Bayelsa Polls: Hands off Within a Week or…. Asari Dokubo Warns FG.
Front line Niger Delta militants, Asari Dokubo has warned the Federal Government to allow the people choose their governor instead of attempting imposition. Hear him: “If by next week the Federal Government does not hands off from the Bayelsa polls…
Dino Melaye Floors Adeyemi at Appeal Court
Former Senator, Smart Adeyemi has lost his bid to unseat Senator Dino Melaye at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Adeyemi filed a suit at the Appeal Court after the State Tribunal Elections Petition Tribunal upheld the March 28, 2015…
Kogi Election Crisis: Judiciary Must Intervene in Buhari, INEC Show of Shame – Fayose
The Ekiti State Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose has described the Kogi State election debacle as a show of shame by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the President Mohammadu Buhari-led administration, warning that, “INEC must be mindful of the…
Kogi Governorship: Late Audu’s Son Set to Replace Father as APC Candidate
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi East Senatorial District, has nominated Mohammed, the first son of Abubakar Audu, to replace his father as the party’s governorship candidate. The senior Audu died on Sunday just as it became clear he…
Bayelsa Governorship: Why APC Has No Candidate in December 5 Election by Fred Amakom
Chief Timipre Sylva has been nominated as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming December 5th 2015 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state. Chief Timipre Sylva had previously been elected twice as governor of Bayelsa State namely…
Kogi: INEC Concludes Governorship Election December 5
Following the inconclusiveness of the last Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday resolved to conduct fresh elections in the 91 polling units that witnessed cancellation of the ballots. The election which it…
Kogi Governor Reinstates Council Chairmen
Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Ichala Wada has reinstated sacked Council Chairmen in the state in obedience to the Court of appeal ruling which ordered their immediate reinstatement. It would be recalled that the Council Chairmen were sacked last year…
Guber Election: We’re Not Afraid of Opposition Party, Says Gov. Dickson
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Saturday urged his followers to be confident of victory in the Dec. 5 election in the state and not to be afraid of those in the opposition. Dickson spoke during his campaign rally in…
#KogiDecides: INEC Cancels Ayingba Polls Over Ballot Snatching
Information reaching The Street Reporters indicates that the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kogi has cancelled the election in one unit in Itaja Ward in Ayingba in Dekina Local Government Area after hoodlums snatched a ballot box in the unit….
