Politics

The controversies surrounding the results of the governorship election held in Osun State on July 16 have continued unabated despite that the case is already filed before the election petition tribunal. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, and the governor -elect, Senator Ademola …

Dumebi Kachikwu The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expelled its presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, over “anti-party activities”. The decision of the party to suspend Kachikwu and seven other members was conveyed in a statement issued on Saturday by Ralph Nwosu, the party’s national chairman. The presidential candidate had supported the …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his camp have lost out in the composition of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, PDPPCC, after the governor’s arch-rival and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, was named as the Director General. Tambuwal was Wike’s political associate until May when they appeared to feud over the …

Supporters of Dr Ifeanyi Odii, the Ebonyi Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate for the 2023 election have hailed the Supreme Court judgment affirming his victory as the validly elected candidate of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Apex court on Wednesday in Abuja in a unanimous …

Aminu Tambuwal Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto State governor, has denied resigning from his position as chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors forum. The denial is contained in a press statement signed by the Director General of the forum, CID Maduabum, and made available to newsmen on Friday. “This is to inform …

The spokesman of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, of playing ethnic politics to the detriment of national interests. Bwala, who was a legal aide to the Deputy Senate President, Ovie …

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party The Peoples Democratic Party in the South West has called for the resignation of the National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, spoke on behalf of the PDP South-West region at a meeting with the Presidential candidate of …

The Supreme Court has affirmed Dr Ifeanyi Chuks Odii as the authentic gubernatorial candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State. Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Public Interest and Development Law, (SPIDEL), Barrister Ubani Monday Onyekachi disclosed the apex court’s verdict via his Facebook page on Wednesday, praying for …

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State Governor and 2023 APC presidential candidate. The Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC)presidential campaign council, Dele Alake, has said Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential standard bearer, was already a rich man before he ventured into politics in 1991. He said …

The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, will win the 2023 presidential election and not his counterpart of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. He said the former vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in 2019 is …