Suspected political thugs have set ablaze a state High Court in Owutu Edda community in Ebonyi State. The development came barely 24 hours after the conclusion of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Registrar of the court, Mrs Oluchi Uduma, who spoke to newsmen, said that the hoodlums invaded the…
Nollywood actress cum politician, Tonto Dikeh has hailed Funke Akindele’s bravery. Recall the actress and mom of two was Lagos PDP Deputy-Governorship candidate. Though Tonto and her principal stepped down in Rivers state to give their support to APC, the actress says she knows how difficult it is to be a woman in politics. She…
The Independent National Electoral Commission will today (Wednesday) resume the collation of Enugu and Abia states governorship election results. This was made known in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Wednesday. The INEC’s office in Obingwa Local Government Area in Abia State was invaded…
President-elect Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night travelled out of the country to spend some time in Paris and London. According to a statement by Tunde Rahman for the Office of the President-elect, the trip will enable Tinubu to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Rahman added that the…
The Governorship Candidate of Labour Party in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said he his party would fight for his mandate through all legal means to birth a better Lagos. Rhodes-Vivour, who came second at the just concluded election, insisted that there was no governorship election in Lagos. He posited that the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,…
Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got 28,972. The LP candidate also won 10…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has been reelected for a second term in office. Zulum, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared the winner of the gubernatorial election in the state having scored 545,542 votes. He defeated his closest opponent, Mohammed Jajari of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who polled 82,147…
A suspended Roman Catholic priest and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has been declared winner of the Saturday governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, through Returning Office Prof Faruq Kuta, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, made the announcement on…
Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has dismissed the allegation that his government spent N3.5bn to win the Assembly election as satanic. He described the group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, as none existent and serial blackmailers. Soludo spoke Monday through his Press Secretary, Chris Aburime, in a statement in Awka. He said…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Saturday arrested about 69 persons for alleged voters’ inducement while monitoring the governorship and state Assembly elections. The EFCC arrested 65 persons while the ICPC arrested four persons. The ICPC said it arrested four vote-buyers in Sokoto and…
