Category: Politics

In their appraisal of the Osun State rerun governorship election, the missions of the United States, European Union and the United Kingdom, who were on the ground to monitor the exercise, said there were incidents of harassment and intimidation of voters. Reading the missions’ joint report, the US Consul General, Mr John F. Bray, said, […]

The congratulation by President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in Thursday’s Osun State governorship rerun election, Adegboyega Oyetola, has shown that the Presidency is behind the electoral manipulations, outright rigging and bloodletting that marred the process, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged. As reported by Vanguard, the party said on […]

People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State has said that it would soon publish names of the 2,677 delegates to participate in its primaries for aspirants vying for different public offices. No fewer than 220 aspirants in the state are seeking the party’s ticket to run for the governorship and 53 various offices in the […]

– says he was never consulted National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief Olu Falae, has dissociated himself and the party from the pact reached with the All Progressives Congress, APC by the party’s candidate in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, over Thursday’s governorship election rerun. He spoke to Channels Television hours after […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare its Osun standard-bearer, Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in the state. At a press conference On Sunday, the party insisted the process was conclusive, saying its candidate met the requirements of the 1999 Constitution […]

The crisis over who becomes the next governor of Lagos State could drive a wedge between the presidency and some state governors on the one hand and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his loyalists on the other. Tinubu is believed to have withdrawn support for Ambode’s re-election in […]

• Sanwo-Olu says no stepping down • Agbaje returns to guber race in PDP Fortune may smile on Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) steps up pressure on National Leader Bola Tinubu to back the incumbent’s re-election.The duo has been at loggerheads, with Tinubu supporting a former […]

– says development renders Not-Too–Young-To-Run act impotent Ready to Run Movement, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) said the high cost of nomination form and lack of internal party democracy would undermine youths participation in the 2019 general elections. Mr. Ibrahim Faruk, one of the members of the group in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, […]

• FEC okays bill to set up electoral of­fences commission • No plan to postpone 2019 general elections, says INEC • PDP hails verdict against president President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly summoned the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to Abuja over the latter’s rift with Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. […]

– accused APC of ignorance on restructuring stance Presidential aspirant and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said there is no serious issue of disagreement between him and a former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. He made the clarification on Thursday in Lokoja in an interactive session with journalists at the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic […]