Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has urged the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ajayi was Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) candidate in the Ondo governorship election. A statement on Saturday by Fayose’s spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, said the duo met in Afao-Ekiti Friday night. The PDP chieftain told Ajayi to put the past behind and rejoin the party to make it stronger in Ondo. Fayose called Ajayi a force to be reckoned with in the politics of the state, adding that he will thrive better in a “mainstream and liberal”…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has struck out the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its candidate, Chief Peremobowei Ebebi, from the Bayelsa West senatorial by-election, which was earlier scheduled for October 31, but has now been fixed for December 5 as a result of the #EndSARS protest and other disturbances. Head of Voters Education and Publicity of INEC in Bayelsa State, Mr. Wilfred Ifogah, said in a statement issued on behalf of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) that the Commission had taken a decision to strike out the APC and its candidate in compliance with the judgment of the…
Some governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and chieftains of the party have visited former President, Goodluck Jonathan, as pressure continues to mount on him to contest the 2023 election. They visited Jonathan at his Abuja residence to felicitate with him on his 63rd birthday anniversary. Those who visited the former president include: Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni; Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu and Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru. Also an ex-President of the Senate, who is a chieftain of the APC, Ken Nnamani, was on the visit. It is, however, not…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has resumed preparations ahead of the Plateau South Senatorial by-election slated for December 5. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Malam Halilu Pai, disclosed this to newsmen in Jos on Friday. NAN reports that the commission postponed bye-elections earlier scheduled for Oct. 31 due to security and environmental challenges in the country. However, Pai during a briefing with newsmen said the commission has started drafting a schedule of activities to be used for the bye-election. “We have resumed preparations for the rescheduled Plateau South Senatorial bye-election. “Based on the schedule, we began…
Former member representing Igalamela/Odolu State Constituency and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee in Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Friday Sani Makama, on Friday, filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court, Abuja against the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, for nominating Barrister Abdul Wahab Mohammed for the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Kogi State nominee for the 2020 SAN title is the immediate younger brother of Kogi State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mohammed Sani Ibrahim. The ex-lawmaker approached the court seeking to stop the committee from going ahead to confer the title of Senior Advocate of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, said elections in Nigeria will never be credible until there are improvements in the country’s electoral laws. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Ologbondiyan also said that the party resolved to constitute a broad-based committee to work with the National Assembly and other stakeholders on the Electoral Act amendment to make Nigeria’s elections free, fair and credible. “For us in the PDP, we believe that until there are improvements in our electoral laws, our elections are not going to be credible…
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Jude Idimogu, on Friday insisted that the political future of people of South-East Nigeria lies in the APC. Idimogu an APC, Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II chieftain and Deputy Apex Leader, Ndigbo in Lagos APC, stated this while reacting to Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi’s defection from the PDP to the APC. The two-term lawmaker explained that it was time politicians from the South East embraced the ruling party to actualise their hopes and aspirations for the region. “Our party is a great party; APC is the hope. I thank God that one…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has declared that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, government has failed. The Abia South Senator said this on Friday when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. Abaribe said the President Muhammadu Buhari government has failed the country, adding that “The PDP has its position and the position is very simple: this government has failed. “You don’t have any other way of trying to cover it. You can say all the rhetoric, you make all the propaganda. You can go ahead and try to pull the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, fixed December 14 for judgment in a suit challenging the validity of the primary election that produced Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the October 10 election. The Judge, Justice Okon Abang fixed the date following arguments from all parties in the suit with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/886/2020 filed on August 3 by Dr Nath Adojutelegan, an APC governorship aspirant in the state election. NAN reports that in the suit, Akeredolu, the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are 1st to 3rd respondents respectively. Adojutelegan,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the pioneer Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, on his 60th birthday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ribadu will mark the occasion on Saturday. The president said this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Friday. Buhari joined the family and friends of Ribadu to celebrate the milestone “marked with years of diligence and service to the nation’’. He felicitated with the former EFCC Chairman, who also served as Chairman of Petroleum Revenue Task Force. The president…