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INEC reacts to alleged move to rig governorship election in Kebbi

NewsDeskNgMar 7, 2023March 7, 20230

The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Police in Kebbi State have dismissed alleged plans to connive with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to rig the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. NAN recalls that the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the state, Gen. Aminu Bande, made...

Labour Party members in disarray as chairman endorses PDP’s Makinde – Oyo

NewsDeskNgMar 6, 2023March 6, 20230

The Oyo State chapter of Labour Party has been engulfed in another crisis over the alleged endorsement of Governor Seyi Makinde. Makinde is seeking a second term on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Newsmen learnt that Sodiq Atayese, chairman of the Labour Party, and some chieftains in...

Kelvin Chukwu replaces murdered brother as LP candidate for Enugu East Senatorial Zone

NewsDeskNgMar 6, 2023March 6, 20230

Mr. Kelvin Chibuzor Chukwu, younger brother of late Oyibo Chukwu, has been elected the Labour Party (LP) candidate for Enugu East Senatorial Zone in the March 11 rescheduled senatorial election. Recall that Barr. Oyibo Chukwu was allegedly assassinated by unknown assailants along Amaechi-Agbani Road within the Enugu metropolis on February...

Ifeanyi Ubah Is Anambra NASS Delegation’s ‘Last Man Standing’

NewsDeskNgMar 5, 2023March 5, 20230

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is the only lawmaker from Anambra State delegation to the National Assembly who retained his seat in the February 25 general elections. All the other thirteen seats previously occupied by lawmakers elected on the platforms of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)...

I’m still in the race – Jigawa NNPP gubernatorial candidate

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in Jigawa State, Malam Aminu Ibrahim Ringim, has debunked the rumour of his withdrawal from the race ahead of the 11th March poll. He described the rumour as the work of political desperados to achieve their political interests. Three gubernatorial...

APC leaders meeting Tinubu fallacious – Osun APC, Chairman, Lawal

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

The Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that the story credited to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, lampooning the Osun APC leaders over the results of the February 25, 2023 elections, was a mere fabrication. The party in a statement by its chairman in the state, Tajudeen Lawal...

NNPP governorship candidate warns against money politics in Kaduna

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Kaduna State, has advised residents of the state to reject voting for any politician that will try to buy their conscience in the forthcoming governorship election. Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday on what he termed,...

Atiku: Reasons why I want presidential election cancelled

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s campaign team admitted they rigged last Saturday’s presidential election. Atiku said he was seeking the cancellation of Saturday’s presidential election because Tinubu’s campaign team admitted the poll was rigged. He noted that Tinubu’s presidential campaign...

Work with Tinubu to move Nigeria forward – APC chieftain tells Atiku, Obi, others

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

A member of the Security and Intelligence Committee of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has urged opposition candidates to accept the olive branch the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is extending to them. The 2011 gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in...

PDP loses two Senate, six Rep seats in Cross River

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

The Cross River chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) failed in its bid to retain two Senate and six House of Representatives seats in the recently concluded National Assembly (NASS) elections. The opposition party in the state lost the Cross River Central and Cross River South to the ruling...