”Vote Buying Jeopardise Nation’s Democracy” – Dickson
The senator for Bayelsa West, Henry Seriake Dickson, has urged Nigerians to stand up to the threat of vote buying and election result manipulation, cautioning that these actions jeopardise the nation's democracy. In a statement made available to newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday, Dickson said stakeholders must take collective responsibility in confronting electoral malpractice and the dangerous trend of pre-determined...
APC Convention: Kingsley Ononogbu Leads Abia Delegates, Says No Faction In Party
Hon. Kingsley Ononogbu, the Abia State APC chairman on Saturday led a delegation of the party stalwarts in the Saturday convention of the party that is about now taking place in Abuja. Speaking with ABN TV, Hon. Ononogbu insisted that there is no faction in the state chapter of the party. The chairman who had earlier welcomed Hon. Acho, the factional...
Atiku To Meet Former PDP Presidential Aspirants Today As Reconciliation Efforts Continue
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is to hold a meeting today in Abuja with co-contenders for the party ticket at the primary held in May 2022 in Abuja. Feelers on Tuesday night indicated that the meeting is part of the frantic efforts to resolve all issues that have been trailing since the conduct of the exercise...
We’ll Make Banditry A Thing Of The Past In 6 Months — Shettima
Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said if elected in 2023, the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu-led government will end insurgency within six months and one year. He said this during a townhall meeting between Tinubu and the business community in Lagos. “Within six months and one year, my leader (Tinubu) will mobilise the leadership to end...
Group Blasts Hilliard Ettah, Says South East Most Suitable To Produce Senate President
A political pressure group known as Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Grassroots Movement of Nigeria has dismissed a media report credited to one Hilliard Ettah that the Southsouth geopolitical zone deserves to produce the Senate President ahead of Southeast geopolitical zone as fake news that lacks correct information. Ettah in his interview with Arise TV picked Southsouth for Senate President ahead...
I’m One Of The Most Serious Senators In Nigeria, Sen. Kalu Declares
Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has described himself as one the most serious Senators not only in the South East but the country in general. Speaking with newsmen during the inspection of road project in Nkporo community in Ohafia local government area of the state, Sen. Kalu said despite the recess currently embarked upon by the Senate,...
Abia 2023: Chief Dan Okeke Obtains APC’s N10m Nomination Form For House Of Representatives
As the race for 2023 election gathers momentum, a renowned business mogul and philanthropist, Chief Daniel Chimezie Okeke has obtained the APC's N10m expression of interest and nomination forms to represent the people of Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal cons...
Court Strikes Out Several Paragraphs Of LP’s Tribunal Petition For Being Generic, Vague
The tribunal said the affected paragraphs failed to name the specific polling units where irregularities occurred. Tribunal went onto say, "They also failed to prove that their votes were suppressed by failing to specify the number of votes suppressed." The justice went on to say, "Labour Party failed to state the number of votes affected and the number of people disenfranchised,"...
BREAKING: Plots To Sack Ikpeazu, Umahi, Others Exposed By Ohanaeze Youth
The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) Worldwide has said it has unraveled plans by the national leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to incite the people of South East against the state governors and other political leaders through a sponsored provocative media assault. The group was reacting to what it called vituperative rhetoric by the by the Spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo against the...
Makinde In Early Lead, Wins 17 Out Of 18 LGs In Oyo
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State currently leads all other contenders in the state's gubernatorial election. On Saturday, elections were held in all 33 local government districts of the state. Three prominent candidates contested the election: Makinde, who is running for re-election on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, Senator Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Adebayo Adelabu...
