Category: Politics

Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun State Governor has revealed that seven persons have shown interest to become governor of the state in 2019, saying no quality of a would-be-governor in any of them. The governor boasted: “Although, I do not know yet who will succeed me come May 29, 2019, I certainly know those who won’t be governor in Ogun State.” Amosun who said this yesterday in Abeokuta at the APC, Ogun State members of National Assembly caucus meeting added that the seven aspirants are simply wasting their time and resources.…

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the recently concluded Ondo State Governorship election, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, has opted not to challenge the outcome in court, as is usually the practice in Nigeria. Jegede, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said that he had accepted the victory of Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress, APC,  in good faith and had moved on in the spirit of good sportsmanship. Jegede, who polled over 150,380 votes to Akeredolu’s 244,842 during the poll, said  there was no need to continue to…

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Nyesome Woke, Rivers State Governor has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of sponsoring a contrived audio clip in which he allegedly threatened an Independent National Electoral Commission ‎(INEC) official to rig last Saturday’s election in favour of his party. The governor said the audio chip published by an online media organisation was produced to divert public attention from the massive electoral fraud by the INEC and Police and military killings that marred the rerun national and state legislative polls. Wike explained that the audio clip was fabricated using audio software, pointing…

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Proceedings relating to the leadership tursle of the PDP by the Special Panel of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, established to determine all appeals arising from the ongoing PDP leadership disputes has been adjourned indefinitely. A three-man panel of Justices, led by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, suspended hearing on suit to await the outcome of a related case pending before the Port Harcourt Division of the Court. The panel had on November 18 adjourned indefinitely awaiting decision of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division on the sister appeal. The Judge also…

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Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Senate President, has proposed a single term of six years for incumbent president and governors, just as he raised alarm that the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC was dangerously drifting away. According to him, it has become imperative to go for a single term of office as that would go a long way in reducing the desperation of incumbents, which in turn defiles the electoral process and endangers democracy. Speaking Tuesday at the retreat organised by the presidential Committee in Uyo, Akwa Ibom…

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Nyesome Wike, the Rivers state Governor, has led a victory march across the state after the Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, declared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winner of the Rivers East and West Senatorial Districts in the state’s re-run elections conducted Saturday, December 10; 2016. Declaring the result for Rivers East Senatorial District , Returning Officer , Prof Onu Ekumankama announced that PDP’s Senator, George Sekibo polled 98, 098 votes to defeat Mr Andrew Uchendu of the APC who polled 34, 193 votes. For Rivers West Senatorial District ,…

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Caretaker committee Chairman of the PDP, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has warned Sherriff not to destroy the integrity of the Judiciary. This was occasioned by outrageous comments from the Senator Ali Modu Sherriff’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on the internal crisis of the party, which is before the courts. Makarfi also accused Sheriff of working behind the scene to plunge the nation into a one party state under the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman alleged that the Sheriff faction was deliberately “raising insinuations…

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Human rights lawyer and leader of the opposition party, Nana Akufo-Addo won Ghana’s national election on Friday, tapping into an electorate fed up with a sputtering economy and ready for change. The erudite 72-year-old human rights lawyer cruised to victory winning 53.8 percent of the votes, according to the country’s election agency. “I will not let you down. I will do all in my power to live up to your hopes and expectations,” Akufo-Addo said to an ecstatic crowd at his house in the country’s capital of Accra. “I will…

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One week after he has conceded defeat, Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh said on Friday he would not recognise the results of December 1 elections and called for fresh polls. “In the same way that I accepted the results faithfully believing that the Independent Electoral Commission was independent and honest and reliable, I hereby reject the results in totality,” he said in a statement broadcast on state television. “Let me repeat: I will not accept the results based on what has happened,” he said, condemning “unacceptable errors” on the part of…

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The Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow has been congratulated by President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory in the country’s presidential election. The President also saluted the spirit of statesmanship displayed by the out-going President of the country, Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, by conceding defeat. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Saturday in Abuja, Buhari noted that such uncommon gesture was crucial in calming fears of unrest in the West African nation. While expressing delight at the gallantry shown by Jammeh, President Buhari…

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