The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Pius Anyim, on Friday, said he is disappointed in the action of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Recall Anyim, who is a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, BOT, and three other prominent stakeholders of the party,…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has welcomed the judgement of the Court of Appeal affirming his election, describing it as a vindication by God. Adeleke’s reaction comes after the appellate court sitting in Abuja on Friday set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. Following the governorship polls in the state, an Election Petition Tribunal had sacked Adeleke from office, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party…
APC Suspends SGF Boss Mustapha Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has been suspended by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Mustapha was suspended by the Adamawa (his home state) chapter of the APC, according to a suspension letter issued on Wednesday. The letter was signed by Muazu Kabiri (APC chair…
INEC Declares PDP’s Mbah Enugu Gov-Elect The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has won the March 18 governorship election in the state. He scored 160,895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 157,552 votes. Frank Nweke Jnr of the…
Suspected political thugs have set ablaze a state High Court in Owutu Edda community in Ebonyi State. The development came barely 24 hours after the conclusion of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Registrar of the court, Mrs Oluchi Uduma, who spoke to newsmen, said that the hoodlums invaded the…
Nollywood actress cum politician, Tonto Dikeh has hailed Funke Akindele’s bravery. Recall the actress and mom of two was Lagos PDP Deputy-Governorship candidate. Though Tonto and her principal stepped down in Rivers state to give their support to APC, the actress says she knows how difficult it is to be a woman in politics. She…
The Independent National Electoral Commission will today (Wednesday) resume the collation of Enugu and Abia states governorship election results. This was made known in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Wednesday. The INEC’s office in Obingwa Local Government Area in Abia State was invaded…
President-elect Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night travelled out of the country to spend some time in Paris and London. According to a statement by Tunde Rahman for the Office of the President-elect, the trip will enable Tinubu to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Rahman added that the…
The Governorship Candidate of Labour Party in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said he his party would fight for his mandate through all legal means to birth a better Lagos. Rhodes-Vivour, who came second at the just concluded election, insisted that there was no governorship election in Lagos. He posited that the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,…
