Ex-INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Mike Igini Former officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission have intensified calls for mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results. The demand comes as the National Assembly meets on Tuesday to harmonise differing versions of the proposed electoral reforms, with real-time upload of polling-unit results to the…
National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to desist from what he described as attempts to destabilise the party. He insisted that the minister should “immediately resign” from the President Bola Tinubu administration if he cannot stop interfering…
Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023 has officially joined the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC). Obi announced his defection in Enugu on Wednesday, December 31. The former governor of Anambra said his defection ahead of the 2027 election is aimed transforming and rescuing Nigeria. “We are ending this year with…
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has disclosed that she has repeatedly been approached by individuals from the Presidency and some of her colleagues in the National Assembly to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but said she has firmly rejected their advice. Akpoti-Uduaghan, a member of the Peoples Democratic…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, citing persistent leadership turmoil at the party’s national level. In a statement shared on his Instagram page late on Monday night, Adeleke confirmed that he submitted his resignation to party officials in Sagba Abogunde, Ward 2,…
…. We’re Considering Rotimi Amaechi if Dele Momodu ,Journalist and Politician who doubles as an ally of former President Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that a joint ticket on the African Democratic Congress with Atiku Abubakar as Presidential candidate and Peter Obi as his running mate would cancel out President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his…
****urge security agencies to investigate opposition’s role in insecurity The Kebbi APC Youth Forum has condemned the Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for sabotaging the ongoing rescue of 24 female students kidnapped from Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, inthe Talata-Mafara area of Kebbi state. The youths, in a statement signed by…
In a landmark move to restore unity, discipline, and focus ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its ongoing 2025 National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, has expelled high-profile members Nyesom Wike, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN), former Governor Ayo Fayose, Hon. Austin Nwachukwu, and several others. The decision…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Governor Chukwuma Soludo as the winner of the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State. Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edogah Omoregie, made the declaration at the commission’s headquarters in Awka on Sunday. The incumbent governor, who contested on the platform…
There was a mild drama at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, on Tuesday, when Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan confronted officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service who seized her passport. The lawmaker, who went live on social media, revealed that she was travelling abroad after rounding off ceremony for her second year in office. Last week, the…
