A five-minute 43 seconds video of the immediate former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, is generating uproar, especially on social media. Mr El-Rufai was addressing a group of Muslim clerics in Kaduna after his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the governorship election. Below is the English translation of … Read more
Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Imo state, Governor Hope Uzodinma has replaced his Deputy, Prof. Placid Njoku with another candidate. A list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) showed Uzodimma has dropped Placid for a female deputy governorship candidate, Mrs. Ekemaru Chinyere Ihuoma. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Anyanwu … Read more
Ahead of the official commencement of campaign activities on 14 June, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates participating in the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. The commission approved the list of the candidates and their running mates at a meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, its … Read more
The ruling party of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the governorship of the country’s most populous state, dealing a life-threatening blow to the old ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party — or PRI — which had governed the State of Mexico without interruption for nearly a century. With over 99% of precincts counted in a … Read more
Hoodlums are making their presence felt despite tight security as the governorship election petition tribunal began sitting on Monday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The hoodlums, who are suspected members of rival political parties, laid siege to the entrance of the court in the Isabo area of the state capital. To keep them at … Read more
A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP}, Segun Showunmi, was on Monday beaten by political thugs, who welded sticks, as the Election Petition Tribunal began its sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital. The inaugural sitting of the tribunal began amid tension and watertight security, as it heard the petition filed by the PDP governorship candidate, … Read more
Former Governorship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, was on Monday, June 5, beaten with sticks by thugs just before the state’s Election Petition Tribunal began its sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital. Daily Trust reported that before the tribunal commenced hearing of the petition filed by the … Read more
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Imo State, Athan Achonu, has picked a former member of the House of Representatives, Tony Nwulu, as his running mate for the November 11 election in the state. Nwulu represented Oshodi-Isolo 2 Federal Constituency in the lower legislative chamber under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 2015 to 2019. … Read more