Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won 10 of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) in the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) followed with six local government areas while Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP) clinched one LGA.This is as the…
The Labour Party (LP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that it plays no part in any attempt to short-change the party, and the people of Enugu State, to give its mandate to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In its statement addressed to the electoral umpire, the LP through its national…
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has disclosed there was no election in the state. He described the March 18 governorship election in the state to be marred with violence. He said this while addressing the media on Wednesday.He said, “There was no election in Lagos state. It was violent at…
By Bright Okereke The events that characterised just concluded 2023 general elections in the country have critically revealed the rising anti-Igbo sentiments (also known as Igbo-phobia) occasioned by the acclaimed indigenes of Lagos State and some other parts of the country against Ndi-igbo and this conveys a wide range of negative attitudes and feelings. These…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Screening Committee for Bayelsa State has screened and cleared Senator Douye Diri for the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state.The screening exercise took place at the PDP headquarters in Abuja. Senator Diri, who is the incumbent governor of the state, was the only aspirant from the party…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says collation of results for the governorship election conducted in Enugu State on Saturday will continue at 5pm on Wednesday (today).Recall that the electoral body announced the suspension of the results collation on Monday, saying it took the decision after a meeting to review the elections. According to INEC…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has disputed the results of the 25 February election in a total of 21 out of the 36 states of Nigeria. The 21 states include three of the 11 states that Mr Obi won based on the final result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has berated the Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu for failing to deliver his state, Benue for the PDP. Wike and Ayu have been at loggerheads following the former’s demand that the latter relinquish his position. In the build-up to the February 25 presidential election, Wike’s G-5 failed…
The lawmaker representing Kano North in the Senate, Senator Jubrin Barau, has officially announced his intention to run for the position of President of the Senate in the 10th National Assembly.His declaration is coming a day after the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, said it is his turn to be the Senate President…
