•Olumide Akpata The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by Kenneth Imansuangbon, seeking to disqualify Olumide Akpata as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Okon Abang, the appellate court held among others, t...
No fewer than four leaders have signified their intentions to contest for the chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State in the forthcoming state congress of the party. It was gathered that a former acting governor of the state, Tunji Odeyemi; ex-senatorial candidate for Ekiti North in the 2023 general election, Funso...
Despite an earlier report today that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primary in Edo State has been nullified by the court, the party has maintained that its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, remains the party’s flag bearer in the coming governorship election. The ruling party in Edo State said this in a brief statement issued today and...
•Jackrich The 2023 governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement in Rivers State, Sobomabo Jackrich has been arrested. Jackrich, an ex-Niger Delta agitator was arrested by men dressed in military camouflage from his residence in Usokun in Degema Local Government Area of the state, reports Channels TV. According to sources familiar wit...
•Jandor and Tinubu The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdul-Azeez Adediran better known as Jandor has weighed in on the biting economic hardship in the country and is suggesting President Bola Tinubu should seek help and “reset the buttons” to reverse the trend. Nigeria’s floating of the naira and the ...
Despite the All Progressives Congress (APC) declaration and issuance of Certificate of Return to Senator Monday Okpebholo, another contestant in the primary election, Honourable Dennis Idahosa, has insisted that he is the valid candidate of the party for the September governorship election in Edo state. Idahosa, who wrote to the Independent Na...
•Philip Shaibu The deputy governor of Edo State, Phillip Shaibu, has emerged as the winner in a factional primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2024 Edo governorship election. Shaibu won the parallel primaries with over three hundred and one votes. Meanwhile, the Governor Godwin Obaseki faction of the party is yet to […]...
•Dennis Idahosa A member of the House Representatives, Dennis Idahosa, has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election, which took place in Edo State today. He polled a total vote of 40,483 to become the candidate of the APC in the September 21 governorship election in the state. Announcing the [&hel...
•Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe A coalition of militant leaders under the aegis of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA and nine other militant groups in the Niger Delta region have declared support for the governorship aspiration of Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Edo State. According to [&...
•Ladipupo Adebutu The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, alongside five others today appeared before Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of the state High Court, Kobape Road, Abeokuta over seven-count charge bordering on vote buying and other offences in a case number AB/10c/2023 (FRN Vs Adebutu ...
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