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Wednesday, 27 March 2019 04:47

APC says Ndume must abide by party position

All Progressives Congress, APC has faulted Mr Ali Ndume for opposing Mr Adams Oshiomhole’s position on the Senate presidency. Mr Isa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary, said Ndume had no choice but to abide by the party’s decision on the matter if indeed he was a true APC member. He said the decision to endorse Lawan was not that of Oshiomhole alone but that of the party, including President Muhammadu Buhari, the party’s National Working Committee, state governors and other respected party leaders. He reminded the senator of the supremacy of the party. The party’s spokesman added, “The ticket he is…

Wednesday, 27 March 2019 04:46

PDP to Buhari, Oshiomhole: N’Assembly doesn’t belong to APC alone

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said its elected senators and members of House of Representatives are constitutionally eligible to lead the National Assembly. PDP noted that positions of President of Senate, Speaker of House of Representatives, Deputy Senate President and Deputy Speaker were not exclusively meant for any political party, but constitutional rights of every elected lawmaker in both chambers. It, therefore, described as laughable, move by leadership of APC and President Muhammadu Buhari to impose leaders on both chambers. National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, stated the position of the party in a statement in Abuja. He…

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 04:48

Buhari hosts APC senators-elect as ranking members jostle for Senate presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night hosted state governors and senators-elect of All Progressives Congress (APC) to a dinner at new Banquet Hall of Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those in attendance included National Chairman of the APC, Mr Adams Oshiomole; Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha and other presidential aides. Governors of Kogi, Jigawa, Oyo, Kaduna, Kebbi, Zamfara, Borno, Yobe, Plateau, Osun and Lagos were also in attendance. Senators-elect at the event included all those who had directly or indirectly indicated interest to contest for the seat of President of Senate in the 9th National Assembly. Prominent among…

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 04:48

APC reports PDP to Police, DSS over INEC’s server

APC Presidential Campaign Council (APCC) has asked Inspector-General of Police and Director-General of Department of State Services to investigate alleged hacking of and/or illegal tampering with INEC’s server by PDP. A petition addressed to the two security chiefs by Director, Strategic Communications, APCC (Official Spokesperson), Mr Festus Keyamo, said leadership of PDP must be invited, interrogated and investigated while those identified as perpetrators must be arrested and prosecuted. The protest letter titled ‘Petition to Invite, Interrogate and Investigate PDP Leadership over Its Admittance of Illegal Access to INEC’s Server” read in part: “The proper elections were held on February 23,…

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 04:46

INEC’s server: You are jittery, PDP tells APC, Buhari

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop their “unnecessary fabrications, smear campaign” and prepare to face the opposition’s legal team at Presidential Election Tribunal. Responding to a petition by spokesman for the President’s campaign, Mr. Festus Keyamo, PDP said Buhari is overweighed by the burden of “illegitimacy”, following overwhelming evidence before the tribunal that he “stole” the presidential mandate. In an email exchange with our correspondent Monday night, spokesman for PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, described the allegation as “a lame one”. Ologbondiyan described it as an attempt at blackmailing the tribunal…

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 04:45

Zamfara: Appeal Court nullifies APC primaries

Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division, yesterday, set aside Zamfara State High Court’s decision that recognised the primary elections held by All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and declared that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) accept the party candidates for the elections. The suit was instituted by Mr Kabiru Marafa, Chairman of Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) and 129 chieftains of APC in Zamfara State. They had approached the appellant court, arguing that the state high court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit and that the ruling was null and avoid. The court, through the presiding judge, Mr Tom…

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 04:43

Rivers: Deputy gov candidate of Amaechi-backed AAC abandons party, backs Wike

Deputy governorship candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Akpo Yeeh, has defected from his party to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has declared support for Governor Nyesom Wike. AAC, backed by Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, emerged the major opposition party against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State after the court barred Amaechi’s All Progressives Congress (APC) from being on the ballot because of an internal struggle within the party. Governorship and House of Assembly elections are yet to be concluded in the state. Mr Wike, governorship candidate of the PDP, is seeking re-election for a second…

Monday, 25 March 2019 04:04

Gov Elections: APC holds 15 states; PDP 11; three outstanding

A clearer picture has now emerged of how the two dominant political parties performed in this year’s governorship elections across the country. Elections held in 29 of the 36 states this year, and results for 26 states are now fully in following the supplementary poll on Saturday. Elections did not hold in Kogi, Edo, Ekiti, Bayelsa, Ondo, Osun, and Anambra this year. A breakdown of the results from the 26 states showed that All Progressives Congress, which controls the centre, won in 15 states; while the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party laid claim to 11 states. Adamawa, Bauchi and Rivers…

Monday, 25 March 2019 04:01

We worked against Atiku because he promised to restructure Nigeria – ACF Sec

Secretary-General of Arewa Consultative Forum, Mr Anthony Sani, speaks with GODWIN ISENYO on a number of national issues including why the forum was against presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in the recent election What is your view on the just concluded general elections in the country? I think there was a kind of improvement over the past elections. Nigerians, who have become more enlightened, helped to change what used to hold sway in the previous elections in which only big names called the shots. In a way, plutocracy and kleptocracy are giving way to democracy that is…

Sunday, 24 March 2019 04:44

PDP, APC disagree on supplementary polls as thugs take over Kano, violence rocks Benue, Sokoto

•Police arrest 10 in Kano •PDP leads in 6 of 9 LGAs of Bauchi •Impressive turnout in Plateau, Nasarawa •INEC suspends election in Bayelsa Violence, voters’ apathy, vote-buying, and allegations of manipulation, yesterday, marred the supplementary governorship and state assembly elections in some states of the country. The governorship segment of the polls took place in five states, Kano, Sokoto, Benue, Plateau and Bauchi, while the State Assembly version was held in 18 states. In Kano, journalists were attacked when thugs disrupted the electoral process and chased voters away at Suntulma Gama Primary School in Nasarawa Local Council. The development…

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Sunday, 24 March 2019 04:43

APC’s Simon Lalong re-elected Plateau State gov

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared governor Simon Lalong of All Progressive Congress (APC) winner of the 2019 governorship election in Plateau State. Mr Richard Kimbir, Vice Chancellor of University of Agriculture, Makurdi, made the declaration early Sunday morning at the state INEC headquarters after concluding the supplementary election held on Saturday. Mr Lalong defeated Mr Jeremiah Useni of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who came second in the election. Plateau governorship election was, on March 11, declared inconclusive by the state returning officer, Mr Kimbir, a professor. He said the margin between the two leading candidates was less than…

Sunday, 24 March 2019 04:42

Those discouraging Atiku from challenging Buhari in court are evil - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says those opposed to the decision of Mr Atiku Abubakar to seek legal redress over the outcome of the presidential election have evil minds. Atiku, who contested under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost to President Muhammadu Buhari in the March 23 election. Speaking on the judgement of Osun governorship tribunal, Mr Obasanjo said Atiku did the right thing by challenging Mr Buhari’s victory. He said without a reasonable cause, Buhari went to the court to challenge his loss in three elections, wondering why some people were trying to “stop Atiku from going to court”. On Friday,…

Sunday, 24 March 2019 04:41

OurMumuDonDo: More controversy as Keyamo denies giving money to Charly Boy

Spokesperson of President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign, Mr Festus Keyamo, has denied paying a “penny” to Nigerian entertainer, Charly Boy, for a political-motivated music video, adding another twist to the controversy trailing the singer and his ‘OurMumuDonDo’ group. “I’ve been having some good laugh. Whoever thinks that I would pay a penny for a song by @Areafada1 that disses both APC and PDP must have his/her head examined”, Keyamo twitted Friday on his official handle @Fkeyamo. This is coming barely hours after the entertainer, whose real name is Charles Oputa, publicly stated that he received at least N100 million from the…

Saturday, 23 March 2019 04:11

Buhari to Nigerians: Vote candidates of your choice in today’s rerun elections

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday night, asked Nigerians to come out in large numbers to cast their ballots in today’s supplementary elections. Elections will be in 17 states today, including rerun governorship polls. The President also denied that he had anointed candidates he was working for to win the elections by all means. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, the President thanked Nigerians for re-electing him. He appealed to them to show the same enthusiasm by coming out on Saturday to vote in the supplementary elections. He said, ‘‘I was deeply…

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