Monthly Archives: August 2018

APC committed to offering hope for Nigerians- lawmaker

Umar Bago, a federal lawmaker representing Chanchaga Federal Constituency) says that the All Progressive Congress ( APC) remains a strong political party committed to offering hope for Nigerians through democratic governance. Bago, in an interview with NAN in Minna on Friday, said that the tremendous development recorded by the present administration in the country in three years had spoken for ...

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Osun 2018: INEC commences training of Supervisory Presiding Officers

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has commenced training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) on Polling and Counting Procedures for Osun governorship election scheduled for Sept. 22. The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued by its Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Oluwole on Friday in Abuja. Osaze-Uzzi noted that the two-day training which started ...

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We are tired of Saraki dynasty- Ajikobi Ward residents say

The people of Ajikobi Ward in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara said they were tired of the Saraki dynasty and had resolved to reject him or anybody he put forward for election in the state. A community leader in Ajikobi, Omar Aiyelabegan, who addressed journalists on Friday at his family compound in Ilorin, declared that nobody would succumb ...

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My declaration for presidency is a symbolic act of encouragement for youths – Saraki

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said it was his intention to put the Not Too Young to Run group in an invidious position, when he declared his presidential ambition at a function organised by the group. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Oloniyonu on Friday, said the group had no “prior knowledge of ...

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APC will retain governorship seat in Osun — Tinubu

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says the party is in the advantageous position to retain Osun governorship seat in view of the performance of the outgoing governor of the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed September 22 for the conduct of the Osun State governorship election. The APC chieftain stated this when ...

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2019: Good governance, not money, will determine Benue governorship poll outcome – Aspirant

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart, John Tondo, says outcome of governorship election in Benue will be determined by candidate’s capacity to deliver good governance, not wealth. Tondo stated this while speaking with journalists shortly after obtaining his nomination and expression of interest forms at PDP National Secretariat in Abuja on Friday. He said that people of the state were ...

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2019: Lagos PDP warns aspirants against violence

The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday warned aspirants in the state against taking to violence in their bid to become the party’s candidates for the 2019 elections. The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Taofik Gani, gave the warning in a statement he issued in Lagos. He said the party abhorred violence, ...

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019: Accord party will dominate Oyo, South-West – Chairman

The Chairman of Accord Party in Oyo state, Muda Ogunsola, has said that the party will dominate the state and others in South-West in the 2019 general elections. Ogunsola stated this on Friday at the inauguration of the party’s secretariat in Jegede, Ona-Ara Local Government Area of the state. According to him, the party will shock the ruling All Progressives ...

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Withdraw eligibility case against Fayemi, Ekiti APC elders plead with Oni

The Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders’ Forum on Friday appealed to former governor, Segun Oni to withdraw the suit challenging the eligibility of the governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi, for the July 14 governorship election. The APC elders came out with the position at the end of a marathon meeting held in Igbara Odo, in Ekiti South West Local Government ...

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PDP dissolves Kano State Exco

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dissolved the Kano State Executive Committee of the party.

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