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The final list of candidates that would contest the Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 6 would be published on October 7, the Independent National Electoral Commission said on Thursday. However,…
The battle for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the chairmanship of the party has swung back in favor of the Independent National Electoral Commission-recognized candidate, Hon.…
Ahead of the November 6 governorship elections, Anambra State, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has constituted a National Campaign Council, NCC, for its governorship candidate Professor Chukwuma Soludo. The…
Ondo State deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, who recently left APC to join PDP has also abandon his membership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Agboola defected from the APC to the PDP in June this year due to his…
The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, says he regrets his mistake of supporting Mr Godwin Obaseki for the governorship in 2016. Oshiomhole said this on Sunday in Benin…
Thousands of former militants from Edo State have commended the empowerment plans outlined in the manifesto of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and promised to support him in the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said no candidate or aspirant for the 2023 general election in the party should count on President Muhammadu Buhari’s “cover” to win the election. The ruling party said grassroots…
The 2020 Ondo governorship election will be another battle between Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP and Governor Akeredolu as Jegede clinched the PDP ticket in the primary election conducted on Wednesday. The PDP candidate had…
A pressure group of Delta youths, the Delta Political Revolutionary Force, has endorsed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Edo Sept. 19 Governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and expressed…
The All Progressives Congress has appointed Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to head the party’s National Campaign Council for the Edo State governorship election. Former National Chairmen of the party, Adams…
One of the aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Ondo state governorship election, John Ola-Mafo, has withdrawn from the race. Ola-Mafo announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Okitipupa. “The state…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has insisted the party would go ahead with the direct primary mode in picking its candidate for the June 22 Edo State Gubernatorial…
< The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday closed its defence before the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal without calling any witness. During the hearing, the commission through its counsel,…
The duly nominated candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers say there will be no national, state and governorship elections in the state if INEC fails to relist them. Mr Henry Odili, APC candidate for…
An Abuja high court on Monday dismissed a suit filed by Ladi Adebutu to contest the nomination of Buruji Kashamu as the PDP governorship candidate in Ogun State. Kashamu, a senator representing Ogun east and Adebutu had…
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Modakeke, Osun State, Mr. Ojetade Kolawole has accused Senator Ademola Adeleke, and the zonal secretary of the party in the South West, Reverend Bunmi Jenyo of…
The Peoples Democratic Party has described as “false and laughable” the alleged endorsement by 45 opposition parties of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 Lagos State governorship elections, Mr.…
A petitioners’ witness on Tuesday told the Ekiti Election Petition Tribunal, that votes for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),were deliberately voided by staff of INEC during the July 14 governorship election. The…
A Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has reportedly agreed to stand as state witness against former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, as he's being probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
The immediate past governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose who is at present detained in the custody of EFCC has been asked to refund a sum of N1.3 billion. Fayose was asked to write a statement explaining how he spent…
