Category: Politics

The presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has taken a swipe at Nigerian youths for the role they played during the recently held general elections. “The biggest disappointment was with the youths. The youth vote was absent. They make a lot of noise, they rant and rail but you will not see them on the voting day. And when they vote, they don’t vote in line with their rhetoric,” he said. When asked if the polls witnessed improvement when compared to 2015, Moghalu noted that…

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Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, has dissociated himself from posters being circulated around Abuja, saying: “The campaign season is over.”Some of the posters at the Central District of Abuja had the inscriptions: ‘Atiku, the real and the best.’ A statement by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, said: “The tainted electoral victory by the incumbent is being challenged in court. We refuse to be distracted, which is exactly the objective of our opponents but remain focused on…

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An Akure Federal Court of Appeal has put to rest the controversy over the eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke to contest the Osun governorship election at the weekend, reaffirming his qualification and eligibility to contest the office. The Akure Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the judgement of Osogbo High court which had confirmed the eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke to contest for the governorship of Osun state.The Osogbo High Court had earlier ruled that Senator Adeleke is qualified to contest for the governorship having been educated up to secondary…

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In a statement issued by the Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation, yesterday, they vowed to appeal the judgement of a Bwari High Court on allegation of forgery against Senator Ademola Adeleke and his qualification to contest in the governorship election of Osun State. The organisation, in a statement issued by Mr Niyi Owolade said: “We received with bewilderment the judgement of a Bwari High Court on allegation of forgery against Senator Ademola Adeleke and his qualification to contest in the governorship election of Osun State. The judgment subverted justice by ignoring…

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Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor, took an early lead on Tuesday when the Independent National Electoral Commission resumed the collation of governorship election results in Port Harcourt. Wike, who is seeking a second term in office, won in 13 out of the 15 local government areas announced by INEC amid heavy security outside the collation centre. The Collation Officer, Prof. Teddy Adias, who announced the results, began the exercise at 10.30am with a promise that the process would be transparent. The governor’s closest rival and the governorship candidate of…

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President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, are incomparable, this was said by ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday. He insisted that his former vice is politically, economically and socially sound than Buhari. Obasanjo disclosed this on Sunday evening when the Southwest PDP leaders led by the party’s National Vice Chairman (South West), Dr Eddy Olafeso, visited him at his Pent-House Residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Recall that the former President had in series of letters, slammed Buhari, noting that his administration…

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The councillor of Bolari East, Ishiyaku Garba, who was arraigned before Justice Sa’ad Moh’d of a high court in Gombe on a three-count charge of bribery by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been convicted. Acting on intelligence report, the EFCC had arrested him at Bolari Polling Unit 077 in Gombe during the presidential and National Assembly elections, where he was sighted distributing money. Having pleaded “guilty” to the charges, his counsel, S.A. Mustapha, pleaded for leniency.The trial judge, thereafter, convicted him on the three counts and sentenced…

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The Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services have been called upon by the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, to invite, interrogate and possibly prosecute leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party over what it described as their illegal access to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The organisation’s Director, Strategic Communications, Festus Keyamo (SAN), made the call in a petition addressed to the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; and the Director-General of DSS, Yusuf Bichi. Although he was not specific on the identities…

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According to the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM), the March 23 supplementary elections in Kano, Bauchi, Benue, Plateau and Sokoto states were marred by insecurity, violence, intimidation and ineffectiveness of security agencies. The group said 20 of its observers monitored the exercise in the affected states from polling through counting and collation of results. In its report yesterday in Abuja, the EU observers said there were “cases of extensive electoral security problems in some areas, with groups of men with weapons intimidating and obstructing the process while security…

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The results of the supplementary governorship election conducted by The Independent National Electoral Commission in some states, has been released after it declared the March 9 poll in the affected states inconclusive. The states where the governorship run-off poll was held on March 23 are Sokoto, Plateau, Kano, Benue and Bauchi. But while INEC has declared governors-elect in four of the states, it has not done same in Bauchi State due to a legal reason. In the election results declared on Sunday, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal and his…

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