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Ex-NBA President, Olumide Akpata, emerges Edo LP guber candidate

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and Edo State governorship aspirant, Mr. Olumide Akpata, has won the ticket of the Labour Party...

APC’s Sen. Okpebholo emerges candidate for Edo governorship poll

Sen. Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the party’s primary ahead of the Edo State...

Just in: Labour Party’s National Chairman, Abure, Arrested

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, has been nabbed by the Police. He was apprehended in Benin City,...

Update: Edo guber primary: APC NWC dumps Uzodinma’s report, declares poll inconclusive 

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has intervened following the crisis that rocked the February 17 Edo State...

Namang, Plateau APC spokesperson, pub owner, shot dead while carousing

Mr Sylvanus Namang, the Plateau State Publicity Secretary for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been fatally shot. The tragic incident occurred on...

Edo APC overrules Gov. Uzodimma, declares Sen. Okpebholo winner of guber party primary

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has rejected the results of the party primary for the September governorship...

Breaking: Dennis Idahosa is APC’s candidate for Edo governorship poll

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has selected House of Representatives member, Dennis Idahosa, as its governorship candidate for the Edo governorship election scheduled...

Just in: 73-year-old ex-Yobe Gov. Bukar Ibrahim dies

A former governor of Yobe State and ex-senator, Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim, is dead, a government statement has confirmed. Aged 73, Ibrahim died...

APC’s Laguda wins Gbajabiamila’s Surulere federal constituency by-election

Fuad Kayode Laguda, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the Surulere Federal Constituency 1 bye-election in Lagos State. The...

Just in: Supreme Court Affirms Ahmadu Fintiri As Adamawa Gov., Quashes Binani’s Appeal

The Supreme Court has confirmed the election of Mr. Ahmed Fintiri of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the Governor of Adamawa State....

Supreme Court reserves judgment in Binani’s appeal against Adamawa governor

The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Mrs....

Gov. Ododo takes oath of office as new chapter opens for Kogi State

Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was sworn in as the fifth democratically-elected governor of Kogi State on Saturday....

Rivers Assembly Shuns Gov. Fubara, Overrides His Veto, Passes Four Bills Into Law

The Rivers State House of Assembly overrode Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s veto and passed four new bills into law. The decision followed the governor’s...

Supreme Court upholds APC’s Ahmed Aliyu’s election as Sokoto governor

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, upheld the election of Mr. Ahmed Aliyu as the governor of Sokoto State. The apex court, in its...

Supreme Court strikes out NNPP’s appeal, confirms PDP’s Agbu Kefas as Taraba Governor

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Mr. Agbu Kefas of the People’s Democratic Party as the governor of Taraba State. This...

Guber poll: Rivers Gov. Fubara victorious

Again, Rivers State Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s election has been confirmed by the nation’s apex court. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court on...