Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State says the local election slated for 5 October will produce a new, people-oriented political structure in the state. Mr Fubara’s spokesperson, Nelson Chukwudi, quoted the governor as saying this when he received members of the Simplicity Movement in Government House, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday. The Simplicity Movement is a … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Edo governorship election held on Saturday. Faruk Adamu Kuta, INEC’s Returning Officer, announced the suspension on Sunday due to outstanding results from Oredo and Ikpoba Okha local governments. Oredo and Ikpoba Okha, two municipal local government areas in Benin City, Edo … Read more
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State and others to file their defence in a suit instituted by Jimoh Ibrahim, a senator, seeking to void the 20 April All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state. The judge, Inyang Ekwo, gave the directive after the counsel … Read more
There is controversy in the Abia State House of Assembly over its failure to inaugurate an elected member, Aaron Uzodike. Mr Uzodike contested in the 2023 general election for Abia North State Constituency, Abia State, South-east Nigeria, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Aaron Uzodike (PHOTO- Facebook) But the Independent National Electoral … Read more
A total of 171,922 registered members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State are billed to participate in Saturday’s governorship primaries to elect the party’s candidate for the November election. The number represents the delegates for the direct primaries, which would be held in all the 203 wards of the state. The National … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to validate Labour Party’s scheduled national convention in Abia State. It is a statutory requirement for a political party’s national convention to be supervised by the electoral commission. In a letter to the INEC chairman, Yakubu Mahmood, the NLC through its … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Timipre Sylva, the party’s governorship candidate in the 11 November 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State, on Monday, seek the disbandment of the state’s election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja over alleged bias. The APC and Sylva alleged that the tribunal, headed by Adekunle Adeleye, was bias in the … Read more
Twelve new members of the House of Representatives, who were recently elected in the bye-elections across the country, have been sworn in by the Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen. The oath of office was administered by the speaker during plenary on Thursday. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Saturday conducted bye-elections and … Read more
