugwu, by the Imo State Police Command to provide former Governor Emeka Ihedioha, his Deputy, Hon. Gerald Irona, and House of Representatives member-elect Ikenga Ugochiyere on Thursday, there is a palpable tension in the state of Imo. […]
Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the governor of Rivers State, has referred to Nyesom Wike as a drunk who spends N50 million on alcohol every week and should not be given a third term through his stooge. Amaechi made this statement on Tuesday during his campaign for Tonye Cole in the Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area. […]
The Obidients Movement visited Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State, on Monday. Ortom welcomed them to The People’s House in Makurdi’s New Banquet Hall. The Governor expressed his sincere gratitude for the visit and said he felt fulfilled for having fought for a just cause in the effort to create a new Nigeria where […]