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INEC declares PDP’s Diri Douye winner of Bayelsa governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Douye Diri winner of Bayelsa governorship election....
Senator Diri Douye: The Teacher Becomes Bayelsa Governor
Douye Diri a former public school teacher who dreamed of becoming a principal before becomes the executive governor of Bayelsa state. Douye started...
Ahead of inauguration on Friday, Supreme Court sacks Bayelsa Governor-elect
…declares PDP winner Like a thunderbolt, the Supreme Court on has nullified the election of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and his...
Adamawa Governor Fintri cleared by Supreme Court
Still dishing out judgments on the dispute March 9, 2019 governorship poll, the Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed Mr Ahmadu Fintri of the...
PDP’s Benue Governor, Ortom, gets Supreme Court’s endorsement
Again, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in continuation of its rounds judgment on governorship polls, has upheld the election of Samuel...
Lalong is governor of Plateau, rules Supreme Court
Nigeria’s Apex Court has ruled that the March 9, 2019 election of Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state was in order.  The...
Supreme Court upholds Tambuwal’s election
Putting paid to apprehensions and speculations of a possible sack, Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday morning affirmed Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples...
Edo State: Welcome to the Politics of 2020
By Osakue Aiyevbekpen As we start the year 2020 today (January 1), I consider it auspicious to make few remarks on only one...
Oshiomhole lacks legitimacy, temperament, moral authority to lead, as Edo APC call for his resignation
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, lacked legitimacy, temperament...
Certificate Forgery: Finally Senator Ifeanyi Ubah Sacked
…court orders INEC to issue Certificate Of Return to Obinna Uzoh For forging the National Examination Council (NECO) Secondary School certificate, the Senator representing...
Bello meets Buhari says he won by a landslide
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has said he will meet those who want to challenge his victory at the November...
Kogi post-election wild celebration: PDP women leader roasted in her house
Post-election violence has claimed the life of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and women leader of the Wada/Aro PDP...
Yahaya Bello wins Kogi governorship election marred by suspicion, bloodshed
After days of increasingly restive waiting, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has officially declared governor Yahaya Bello of the APC has...
All I Want Is To Serve My People – Hon Princess Miriam Onuoha
A clarion call has gone to the good people of Okigwe North not to fidget anymore, as solace for unprecedented socio-economic development will...
APC may go the way of PDP in 2023, says Okorocha
By Kunle Akinsola Worried by the internal crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ex-Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha,...
Atiku: My spirit unbroken, I remain a democrat, warns against justice rationing
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the February 2019 poll, on Wednesday went philosophical in his reaction...
