Politics

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 ...

Reasons have emerged on why Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike described Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, as the hero of the 2023 presidential election. Wike who spoke in Port Harcourt the ability of the former Anambra State Governor to scuttle the chances of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, thereby preventing the North from holding on to power, ...

Massachusetts Technology Institute has put to rest Claims that Labour Party’s (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour forged his certificate from the Institute in the United States. The Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT) has confirmed that the Labour Party candidate was their student and graduated from school . Rhodes-Vivour has been at the centre of a certificate forgery allegation ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed not to allow aggrieved political parties and individuals seeking to have access to the Commission’s Backend Server or Cloud for whatsoever reason. According to INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Voter Education, Barrister Festus Okoye, the Commission will not allow the public access to its Backend Server or Cloud. Okoye said that ...

A Human Right Lawyer Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has opined INEC declaring Tinubu as president elect was a mistake made by the electoral body. Arguing based on the provision of the Nigerian constitution, Ozekhome argued that Tinubu did not get 25 percent of votes cast in the FCT, so as such, INEC should not have declared him as the winner of ...

Former Governor of Abia State and senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District, Chief Theodore Ahamefule Orji has dismiss the rumours making rounds that he has died, as false and imagination of the peddlers, saying that those wishing him dead, will die before him. Unconfirmed reports had it Our correspondent reports that the former governor of the state popularly known as ...

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE The Presidency wishes to react to some public concerns that President Muhammadu Buhari did not react to the Supreme Court judgement on the issue of the N500 and N1,000 old currency notes, and states here plainly and clearly that at no time did he instruct the Attorney General and the CBN Governor to disobey any court ...