The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has announced the constitution of a Special Court Martial to try Personnel involved in partisan politics as the country approaches the 2019 general elections. Buratai made the announcement on Tuesday, while declaring open the 2ndand 3rd quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference. He enjoined the General Officers Commanding and Field Commanders to ensure that ...

The impeachment of the Deputy Governor of Imo state, Eze Madumere by lawmakers in the state, has been nullified by Imo State High Court. The impeachment according to the court did not follow due process, therefore making it illegal The court also ruled that Madumere remains Deputy Governor of Imo state. We will bring you more as development unfolds.

Governor Mohammed Bindow of Adamawa on Tuesday said his re-election for second term would end “the politics of godfatherism in the state”. Bindow made the assertion while addressing APC Delegates and party Executives from the Adamawa Central Senatorial District. The District comprised seven Local Government Areas: Hong,  Gombi,  Song, Girei,  Yola North,  Yola South and Fofore Local Government Areas. The ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has rescheduled its Presidential Primary to Friday, September 28, as against the earlier announced date of Thursday, September  27. Yekini Nabena, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nabena said the election was rescheduled because of the Osun governorship re-run election fixed for Thursday, September 27, by the ...

There are indications that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have yet to agree on a venue for the party’s Presidential Primary fixed for October 6, following a sharp disagreement between the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) and the National Working Committee (NWC). The disagreement manifested at the inauguration of the party’s National Convention Planning Committee on Monday ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is approaching the court to contend the declaration of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday in Abuja. According to Ologbondiyan, the September 22 polls had already been concluded and results announced ...

PDP Presidential Aspirant and former Senate President, David Mark, said he will support any Aspirant that wins the party’s Presidential Primary scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers. Mark stated this on Monday in Dutse, Jigawa capital, when he addressed party supporters. He solicited the support of the party members and urged them to give him their mandate during the ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday threw his weight behind the Presidential ambition of David Mark, saying the former Senate President will strengthen the bond of unity in Nigeria. The former President, who hosted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Aspirant in his Yenogoa residence, said Nigeria was in dire need of unity. Jonathan said that it would take a man ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described as baseless, the call by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  that its candidate be declared the winner of the inconclusive Osun governorship election. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said that the party’s candidate, Ademola Adeleke, should be immediately declared winner of the election. Yekini Nabena, the APC National Publicity Secretary said ...

The National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the inconclusive declaration of the Osun election by INEC. The party said its Candidate, Ademola Adeleke, must be declared as the winner of the election, adding that the process was conclusive. The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, at a news conference in Abuja on the election, ...