Politics

By: Chuks Ogbu The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, on Thursday 30th of March, issued the certificate of return to the twenty four house of assembly members-elect of the Abia State House Of Assembly. The event which took place at the International Conference Center Umuahia Abia State had in attendance the commissioner and chairman voter education of INEC Bar Festus ...

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has restated his commitment to rebuilding the country and renewing the hope of the people. Tinubu’s message which was to celebrate his 71st birthday described his election in the February 25 presidential election to govern Nigeria as the greatest birthday gift he has ever received and vowed never to squander the mandate. The president-elect said his ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for Abia State governorship election, Professor Nnenna Oti has recalled her insistence of ensuring that the will of the people prevailed at the election, and the votes counts. Oti who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, while addressing students of the institution on her return, despite being ...

The Ngwa Development Union, the apex body of the Ngwa people resident in Gwagwalada Abuja has congratulated the newly elected Governor of Abia State Dr Alex Otti on his victory at the polls . In a statement in Abuja, the Chairman of Union which is umbrella body of all Ngwa people in Gwagwalada Abuja and signed by the Chairman David ...

The Federal Government has given assurance that the various litigation processes against the February 25 Presidential election, will in no way affect the transition of power from the President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Transition Committee, told journalists in Abuja that legal action would not prevent the hand-over ceremony from taking ...

Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has stepped aside as the chairman of the party. Damagum will assume office as the Acting National Chairman of the PDP, pending the determination of the case in court. Recall that a High Court in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, had restrained embattled Ayu from parading himself as ...

The Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has sent a message of congratulations to the Labor Party Candidate in the 2023 Gubernatorial Election in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, OFR on his emergence as Governor Elect. Governor Ikpeazu noted that Dr. Otti has fought a long battle over a very long period of time and deserves commendation for ...

The assumed political maladministration in Abia has finally ended. The 24 years of agony in the self proclaimed God’s own state ended with the Obidient waves that swept off all the political structures in the state. Announcing the much anticipated change in Umuahia, on Wednesday, the Returning Officer of the election, Professor Nnenna Oti, said Otti scored a total of ...

Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s vice presidential candidate in the February 25 election, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to hand over power to the ‘President-elect’ Bola Tinubu on May 29. He also urged Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Olukayode Ariwoola, not to administer the oath to Tinubu. Baba-Ahmed pleaded with Buhari not to hold a handover ceremony on May 29, arguing ...

The Independent National Electoral commission has advised various political parties to caution their supporters and agent to refrain from acts of violence that may mar the elections or compromise the security of INEC’s personnel, observers, the media and service providers during the March 18 Gubernatorial and Houses of Assembly elections. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu who spoke in Abuja said ...