Tag: governorship election
2016 Guber: Edo APC asks aspirants to caution their supporters
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC Tuesday issued a stern warning to all governorship aspirants…
Taraba: Aisha Al-Hassan heads to Supreme Court
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Senator Aisha Al-Hassan, the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC in the April 11 Taraba State gubernatorial elections…
Breaking News: Appeal court sacks Ikpeazu
The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo state today nullified the election of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu as governor of…
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Appeal court sacks Akwa Ibom’s Udom Emmanuel
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday nullified the election of Emmanuel Udom as governor of Akwa Ibom on…
Akwa Ibom Guber: Court hears APC, PDP, INEC appeals
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgement in separate appeals against the April 11,2015 Akwa Ibom…
INEC puts result collation on hold indefinitely #BayelsaDecides
Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Chief Returning Officer of Bayelsa state gubernatorial election, Prof. Zana Akpagu, has put on hold indefinitely, the…
Akwa Ibom Guber: Appeal Court panel to sit Tuesday
A special panel of the Court of Appeal constituted to hear and determine all appeals relating to and emanating from…
PDP rejects Kogi governorship election results
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said it would challenge the outcome of the governorship election in Kogi before…
Votes counting commences in Kogi supplementary governorship election
Votes counting has commenced in many of the 91 polling units where the supplementary governorship election was held in Kogi…
#BayelsaDecides: Accreditation in progress in Ogbia LGA
Jethro Ibileke/Elebele The people of Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State trooped out in their numbers this morning to…
Bayelsa Polls: PDP urges members to be fearless
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja called on its members in Bayelsa to remain vigilant, focused and…
Kogi Polls: Faleke kicks as APC confirms Bello as guber candidate
The All Progressives Congress, APC on Monday evening finally announced Yahaya Bello as its replacement for Abubakar Audu, its candidate…
Police in Bayelsa strengthen security ahead governorship election
The Police in Bayelsa said on Sunday they had strengthened security in the state towards ensuring a hitch-free Dec. 5…
INEC to deploy 8, 000 ad hoc staff for Bayelsa governorship polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa has said that more than 8, 000 ad hoc staff would be…
INEC gives verdict on Kogi polls, says no to fresh polls
The Independence National Electoral Commission has stated that there will be no fresh polls in Kogi state after the death…
Kogi Polls: Results, pictures, live updates
INEC officials take a 30 minute break after announcing results from 11 LGAs. APC’s Abubakar Audu is in the lead…
Kogi Polls: Early results put APC’s Audu in the lead
From all indications, the All Progressives Congress candidate in Kogi governorship election, Prince Abubakar Audu is heading for a victory,…
Kogi election: Audu sweeps own polling booth, PDP 0
The results of the governorship election held in Kogi State have started trickling in, with the All Progressives Congress candidate,…
Kogi Deputy Governor lauds INEC for smooth conduct of guber polls
Kogi Deputy Governor, Mr Yomi Awoniyi, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the smooth conduct of the…
Card Readers work near-perfectly in Kogi polls
Most of the Card Reader machines deployed for the conduct of Kogi Governorship election have been working effectively across the…
Kogi Election: Female guber candidate steps down, supports Audu
Eromosele Ebhomele Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the Saturday governorship election in Kogi State, Nigeria, Zainab Usman,…
Kogi Polls: Don’t allow anybody intimidate you, Mbu tells police
The Commandant, Police Staff College, Jos, Mr Joseph Mbu, has advised police officers to remain bold and never allow anyone…
Kogi Polls: Arase tells trouble makers to keep off
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has assured Nigerian citizens, especially indigenes of Kogi state, of the readiness…
Police to deploy SARS for Kogi polls
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Solomon Arase, on Friday said Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) squad would be deployed to…
Bayelsa Polls: Don’t heat the polity, Ex-militant tells colleagues, politicians
Ramsey Mukoro, an ex-militant leader, has advised political parties, aspirants and ex-militants to shun violence in the forthcoming December 5…
Gov. Ishaku to appeal Taraba tribunal verdict
Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba has promised to appeal the verdict of the Elections Petitions Tribunal which nullified his election…
Akwa Ibom: Tribunal calls for fresh guber election in 18 LGAs
The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja has called for fresh governorship election in the state following…
Edo 2016: In quest for free & fair party gubernatorial primaries, By Iyoha Darlington
By Iyoha John Darlington You will agree with me that over half of Nigeria’s qualified voters, are disenfranchised and live…
With all the evidences, I’m optimistic Akwa Ibom guber will be reversed – Umana
After a two week adjournment, the Akwa Ibom governorship tribunal sitting in Abuja resumed on Thursday to adopt written addresses…
Audu, Faleke begin guber campaign in Kogi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced its governorship campaign in Kogi with a call on the electorate to vote…