Tag Archives: Governorship

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold the forthcoming general elections in one day.    According to the Council, violence might erupt after the first elections on February 25th, due to the desperation of some politicians who are already …

Udofia says he’s in the race to enthrone shared prosperity for the people Akwa-Ibom state. An excited crowd of supporters thronged the Victor Attah International Airport in Uyo on Saturday, January 28, 2023, as Obong Akanimo Udofia, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa-Ibom state arrived …

The governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement in Adamawa State, Alhaji Aliyu Maina is dead.    Maina died on Wednesday, January 25, after a brief illness in Abuja. National Publicity Secretary of the NRM, Olusola Afuye, who made the announcement on Thursday, January 26, said he has been buried according to …

The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, [PDP] for the 2023 March 11 governorship election in Abia State, Prof. Uchenna Ikonne is dead.   The son of the deceased politician disclosed this in a statement released this afternoon January 25.   The statement read;   “I regret to announce …

A federal high court sitting in Kano has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise and publish Bashir Ishaq Bashir’s name as the Labour Party’s legally nominated candidate for the 2023 Gubernatorial Candidate along with Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi as his running mate.   Bashir had asked the court to compel …

Sadik Wali has been sacked as the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday, December 22.    An aspirant in the primary election, Mohammed Abacha had asked that the court declare him the winner of the primary lawfully conducted by the PDP and certified by …

Advertisement Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Saturday, flagged off his re-election campaign bid for the 2023 governorship election. Naija News reports that the flag-off of the governorship campaign rally took place at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, which was attended by a large crowd of supporters. Also, members …

A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has nullified the All Progressives Congress governorship primary conducted on May 26, 2022.   The judge, Agatha Okeke, ordered the APC to conduct a fresh governorship primary within 14 days.   The case was instituted by a former senator, Ita Enang, …

The governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which produced Dauda Lawal-Dare as its flagbearer was on Tuesday, November 8, was nullified again by a Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.   Justice Aminu Bappa also ruled that PDP will not field any candidate for the 2023 …

Bassey Otu was on Monday, October 24, declared the authentic governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State for the forthcoming 2023 election, by a Federal High Court in Calabar.    Ruling on the lawsuit filed by Owan Enoh challenging Otu’s candidacy, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu held that it remains …