PDP Governors Insist On Electronic Transmission Of Results
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has maintained the National Assembly must approve electronic transmission of election results. The National Assembly had rejected the proposal during a plenary on Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila said the proposed electronic transmission of election results was not yet feasible in the country. But the PDP Governors insist the National Assembly must enact...
Tinubu Finally Reveals Why He Didn’t Pick Christian Running Mate
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has defended his choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate, explaining that he could not choose a Christian and a Muslim at the same time. Prior to...
Presidency Should Go To North Central, It’s Their Turns, Says Saraki
As politicians jostle for the nation’s presidency in 2023, former Senate President Bukola Saraki has said that it was the turn of the North-Central geopolitical zone to lead the country. Saraki spoke on Tuesday in Jos when he addressed delegates fr...
Tinubu Is What Igbos Call “Ijele”, Big Masquerades Don’t Stay Long In Dancing Arena – Ikedi Ohakim
Ikedi Ohakim, a former governor of Imo State has described Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress as a big masquerade of Nigerian politics. He referred to an adage about a big masquerade not staying too long in a dancing arena because it doesn't want to lose its aura. He further emphasized that the former...
N1bn Umuahia-Abiriba-Ohafia Road Project Attracted By Sen. Kalu Set To Commence
Efforts are being intensified for the release of N1 billion fund and commencement of work at the Umuahia-Abiriba-Ohafia Road contained in the 2021 budget. The project was attracted by former governor of Abia state and Senator representing Abia North at the upper legislative chamber. Though the road belongs to the state government, the lawmaker's decision to fight for their rehabilitation may...
APC Primary: I Was Almost Killed, Exercise Inconclusive – Ondo Speaker
Bamidele Oleyelogun, the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, says his call for the cancellation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election almost cost him his life. Oloyelogun is the aspirant for Idanre/Ifedore federal constitue...
Former Oyo State Governor, Ajimobi, Is Dead
A former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, is dead. The 70-year-old, who had been on a life support machine since last Friday at First Cardiology Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos, after slipping into a coma following Coronavirus complications, finally died on Thursday. On Monday, a reliable source close to the ex-governor had told ABN TV that Ajimobi had been on life...
Yobe North: APC Obeys Court Order, Asks INEC To Recognise Machina Not Lawan As Senatorial Candidate
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has written the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), asking the electoral umpire to recognise Bashir Sheriff Machina as the party’s Yobe North senatorial district candidate. APC’s move was in line with the ruling of the Federal High Court, Damaturu. The Court presided by Justice Fadima Aminu had directed INEC to accept and publish Machina’s name...
Opinion: THE PERILS OF A POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDER – CHINEDU NWOGU
Your name becomes honourable, Chairman, Onye ishi... and these names are supposed to be serviced with your hard earned money; most times money earned outside politics for those whose morality and spirituality bind them to legitimacy in their dealings. When it's time for WAEC enrolment in the village your phone rings severally, your kinsmen fall sick, your phone rings, even...
Wabara Congratulates President Tinubu On Victory At Supreme Court
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sir Marc Wabara, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his well-deserved victory at the Supreme Court. It should be recalled that the Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Thursday, dismissed the appeals filed before it by the People's Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, challenging Tinubu's victory at the Presidential...
