Category: Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented the certificate of return to Osun State governor-elect Gboyega Oyetola. Oyetola, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, was declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election, which was concluded last Thursday after a rerun. Oyetola polled 255,505 votes to defeat People’s Democratic Party’s candidate, Ademola […]

A panel of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Clement Ebri has declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu the winner of Lagos State governorship primary elections held on Tuesday 2 October after its initial insistence on the cancellation of the exercise. Lagos state incumbent Governor Akiwunmi Ambode polled 72, 901 […]

The Chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Tunde Balogun, on Tuesday night declared Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the party’s governorship primary. He declared that Sanwo-Olu polled 970,851 votes to defeat incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode with 72,901 votes. Balogun declared the election free and fair, thanking members […]

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has not been a good party man, despite the fact that he has done well in office. Therefore, he said the party decided to withdraw support for the governor who wished to go […]

National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has disclosed what he discussed with President Muhammadu Buhari concerning the Lagos party primaries taking place on Tuesday. He said the party’s National Working Committee was in charge of the Lagos primaries and that the situation had been put under control. He also said the party […]

Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has picked the Peoples Democratic Party ticket for the Enugu West Senatorial District in the 2019 general elections. In the senatorial primary conducted at the Enugu-West zonal headquarters, Awgu, on Tuesday, Ekweremadu polled 690 votes to beat his closest rival, Mr. Isaac Okah, who garnered 84 votes. […]

The camp of the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, was in disarray, following the decision of the National Working Committee to return and clear the three incumbents in the senatorial districts of the State. The three lawmakers cleared and returned by the NWC of the APC included, Senator Ajayi […]

– accuses observers of insincerity The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that election observers who faulted the conduct of the Osun State governorship election won by the candidate of the party, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, are not sincere in their reports. The APC chairman in Osun State, Mr Gboyega Famodun, who said this at a […]

Senator Aisha Al-hassan, who resigned her appointment as Women Affairs minister and also dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday, has picked the United Democratic Party,UDP nomination form to contest for the Taraba governorship seat. At a press conference shortly after joining the UDP and picking its nomination form, she claimed that the APC […]

Activist lawyer, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission was sympathetic to the ruling All Progressives Congress rather than being neutral in the Osun State governorship election. According to him, the handling of the Osun State governorship poll by the electoral umpire underscored the claim that many loyalists and relatives of […]