The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the December 5, Okigwe senatorial by-election. Announcing the result, the returning officer, Mr Hakeem Adikum, said that the APC polled a total of 36, 811 votes, while PDP came second with 31,903 votes. However, the commission did not return a […]
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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has reiterated that he did not defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest for presidency in 2023. He made the declaration on Sunday during the first APC stakeholders meeting he was superintending over since his defection to the party. According to him: “Who dash monkey banana; I did […]
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Zoning, ethnicity impacting buildup There are indications that Northern Nigeria is cleverly working underground to divide the South to have its way in the 2023 Presidential election. In fact, if the warning by the General Secretary of Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Dr. Kunle Olajide, were anything to go by, the 2023 poll would further […]
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BoT, NASS caucus divided National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has come under increasing pressure to declare its position on which of the zones will produce the party’s presidential flag bearer in the 2023 election. This situation is not helped by threats by more governors elected on the platform of the party […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has reduced President Muhammadu Buhari to a “lame duck”, going by the way leaders in the ruling party have been scrambling to position themselves ahead the 2023 elections, according to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The main opposition party said in a statement on Saturday through its spokesman, Mr […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has declared its support for Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s leadership of the party in the South West. it made the declaration on Tuesday in a statement by its state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, titled “Ondo PDP is united and in full support of the leadership […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, declared that Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has been misled into political wilderness, saying the situation may ruin his political career. Inaugurating the PDP Caretaker Committee for Ebonyi State in Abuja, it also vowed to stop plans to frustrate its chances of remaining in power in the Southeast.Deputy National […]
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The temporary handover of chairmanship of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, last week, may have opened the election management body (EMB) to fresh intrigues. There are fears that pending confirmation of Yakubu by the Senate, some are bent on tampering with the independence of the body ahead the 2023 general […]
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A staunch supporter of US President Donald Trump, Femi Fani-Kayode, says the ruling All Progressives Congress wants Democrat Joe Biden as the next US president because of the support it received from former US President Barack Obama during the 2015 elections. The former Nigerian Aviation Minister alleged that the incumbent Nigerian President Muhammadu and his […]
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INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and his team of National Commissioners, Directors and the Technical Team also appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters to defend INEC’s 2021 budget. Photo; TWITTER/INECNIGERIA The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it will begin another round of voter registration in the first quarter of 2021. […]
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