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The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State has upheld Governor Dave Umahi’s election as governor of the state during the March 9, 2019, gubernatorial poll. Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate in the election, Chief Ajah Agha had taken ...
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Opposition PDP condemns President Buhari’s poor outing in Japan
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lamented what it called “the disgraceful outing and poor attention given to President Muhammadu Buhari by world leaders and investors at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD),” adding: “It has further ...
Read More »Wike canvasses state police to curb insecurity, gunmen invade Amange’s residence
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has canvassed the establishment of state police as a solution to the prevailing security challenges in the country. He noted that the present security structure in the country makes it difficult for the Federal Government-controlled ...
Read More »Electronic transmission of election results illegal, INEC insists as presidential tribunal hears final addresses, reserves ruling
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has maintained that there was no extant law backing the electronic transmission of election results and as such, it could not have imported the outcome of the February 23, 2019 presidential poll into a ...
Read More »No fresh registration of voters for Bayelsa, Kogi elections, INEC declares
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ruled out fresh registration of voters who are yet to register for their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the November 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa and Kogi states. National Commissioner and Chairman, ...
Read More »Atiku, PDP lose bid to override APC at S’Court as parties adopt final briefs at tribunal
It was a trying moment for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate for the February 23 poll, Atiku Abubakar, as the Supreme Court dismissed their appeals. The apex court struck out suit no: SC/738/2019 challenging the ruling ...
Read More »Audu, Aganaba want direct primary in Kogi, Bayelsa election
Governorship aspirants in Kogi and Bayelsa states under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mohammed Abubakar Audu and Preye Aganaba have asked the party to adopt direct primary to select candidates in the November 16 polls. The duo spoke separately to ...
Read More »Awori seek governorship slots, other positions in Lagos, Ogun states
The Awori have argued that it was high time they got the governorship positions in Lagos and Ogun states. Speaking at the celebration of Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, on her leadership position, they charged Lagos and Ogun ...
Read More »Fowler replies query, blames low tax revenue on oil crisis, Presidency denies investigating FIRS chair
Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Babatunde Fowler, has responded to the query issued him by Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, regarding the low tax collections in the last three years he has held sway. ...
Read More »Ebri, others denounce allegations against Oyo-Ita, Obono-Obla
An All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart in Cross River State, James Ebri, has condemned the allegations of fraud against the Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, and chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP) on ...
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