The Labour party governorship candidate in Bayelsa state, Engr Udengs Eradiri, has lost his polling unit to the incumbent governor Douye Diri. According to the results collated by INEC officials, Diri who sought reelection under the Peoples Democratic Party garnered 130 votes while Eradiri polled eight votes in unit …
Read More »Imo guber election being conducted is Free, fair and very credible – Gov Uzodimma
The governor of Imo State and candidate of the All-Progressives Congress in the state governorship election, Hope Uzodimma, has said that the elections in Imo State are going on in a free, fair, and credible manner. The governor said this after casting his vote at his polling unit in …
Read More »Guber election: PDP and military molesting voters in Bayelsa – APC’s Timipre Sylva
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Nigerian Military of molesting voters in the ongoing governorship election. Sylva spoke after casting his vote at Polling Unit 4, Dukuraku Central Open Space, Okpoama, Ward 4, Brass …
Read More »Imo guber: Gunmen attack vote buyers, snatch over N1.5 million
Suspected gunmen invaded polling units at All Saints Anglican Cathedral and attacked vote buyers, carting away over N1.5 million found on them. The gunmen, numbering over 10, snatched the money that was being shared to voters at the four polling units within the cathedral premises. According to …
Read More »Bayelsa guber election: Appeal court reverses Timipre Sylva?s sack as APC’s candidate
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, October 31, reversed the nullification of the candidacy of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva in the forthcoming November 11, 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa. The appellate court in a judgment, held that Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal …
Read More »Court disqualifies Timipre Sylva from contesting in Bayelsa guber poll
Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment delivered Monday night, held that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of the state, would breach the 1999 Constitution (as amended) if allowed to contest again. Justice Okorowo, who agreed with the plaintiff’s argument, further held that …
Read More »Mr Ibu Storms Imo For Peter Obi As LP Kicks Off Guber Election Campaign (Photos)
Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly called Mr Ibu, on Tuesday stormed Owerri to join the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi and other party big wigs at the Imo State capital to flag-off the party’s campaign. Naija News reports that the former …
Read More »The time for this ethnic dog whistling must come to an end – Labour party guber candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes condemns Lagos speaker’s plan to enact laws to favour indigenes
The governorship candidate of Labour party in the 2023 governorship election in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has reacted to reports that the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and members of the state parliament, plan to pass laws that will protect the interest of indigenes of …
Read More »INEC releases final list of candidates for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi guber elections
The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the governorship election in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states scheduled for November 11, 2023. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the approval of the list followed …
Read More »I am shocked that she is making a big noise out of nothing – Gov Ikpeazu expresses displeasure at INEC returning officer, Prof. Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti’s comment after supervising Abia guber election (video)
Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has accused Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti, the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the just-concluded March 18 governorship election in the state of being unfair to all parties that participated in the poll. In an interview with Channels TV on Monday …
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