The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Bala Mohammed, has won the supplementary election in Bauchi State. Returning Officer Professor Kyari Mohammed made the announcement on Sunday, a day after the exercise took place in the state. According to…
Adeleke’s Victory: Obi hails judiciary, advises APC not to appeal verdict
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has commended the Nigerian Judiciary on the victory, on Friday, of Sen. Ademola Adeleke and PDP at the Osun State Governorship Election…
I’ve neither quit politics nor left PDP —GEJ (Punch)
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he has no reason to quit the Peoples Democratic Party or retire from politics for now. He made the statement on Sunday through his Media Adviser, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, in reaction to a…
Obi empathises with Lagos, advocates lasting solution to building collapse
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has commiserated with the Government and people of Lagos State on the collapse, on Wednesday, of a three-storey building in the Ita…
PDP tells Buratai to probe military’s role in Bayelsa electoral violence
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has appealed to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to investigate the role of the military in the violence that occurred in the state during the last general elections.…
Rivers guber election: Obi alerts international community on Nigerian military’s undue interest
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed concern over the fallout from some states in last Saturday’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections, particularly in Rivers State –…
Dickson congratulates re-elected South South governors
Chairman of the South South Governors Forum, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated governors of the region re-elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Dickson, who is the…
Sanwo-Olu emerges Lagos governor
Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won the Lagos governorship election. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) reportedly polled a total of 739,445 votes to beat his closest rival Jimmy Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled a total…
Obi laments failed card readers, says Nigeria must get elections right
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the February 23 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has decried what he called “persistent lack of preparedness” on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He spoke shortly after…
Nine ballot booklets go missing in Lagos (Punch)
Tension arose as nine ballot booklets got missing at the Ogudu collation centre for Ward 4 voting centre in the Kosofe area of Lagos State. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agents were protesting the missing ballot booklets. A PDP agent,…