INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu Direct primary will ensure free, fair polls, tame corruption – Bamidele, Moro The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it has the capacity to monitor any form of primary, whether direct or indirect, that may be conducted by the political parties. Its National Commissioner in charge of Information and […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has hinted of the likelihood of the party choosing its 2023 presidential candidate by consensus. He spoke against the backdrop of his election as the party’s consensus candidate in the October 31 national convention. Most members of his newly inaugurated executive committee were […]
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All eyes will be on Ekiti State, the Fountain of Knowledge, next year. Governor Kayode Fayemi will bow out. Another politician will assume the reins. Between now and October 2022, the two major parties in the state may be engulfed in anxiety. If President Muhammadu Buhari signs the amended Electoral Act Bill, with its retention […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed an alleged plan to dissolve its Ondo state executive to accommodate the inerest of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko. It said the dissolution plan story was sponsored by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as “part of the retroactive steps of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the government information […]
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Chairman of the Southern Senators Forum, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has declared his intention to vie for the position of governor in the coming election in Ekiti State. He made this known in a letter he wrote to All Progressives Congress (APC) senators to inform them of his ambition. In the letter dated December 5, Bamidele […]
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I’m not Fayemi’s anointed, says Oyebanji Bamishile: I’m the candidate to beat Chief of Staff to Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Omoleye, has withdrawn from the governorship election slated for June 18, 2022 to support the former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Biodun Oyebanji. Indications emerged yesterday when Omoleye was sighted among those […]
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A former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau has said a meeting of members of his faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last Sunday in Kano with the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tunibu, was on the party’s lingering crisis in the state. Shekarau told BBC Hausa that Tinubu invited him for the meeting in […]
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Jabi has fixed December 17 for the hearing of a suit seeking to set aside all actions and decisions taken by the Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The suit marked is also […]
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Secretary to Government of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has resigned from office. The political scientist and former university teacher has been endorsed by many stakeholders for governor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Kayode Fayemi has accepted his resignation, wishing him success in his future endeavours. The resignation, which was […]
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Buni and APC governors forum chairman, Atiku Bagudu Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress are currently jostling to host the party’s national convention slated for February 2022, investigations have shown. Apart from the governors, it was also gathered that some powerful stakeholders are making moves to determine the venue of the convention, where the […]
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