Immediate past Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha has suspended his planned visit to the state in preparation for award congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). After weighing the options of possible breakdown of law and order by some ...
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APC bars Oshiomhole from NEC meeting as stakeholders set agenda for Giadom
The embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has been shut out of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) holding next Tuesday in Abuja. It was gathered that the decision, endorsed by the acting National ...
Read More »Bayelsa Governor Diri wins again as court quashes Alaibe’s application
A Federal High Court in Owerri has dismissed the application filed by Ndutimi Alaibe challenging the emergence of Governor Douye Diri as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the November 16, 2019 Bayelsa State governorship election for lack of merit. ...
Read More »Reprieve for Oshiomhole as ex-gov gets state APC chairmen’s confidence vote
Reprieve came the way of the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, as state chairmen of the party asked the feuding parties to return to the Chief Bisi Akande-led dispute resolution and reconciliation committee ...
Read More »No automatic tickets for Obaseki, others, Edo APC faction insists
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo ruled out automatic tickets for any of the aspirants running under the party for this year’s governorship election in the state, maintaining that the lucky person must emerge through a ...
Read More »PDP set to receive defectors in Bayelsa State
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) before and shortly after the Bayelsa State gubernatorial election are set to return to the party. Governor Douye Diri, who disclosed this at his Sampou-Kalama ...
Read More »Yakasai canvasses constitutional amendment on power rotation, independent judiciary, INEC
Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai has canvassed amendment of the constitution to accommodate power rotation among the six geopolitical zones of the country. Yakasai, who was co-chairman at an event on true federalism and restructuring organised by the Igbo Leadership Foundation ...
Read More »Akwa Ibom State PDP promises women more leadership positions
The Akwa Ibom chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said it had perfected arrangement to organise its congresses with special emphasis on giving women more leadership roles in the state. The party chairman, Obong Paul Ekpo, who dropped ...
Read More »S’Court, INEC behind Electoral Act amendment Omo-Agege insists as stakeholders urge speedy passage to check infractions
Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has said the ongoing efforts of the ninth Assembly to amend the Electoral Act 2010 were prompted by the Supreme Court and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) He said the observations by the apex ...
Read More »Court sets aside Oshiomhole’s suspension as embattled chair meets President Buhari
Justice Lewis Allagoa of Federal High Court, Kano has set aside the ruling of the FCT High Court suspending the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Besides, the judge restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission ...
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