Ebonyi Governor David Umahi has declared his intention to contest for the post of Senate President for the 10th National Assembly. He made the declaration in Abakaliki, capital of the state on Wednesday during the State Executive Council meeting. He called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the All Progressive Congress (APC) to consider zoning the position to the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his sadness that some candidates lost in the just concluded general elections in Nigeria. He also hailed the conduct of the elections, describing it as credible. He made the comment while speaking at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday. “President Muhammadu ...

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the  G-5 governors never agreed to support the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, in the just-concluded election. Speaking in a media chat on Wednesday, the outspoken Govermor said the G-5 only reached an agreement to ensure the emergence of a Southern President. He said: “There was never a ...

The Labour Party vice presidential candidate in the just concluded February 25 elections, Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed, has insisted that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, can not be sworn in as president of the country. Speaking with Arise TV on Wednesday, Datti declared that swearing in Tinubu would be “as good as swearing in military regime”. According to the vice presidential ...

Labour Party candidate for Surulere 1 Constituency, Olumide Oworu, has accused th Independent National Electoral Commission of omitting his name on the final list of House of Assembly candidates in the recently concluded election. It will be recalled that Oworu, lost the election to the Progressives Congress candidate, Desmond Elliotm Speaking in a statement he released via his Twitter handle ...

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, on Tuesday led party members to the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protest the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election. The protesters submitted a petition, demanding re-run elections at polling units where elections were cancelled on Saturday. They chanted anti-INEC songs and ...

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has denied that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu worked under him in the Federal Ministry of Education. Wike said he and Yakubu worked in the Federal Ministry of Education under the supervision of the Minister of Education. “Amaechi wildly claimed in his recent interview that the Chairman of INEC, Professor ...

Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has reacted to the petition filed by Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, at the presidential election petition tribunal. His reaction is contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. Recall that Obi officially filed a suit on Tuesday at the election petition tribunal challenging the declaration ...

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has insisted he will never join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He stated this while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. Fayose kicked against his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after they put forward Atiku Abubakar from northern Nigeria as their presidential candidate. He maintained that power should ...

The Government of the United States has reacted to the alleged violence recorded during gubernatorial and state assembly elections on March 18. A statement on Tuesday, the mission in Nigeria expressed deep concern over alleged intimidation and suppression that took place in Lagos, Kano and other states. According to the embassy, the elections in Lagos and elsewhere and witnessed some ...