Politics

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in Imo State after Governor Hope Uzodimma was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday. The electoral body had announced Uzodimma’s re-election having won in all the 27 local government areas of the state with a total of …

Usman Ododo Usman Ododo of All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of November 11, 2023 Kogi State Ggvernorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This was after the State Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, announced him the winner and governor-elect late Sunday night. He said the …

The Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal on Monday dismissed the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Tonye Cole, challenging Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s victory in the March 18 election in the state. This followed the APC’s decision to withdraw the petition against the governor. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 20 declared Fubara as the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the collation of results of the Bayelsa State governorship election to 12:00 p.m., on Monday. The state’s Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, adjourned the collation on Sunday night in Yenagoa. The commission had collated the results of six out of the eight local government areas in the state. READ ALSO: Bayelsa …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday night declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Usman Ododo, as the winner of the Kogi State governorship election. The State Returning Officer, Prof. Johnson Urama, who announced the results in Lokoja, said Ododo polled 446,237 votes to edge out his closest rival, Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who …

Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday explained why he missed the All Progressives Congress (APC) national caucus meeting in Abuja. The duo of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari and Osinbajo were conspicuously absent when the APC leaders and members gathered at the State House, Abuja, for the caucus meeting held on Wednesday. The two men were also absent at Thursday’s National …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Saturday dismissed a petition filed by All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Juliet Egbo, challenging Chimaobi Atu’s victory in the February 25 election held in the Enugu North and South Federal Constituency. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Atu of the Labour Party as the winner of the election after he polled 65,000 votes …

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP (PDP) governorship in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu has rejected the verdict of the state governorship election petitions tribunal. The three-member panel led by Justice Hamidu-Kunaza had on Saturday upheld Governor Dapo Abiodun’s victory in the March 18 election in the state. Justice Hamidu-Kunaza, who read the judgement, held that the petitioner failed to prove his …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said it is certain of winning the November 11 governorship election in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi States, going by the level of its acceptability by the people. The acting National Chairman, PDP, Umar Damagum, said this in Abuja at the inauguration of the party’s National Campaign Council for the election in the three states. …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Legal Adviser, Ahmed El-Marzuq, has resigned his membership of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). In a statement issued on Thursday by his Special Adviser, AbdulHalim Adamu, the APC chieftain said his resignation from the party followed the emergence of ex- Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje; and former Senate spokesman, Ajibola Basiru; as party’s …