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Rivers APC, SDP, Accord, ADC guber candidates storm Police hqts, accuse Gov. Wike of arresting supporters
Few hours to Saturday’s governorship and state assembly polls, crisis is brewing in Rivers State as governorship candidates of some political parties including...
Police DIG to ballot box snatchers, criminals on Saturday: Risk it and die
In a bid to checkmate hoodlums and thugs who may want to disrupt Saturday’s polls, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police for South-East, Mr...
Breaking: Three killed at APC’s pre-election meeting in Ibadan
Three people were murdered on Thursday evening in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, during an All Progressives Congress build-up meeting to Saturday’s governorship and...
PANDEF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Middle Belt Forum slam pres. Buhari over comments on Feb. 25 poll
``The President’s comments are an obstruction of justice and an intimidation to the Lord Justices who are to hear election petition of the...
Presidential Poll: Atiku, PDP make u-turn, withdraw fresh application against INEC
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday withdrew a fresh application they filed to compel the Independent...
Don’t subvert the will of Abia people in Saturday’s polls, IPA warns Gov. Ikpeazu, PDP
A group — Initiative for Peaceful Abia (IPA) — has alerted Nigerians to a plot by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State...
Governorship, State Assembly elections more complicated than presidential poll, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the March 18 gubernatorial and state houses of assembly polls will be more complicated than...
Real reason Funke Akindele’s colleagues did not support her political ambition — a Persecondnews exclusive
By David Adebayo Fresh facts have emerged as to why the Deputy Governorship ambition of famous actress and producer, Funke Akindele, did not...
Ahead of March 18 election, Akwa-Ibom Govt waives daily taxes, levies for transporters
In a bid to sway potential voters in the state’s transportation sector ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly polls, Akwa-Ibom Governor Udom...
Emefiele’s alleged fresh plot against Tinubu: It’s completely false, malicious — CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as false and malicious a report published by a national newspaper, alleging that the CBN...
Nigeria’s first female Senator, Franca Afegbua, passes on
Nigeria’s first female Senator, Franca Afegbua, has exited. Aged 80 years, Afegbua died in the early hours of Sunday in her Benin City...
Just in: Ahead of March 18 guber poll: We are not intimidated, LP’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour says
Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Lagos State Governorship Candidate for the Labour Party, has urged his supporters not to be intimidated after the violent...
Lagos Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser, Igbokwe, slams Igbo, rules out Igbo presidency till 2039
Mr Joe Igbokwe, the Lagos State Special Adviser on Drainages, said on Saturday that his tribe had no chance of succeeding the President-elect,...
Supreme Court sacks ex-Kano Gov. Shekarau as senator-elect
Barely 14 days after his election as senator, a former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has been disqualified by the Supreme Court....
Court orders INEC to allow use of temporary voter’s card for March 18 elections
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the use of temporary voter’s cards...
