By Thompson Yamput The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday presented certificates of return to the Kogi Governor-Elect, Usman Ododo and his Deputy, Joel Salifu. Ododo and Salifu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) had won the Nov 11 Off-Cycle Governorship Election in Kogi with 446,237 votes, to beatContinue Reading
By Femi Ogunshola The House of Representatives has turned back representatives of the Service Chiefs, insisting that the chiefs must appear before it on Nov. 21 as summoned. The Speaker, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, said this after receiving the representatives of the chiefs at plenary on Thursday. Abbas commended the representativesContinue Reading
By Martins Abochol The Taraba House of Assembly on Thursday passed the local government elected officials amendment Bill. Mr Nelson Len, the Chairman, House Committee on Information, made this known while speaking to newsmen in Jalingo. Len noted that the bill, after all due process required of by the House, wasContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) said on Thursday in Lagos that it is not engaging in merger talks with any political party. This is contained in a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji AbdulRazaq AbdulSalam. “NNPP is an independent political group as suchContinue Reading
By Ugonne Uzoma The Governorship Candidate of PDP in Saturday’s election in Imo, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, has formally reacted to the outcome of the poll, saying it is unacceptable to him. Anyanwu spoke through a statement issued by the Director of Media and Publicity of his Campaign Organisation, Mr IkennaContinue Reading
The incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Douye Diri, has been declared the winner of the State governorship election held last Saturday. The Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, announcedContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Enugu: Chief Emma Eneukwu, the Deputy National Chairman South of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has congratulated Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo following his resounding victory in the just-concluded off-season governorship election. Uzodimma (APC), in a governorship election held on Saturday, Nov. 11, in Imo,Continue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission has adjourned the collation of election results in the Bayelsa State Governorship Elections conducted on November 11, 2023. The adjournment was after the collation of results from three of the eight local government areas in the state namely Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, and Yenegoa. The remainingContinue Reading
The Social Democratic Party, (SDP) in Kogi State has called for the cancellation of results of the November 11th governorship election in the state. SDP made this call at the gubernatorial election collation centre where the party’s collation agent, David Edibu submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission,Continue Reading
