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Sunday, 17 November 2019 06:34

Four killed in Kogi, as violence, vote buying rock Bayelsa, Kogi gov elections

Kogi and Bayelsa states’ governorship elections as well as Kogi West senatorial rerun were on Saturday characterised by violence, shootings, killings, vote-buying and ballot box snatching as many polling units across the two states experienced tension created by political thugs. Four people were killed in Kogi during the election by political thugs while many were injured in Bayelsa where peace took flight as a result of electoral violence. Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, Mr Hakeem Busari, had before the elections assured residents of the state of the safety of their lives and property as adequate personnel would be drafted…

Sunday, 17 November 2019 06:31

Oshiomhole bows to pressure, fixes APC national caucus, NEC meetings for this week

National chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) may have bowed to threats by APC governors to convene the party’s national caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings. The national leadership of the APC is to hold separate meetings of its national caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) this week. Reliable party sources said while the national caucus would hold at the Presidential Villa on the night of Thursday, November 21, NEC would meet on Friday, November 22 in the morning at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. When contacted yesterday, APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, who confirmed the…

Saturday, 16 November 2019 05:31

Supreme Court finally gives reasons why Atiku failed to upturn Buhari’s election

Supreme Court, on Friday, explained why it declined to nullify President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, stressing that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Mr Atiku Abubakar, failed to prove their case against the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. The apex court which gave its reasons, sixteen days after it summarily dismissed the joint appeal PDP and Atiku lodged to challenge the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judgment that upheld Buhari’s election, held that the appellants relied on results they obtained from a website that has a dubious origin, to insist that they won the presidential contest. According to the…

Saturday, 16 November 2019 05:29

Appeal Court clears Lyon, APC for today’s Bayelsa gov election

An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Mr David Lyon as the Candidate of All Progressives Congress for today’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. Ruling on a motion ex-parte filed by the lawyers of Lyon, the court set aside the judgment of Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa presided over by Mrs Jane Inyang. The court said Lyon remained candidate of APC for the election pending the determination of an appeal he filed against the judgement of the lower court. The Nation

Saturday, 16 November 2019 05:28

When votes begin to count, politicians will stop recruiting thugs - Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says when citizens’ votes begin to count, politicians will stop recruiting thugs. He described the signals coming from Kogi and Bayelsa states as “disturbing”. He said people are already being killed before the governorship elections scheduled for Saturday (today). Mr Jonathan spoke in Port Harcourt during the presentation of a book by Mr Gabriel Toby, a former deputy governor of Rivers, on Thursday. On Wednesday, Mr Simon Onu, a van driver with Bayelsa Radio was shot dead while several other people were injured during a rally of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nembe area of the…

Friday, 15 November 2019 05:10

APC has no governorship candidate in Bayelsa – Court

Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has ruled that All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidate for Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The judge, Mrs Jane Inyang ruled that Mr David Lyon was not the party’s candidate for the election. One of APC’s governorship aspirants in Bayelsa Mr Heineken Lokpobiri filed the petition against Lyon. Lokpobiri, a former minister of state for agriculture asked the court to declare him the authentic candidate of APC. “The court pronounced that the governorship primary conducted by the APC in Bayelsa state was not done in compliance with the guidelines and…

Friday, 15 November 2019 05:07

Gov election: Yahaya Bello stands erect as El-Rufai kneels to beg Kogi people on his behalf

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday knelt before the people of Kogi State, asking them to forgive Governor Yahaya Bello for any wrong he had done. Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr Philip Shaibu, also knelt down next to el-Rufai. However, Mr Bello did not join them in kneeling down. Mr El-Rufai, while addressing a crowd at All Progressives Congress rally in Lokoja, noted that Bello was young when he became governor and had made many mistakes. The Kaduna governor, however, said Bello had since retraced his steps. He said, “Many people say Yahaya Bello is young; that…

Thursday, 14 November 2019 05:54

APC govs to Oshiomhole: Call emergency NEC meeting or resign

The crisis rocking All Progressives Congress (APC) took dramatic turn on Wednesday when APC state governors issued a threat to National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole to either convene an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) or resign his position immediately. Tagged ‘APC and our inconceivable organisational challenges: Urgent call to our leaders’, the statement signed by Director General APC Progressives Governors Forum of (PGF), Mr Salihu Lukman, expressed disappointment over the continued rift between Oshiomhole and Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki. The statement reads: “Information coming from Edo State indicates that members of the State Executive Council of APC…

Thursday, 14 November 2019 05:53

APC NWC approves suspension of Edo chairman who announced Oshiomhole’s suspension

The man who superintended over the controversial suspension of Mr Adams Oshiomhole from Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) has himself been suspended in a controversial manner. APC headquarters Wednesday said it has approved suspension of its Edo branch chairman, Mr Anslem Ojezua. Ojezua was suspended on Tuesday by 11 of the 16 members of Edo State Working Committee (SWC). The party chairman described the suspension as illegal. On the same Tuesday, following an emergency meeting at Edo Government House with Governor Godwin Obaseki, Ojezua led leaders of APC to announce suspension of Oshiomhole from the party. The Wednesday Drama By…

Wednesday, 13 November 2019 06:07

Tensions rise as Bolivia opposition leader claims presidency

Clashes broke out in the streets of Bolivia’s capital Tuesday evening when an opposition leader in the Senate declared herself the country’s interim president after Evo Morales fled to Mexico following his surprise weekend resignation. Jeanine Añez claimed the post of Senate leader late in the day, a position next in line for the presidency, even though she lacked a quorum because of a boycott by Morales’ Movement for Socialism party. Without being sworn in by anyone, she then appeared on a balcony of the old presidential palace wearing the presidential sash and holding a Bible in her hand. “My…

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Monday, 11 November 2019 06:17

Bolivia's president resigns amid election-fraud allegations

President Evo Morales resigned Sunday under mounting pressure from Bolivia’s military and the public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests. The decision came after a day of fast-moving developments, including an offer from Morales to hold a new election. The crisis deepened dramatically when the country’s military chief went on national television to call on the president to step down. “I am sending my resignation letter to the Legislative Assembly of Bolivia,” the 60-year-old socialist leader said, portraying his departure as the culmination of a “coup d’etat.” He added: “I ask you to stop…

Sunday, 10 November 2019 04:55

Female rulers more likely than men to go to war, study of leaders spanning centuries reveals

It's long been believed that women are less combative than men – more likely to sue for peace than go to war. But a study reveals queens have been 39 percentage points more likely than kings to wage war over the centuries. Researchers set out to test whether there was more peace under female or male rule. US experts analysed mainly European kings and queens between 1480 to 1913 – covering 193 reigns in 18 countries. The study included Britain's Elizabeth I, who famously defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588, Catherine the Great, who made Russia a formidable power in…

Wednesday, 06 November 2019 06:00

How Abba Kyari manipulated Buhari to sideline Osinbajo from key national project - PremiumTimes

When Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari seeking approval for funds to continue his role in resolving the deadly farmers-herdsmen conflict earlier this year, he did so with little awareness that a middleman would intercept it, moderate it and ultimately discard his role altogether. Yet, that was exactly what transpired after Mr Osinbajo pushed a memo to Mr Buhari earlier this year that was subsequently undermined by Mr Abba Kyari, the president’s chief of staff. After successfully rubbishing Osinbajo’s request to Buhari, Kyari went on to instigate the president to sack Osinbajo from his role as the head…

Sunday, 03 November 2019 05:37

Atiku has stayed away from Nigeria for 6 months. This is why

Presidential candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019 poll, Mr Atiku Abubakar, has spent six months in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Atiku, a former vice president, who jetted out of the country since April, has not returned. His political associates said Atiku had remained in Dubai following alleged plots by some bigwigs in ruling APC and top officials of government to “blackmail” him. One of his allies said, “After the February 23 election, don’t forget that was a very hectic process, physically, spiritually, emotionally and otherwise. So, he took a break to go and rest.…

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