•calls for the resignation of Oshiomhole over failure to stop the swearing-in of Bayelsa State Governor •says he remains an unrepentant PDP member Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) Adams Oshiomhole and his associates came from a background of Armed Robbers to steal…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Adamu Mohammed, to pull in the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for questioning and prosecution for alleged incitement of violence in Bayelsa state. The party in a statement Friday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on the Federal Government to warn the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to stop making inflammatory remarks capable of destabilising the country. Governor Wike also berated the APC National Chairman for saying that there will be no swearing-in of the PDP…
Lawmaker elect in Akwa Ibom state for Ikot Ekpene/Essien Udim and Obot Akara Federal Constituency, Mr Nsikak Ekong, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for not interfering in the Essien Udim re-run election.Speaking on Monday in Ikot Ekpene after his victory was announced, Ekong said the President’s non-interference in the elections showed his commitment to democracy.He…
The victory party for the declared winner of the rerun election in Okigwe/Onuimo/Isiala Mbano federal constituency of Imo state ended tragically when a security aide attached to the senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 election, Ndubuisi Emenike mistakenly shot himThe security aide, a staff of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Bello Matawalle the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the governor-elect of Zamfara State. Addressing a press conference on Saturday, the chairman of the commission Mahmood Yakubu said INEC will present the certificates of return to the PDP candidates on Monday. INEC had on Friday said…
The Governor of Bayelsa State Hon Henry Seriake Dickson, hascongratulated, Dr. Bello Mohammed Mutawalle, on his return as theGovernor-elect for Zamfara and the victory of other PDP candidates inthe State by the Supreme Court. The Governor who is also the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) governors forum also congratulated the leaders of the party…
The Supreme Court has declared that the All Progressives Congress(APC) had no candidates in the 2019 general elections. The five-memberpanel of justices, in a unanimous judgment on Friday, held that theparty the state failed to conduct primaries in accordance with theparty rules. In the lead judgment by Justice Paul Adamu Galinji, theapex court held that…
The Chairman of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has withdrawn from the tribunal. Justice Bulkachuwa withdrew from the tribunal for personal reasons after it dismissed an application by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the Presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, asking her to recuse herself from the tribunal. The PDP and…
Senator Magnus Abe Rivers South-East has declared an end to his 2019governorship ambition in Rivers state. The declaration followed the last week’s Supreme Court judgement onthe matter bordering on the 2019 governorship candidacy for the stateAll Progressives Congress (APC) in the general elections. Abe also noted the Supreme Court pronouncement has also brought to anend…
