Kunle Salako, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Environment and Ecological Management, has urged youths to prioritize serving the nation before making demands. Salako made these remarks on Sunday at the Ayetoro-Yewa Day held in Ayetoro, Yewa North LG, Ogun State. An indigene of Ayetoro, Salako stated that Nigerian youths should actively contribute to nation-building by…
Bayelsa State Governor and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Douye Diri, may be coasting to victory, as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, begins announcement of results of the governorship election conducted on Saturday. Results of the three Local Government Areas announced include Ogbia, Kolokuma/Opokuma, and Yenagoa LGA, Which shows…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won in all 27 local government areas of Imo State in Saturday’s governorship election. The governor got 540,308 votes followed by the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Samuel Anyanwu, who came a distant second with 71,503 votes. The Labour Party candidate, Athan Achonu, came third…
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi, Dino Melaye, has rejected the conduct of the ongoing election in the state. Melaye, a former senator, failed to show up for voting at his polling unit in Kogi West. But while speaking with journalists who had visited him at his residence, Melaye alleged…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says it has commenced investigation into allegations of filled result sheets discovered in some polling units in Kogi state. The Commission disclosed this via its X handle this afternoon. It wrote; ‘’Our attention has been drawn to a report that filled result sheets were discovered in some polling…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 Imo State governorship election, Senator Samuel Anyawu, has expressed confidence of wining the election. He said that if the election was largely peaceful, he would certainly emerge victorious at the end. Anyawu, who spoke to journalists shortly after casting his vote at polling unit 012,…
An alleged ballot box snatcher in the Anyigba Local Government Area of Kogi State was gunned down on Saturday as security forces took action to thwart his mission of disrupting the off-season election. The identity of the deceased and the political party he purportedly worked for remained unconfirmed at the time of this report….
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has criticised the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party for failing to secure victory in the 2023 presidential elections. George made the statement while speaking to journalists in Lagos. He faulted the NWC for deviating from the established procedures designed by the…
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has rejected the Supreme Court verdict upholding the election of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Obi, in a world press conference on Monday, said the Supreme Court ignored rigging, identity theft, forgery, and perjury in its judgment. He said:…
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the presidential running mate of the Labour Party (LP), has called for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima. Baba-Ahmed said Senate President Godswill Akpabio should be allowed to conduct another presidential election after the resignation of Tinubu and Shettima. He made the call during an interview…