Politics

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has ordered the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Zamfara State to appear before it today. They are to come before the Justice ...

The election petition tribunal in Kano State has rejected the representation of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Abba Yusuf, at the tribunal. Led by Justice Halima Mohammad, the ...

A witness in the February 23, 2019 general election, Magdiel Samaki, yesterday told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that Atiku Abubakar is a true Nigerian and as such legally qualify to run for the country’s presidency. Samaki, who hails from ...

Emerhor withdraws from cases against Omo-Agege, Ogboru, others A meeting to decide the mode of primaries in the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Bayelsa State gubernatorial election almost ended in a stalemate as members disagreed over the Chairman, ...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, played a video recording before the Election Petition Tribunal to establish the allegation that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) used a central server during the February ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has applauded Governor Godwin Obaseki’s resolve to probe former Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s administration, especially the contract of Edo Central Hospital. State Chairman of the party, Dan Orbih, said Obaseki’s decision has vindicated the alleged scam ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has debunked purported plans to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol from the official N145 per litre. The national oil company had rated the N145 pump price ...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has raised a five-man committee to resolve the crisis emanating from the emergence of Ndudi Elumelu as Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. BoT Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin, who briefed the ...

The number of aspirants eyeing the Bayelsa gubernatorial ticket continues to snowball as a former President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Edengs Eradiri, joins the race. Eradiri, who is the state’s Commissioner for Youths, was unveiled when a coalition ...

The Restoration Caucus in Bayelsa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) has begun the process of picking the standard-bearer for the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state. Special Adviser to the outgoing Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on ...