Edo Government says “it is on top” of the kidnapping of the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, disclosed this in a statement issued in Benin on Saturday. Mr Aziegbemi was kidnapped close to his GRA residence on Friday night while returning … Read more
Gunmen kidnapped the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, Tony Aziegbemi on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Aziegbemi was kidnapped at a spot close to his residence at the Government Reservation Area in Benin City. His abduction happened less than a month after the party’s primary election … 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
Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has finally provided a detailed explanation as to why Nigerians couldn’t view in real-time the result of the presidential elections on the INEC Results Viewing (IReV) during the 25 February presidential elections that was held last year. INEC provided the explanation in its 526-page 2023 General Elections Report published on its … Read more
A former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mark Jacob, has given the “reason” Nyesom Wike supported President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general election. Mr Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, is a member of the PDP. But the former governor supported Mr Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress candidate in … Read more
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has disowned Daniel Bwala, who served as a spokesperson for his presidential campaign for last year’s presidential election. Atiku said in a statement released by his media office on Tuesday that Mr Bwala is not and has never been his aide beyond his roles as a spokesperson for his presidential … Read more
Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Saturday, arrested three persons suspected of vote buying in Sokoto State during the by-elections monitoring exercise. The suspects – three males aged 48, 37 and 38 – were caught at Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency in Sokoto State with the sum of N3,105,400 within … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ifeoluwa Ehindero, winner of the Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Federal constituency by-election in Ondo State. Johnson Fasinmirin, a professor, of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), the Returning Officer of the election, declared Mr Ehindero winner after the counting … Read more
Fuad Laguda has emerged the winner of the House of Representatives bye-election for Surulere Federal Constituency 1. Mr Laguda of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday. The APC candidate secured a total of 11,203 votes to defeat his major contenders – Adeola Adebanjo Damilola … Read more
The Labour Party (LP) has fixed the cost of its expression of interest and nomination form for the 21 September off-cycle governorship election in Edo State at N30 Million. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the National Working Committee (NWC) at … Read more
