Politics

Two elders loyal to the two contending political parties in the November 16, 2019 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa, almost engaged each other in a fisticuff at a stakeholders meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yenagoa. Consequently, ...

The Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated its 2019 Governorship Campaign Council, insisting that the party was in a better position than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win the November 16 gubernatorial election. State ...

· Dickson inaugurates Diri campaign team, office The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that 867, 088 eligible voters are expected to vote in the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. INEC’s National Commissioner for Bayelsa, Edo ...

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has condemned attempts by some ‘unscrupulous’ elements to cause mayhem in the state, insisting that his administration would not tolerate acts of hooliganism in any guise. He also urged the National Chairman of the All ...

The Edo State government has described the allegation of defection being leveled against Governor Godwin Obaseki by some individuals in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as false, insisting that the governor remains loyal to the party. It was reacting to ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ntufam Mba Ekpezu Ukweni, has cautioned Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade against employing fresh workers and retrenchment of employees in the state as polling agents. The governor threatened to sack some workers whom ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has backed the commitment of both the executive and legislative arms of government to ensure the national budget is returned to the January-December cycle. Expressing the hope of the early passage of the 2020 ...

Some Libya returnees in Edo State have applauded Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on the recent award bestowed on him as best performing governor in Nigeria by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). The group also endorsed Obaseki for a ...

A meeting convened by governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with leadership of the National Assembly to promote government’s policies that require legislative support was yesterday disrupted in Abuja. But the meeting’s atmosphere changed when the lingering feud between ...

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has declared that the party’s candidate, David Lyon, will emerge victorious in the November 16 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election. Speaking during the Bayelsa APC stakeholders and aggrieved governorship aspirants meeting ...