Category: Politics

It’s a lie – Oyo government Oyo State Governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday accused the outgoing administration of embarking on hasty payment for contracts and projects. But the government described the accusation as a deliberate ploy to heat up the polity and whip up sentiments. In a statement by his spokesman, Prince Dotun Oyelade, Makinde […]

The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf has assured his supporters of emerging victorious in the forthcoming Gubernatorial rerun election in Kano declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This was contained in a statement signed by Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa the spokesperson to PDP Gubernatorial Candidate […]

Allegations baseless – APC, ZLP Protesters from Ondo West and Ondo East local government areas of Ondo State on Tuesday stormed the Alagbaka, Akure headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, demanding cancellation of the results of the March 9, Assembly polls. Led by an elder statesman, a former Commissioner for Information in the […]

Imo State Governoer-elect, Mr Emeka Ihedioha, took to Twitter early Tuesday to thank his people and pledged to rebuild the state. Ihedioha, a former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, said: “Thank you Ndi Imo. It’s a victory for all of us! I will not fail! My word is my bond.” The Governor-elect, candidate […]

Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has described his victory in just concluded governorship and House of Assembly poll as a referendum, saying that Lagosians had once again decided that they would continue to take the path of progress that started in 1999 by voting for the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was just as […]

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Seyi Makinde, has been declared winner of the governorship election in Oyo State. He won 28 out of the 33 local governments in the state, leaving the All Progressives Congress with only five. Makinde received 515, 621 votes to defeat his closest rival from the APC, Bayo […]

Ogun State Governor-elect, Mr Dapo Abiodun, says he bears no grudges against the outgoing governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. He stated this on Monday in his victory speech at a news conference in Iperu. He said that he took the position despite Amosun’s alleged antagonism and hostility towards him in the build-up to […]

Kwara APC governorship candidate Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq has won his Idigba polling unit 004 of Adewole Ward with a landslide. AbdulRazaq polled 592 votes as against PDP’s 80, according to the official result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The APC also won the House of Assembly election with 573 votes as against PDP’s 80. […]

The Presidential Support Committee (PSC) has suspended three of its members over ultimatum given to Adam Oshiomhole, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to lift the suspension on Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha. Mr Chemberline Adiaso, the South East Zonal Coordinator of PSC, announced this in a statement on Friday in Umuahia. The suspended members […]

Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi’s second term bid received a boost yesterday as Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) adopted them for reelection. Also, while 72 registered political parties adopted Ugwuanyi, no fewer than 26 gubernatorial candidates stepped down for Umahi. In a […]