The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered the immediate closure of the Ekiti State Broadcast Service, EKBS, for breaching provisions of the Broadcasting Code. According to the NBC, the Ekiti Broadcast Service breached the Electoral Act and Broadcasting Code by allowing Governor Ayodele Fayose to announce results in favour of his deputy and candidate of the […]
Continue Reading[masterslider id=”1″] The National Assembly has transmitted The revised Electoral Act Amendment Bill has been sent by the National Assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. He had refused to sign the first version of the bill into law. A source in the National Assembly told journalists in Abuja that the bill was transmitted last week; saying: The […]
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The Action Democratic Party, ADP, Ekiti state chapter, has conducted its primary in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, in a peaceful and carnival–like atmosphere, producing Otunba Segun Adewale as the flag bearer of the party in the July 14 governorship election. Adewale, who polled 16,890 votes out of 17,600 votes cast at the poll, leaving […]
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By Akanimo Sampson BOKO Haram/Herdsmen rampage… Hardship… Parallel Congresses … Persecution … Unemployment … Worsening poverty … With these signposts, one can easily trace a path through the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The All Progressives Congress (APC) came to power in 2015 through a massive electoral victory that saw the then dominant Peoples Democratic Party […]
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[masterslider id=”1″] The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday dismissed the so-called Reformed APC and its sponsors, saying reports that the party has broken up are far from the truth. ”Who are the people? I don’t know about Galadima,” Oshiomhole said when asked whether he would be the splinter group […]
Continue ReadingFlag of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has formally been presented to the party\’s governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Prof Kolapo Olusola and his running mate, Mr Deji Ogunsakin with a call on the electorate of the state to massively vote for the party on the election day. Presenting the flag to the candidates at the […]
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The police on Wednesday arraigned a 50-year-old man, Ojo Olakunle, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly disrupting the Ekiti All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary. According to NAN, Olakunle, whose address was not provided, is facing three counts of destruction of ballot box, interference with the ballot box and acting in disorderly manner. […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has changed the date for its rescheduled governorship primary in Ekiti State to Saturday May 12. The party had on Tuesday rescheduled the botched primary for Friday May 11. But a statement on Thursday by the party’s publicity secretary, Alhaji Bolaji Abdullahi, said the primary will now commence at 8a.m […]
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The lingering crisis rocking Nigeria\’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, degenerated on Wednesday as a faction, named Reformed All Progressives Congress, rAPC, and headed by an estranged associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Buba Galadima, emerged. Galadima, who announced the new formation at a press conference on Wednesday at the Sheraton Towers, Abuja, […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed to aggrieved members of the party to be patient with his leadership, in an apparent response to the emergence on Wednesday of the Reformed APC. His words: My appeal to all those who are aggrieved is to be patient\’ However, former Senate Leader and the […]
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