APC suspends members over ultimatum to Oshiomhole

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 […]

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Anxiety mounts over card readers as states go to polls

• Votes won’t count without device, says INEC• Seeks return of stolen machines in Bayelsa Representative, National Security Adviser, Sanusi Galadima (left); INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu during a press conference in Abuja on Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly election … yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ahead of […]

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70 political parties reject APC’s call for Enugu REC removal

No fewer than 70 political parties in Enugu state on Thursday rejected the call for the removal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr. Emeka Ononamadu. Chief Afam Ani, the Public Relations Officer of the group, said this at a press conference in Enugu, adding that the parties passed a vote of […]

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Enugu guber election and Ugwuanyi’s unshakable victory

By Emmanuel Jonathan Since the return of democracy in 1999, Enugu state has remained astronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) considering the fact that the governorship position in the state has always been occupied by candidates of the PDP. Again, almost all the elective positions in all the elections conducted from 1999 to date […]

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MASSOB, 72 political parties, others adopt Ugwuanyi, Umahi for reelection

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 […]

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Accord party guber candidate endorses Wike

The Rivers State Governorship Candidate of Accord Party, Mr Precious Baridoo, has declared his support for the re-election of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, urging his supporters to vote en-masse for the governor on Saturday. Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Baridoo said his support for Wike is because he has performed exceptionally during […]

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Buhari arrives Daura for Saturday’s elections

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived his home town of Daura on Thursday ahead of the Governorship and State Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday,  March 9. He landed at the Daura Helipad in a Presidential Chopper marked NAF-541 at 6:50 p.m. in company with his aides and close family members. The President was received by the Emir […]

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Jimi Agbaje still in Lagos guber race – Campaign group

The Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organization, the major support group for Mr. Jimi Agbaje, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the Saturday, March 9, 2019 elections, has insisted that their principal is still in the race, and that he has not stepped down for any other candidate. The campaign organisation, in reaction to reports that […]

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Lagos polls between protectors, aggressors says Fashola

A former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, Thursday said the residents of the state have just two choices to pick from during the Saturday governorship election. “The choice on Saturday will be for the people to decide between their protectors and their aggressors, for me, I will choose my protector,” Fashola said during TVC’s This […]

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Osun guber poll tribunal adjourns for judgement

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has urged the State Governorship Election Tribunal to uphold their petition and declare their candidate winner of the Saturday, September 22, 2018, election. Adeleke made the plea after the governor of the state, Isiaka Oyetola, urged the tribunal […]

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