Bayelsa: INEC Presents Certificate of Return to Sen. Douye Diri
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificate of Return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate, Douye Diri, as winner of the Bayelsa 2019 governorship election, in compliance with the Supreme Court judgment. Diri was presented the certificate…
INEC to Conclude Suspended Elections in Rivers, Other States Before July 31
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it would conclude the suspended elections in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and Kano states not later than July, 31, 2016. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by…
Nasarawa/Toto Bye-election: INEC Declares Polls Inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared the just concluded Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency bye-election inconclusive due to the cancellation of votes as a result of over-voting. According to the Returning Officer for the election, Dr Wilfred Uji of…
Suspected Gunmen Kidnapped Kwara APC Chairman, Secretary
The chairman and the Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state,Hon. Ishola Balogun Fulani and Chief Bode Adekanye respectively have been kidnapped at gun point along Lokoja Okene road in Kogi state. The Publicity Secretary of the…
Court Declares PDP South-West Zonal Congress Illegal
A Lagos Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ibrahim Buba today, Tuesday, declared as null and void the congress held last Saturday by the South-West zone of the Peoples Democratic Party. Describing the Congress as illegal, Justice Buba held…
Saraki, Ekweremadu Faces Fresh Troubles As AGF Declares Their Election Null and Void
The embattled Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, seem to be moving from one case to another, as the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has declared the election that produced them as a nullity…
Court stops Southwest PDP zonal congress
A Lagos Federal High Court, today, restrained the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and its national chairman Ali Modu Sherrif from conducting any election into the party’s Southwest Zonal Executive Committee. Justice Ibrahim Buba also barred PDP from recognising any such…
See First Muslim Mayor in UK After Saturday’s Election
A Labour Party leader, a former human rights lawyer and a son of a bus driver from Pakistan, Sadiq Khan has been declared the winner after a protracted count that extended into Saturday in London. He has emerged the first…
Shocker: Why I Won’t Endorse You, America’s Top-ranked Republican Tells Trump
The highest-ranking elected Republican in the United States, Speaker Paul D. Ryan has said he was “not ready” to endorse Donald J. Trump as Republican standard bearer in the country’s forthcoming presidential election. Ryan said on Thursday he was “not…
Groups Write INEC Over Non-Conduct Legislative Reruns In Imo, Anambra, Rivers States
The leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety); supported by the Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights Organizations (SBCHROs),comprising: Anambra State Branch of the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), Center for Human Rights & Peace…
Okowa’s Victory Strengthened Delta Unity – OSANEBI
The Deputy Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi said today that the victory of the People’s Democratic Party, ( PDP) in the last governorship election has strengthen the love and unity within ethno-political lines of…
