Tag: governorship election
A’Ibom guber tribunal rejects INEC’S objection on destroyed ballot papers
The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday September 16, 2015 overruled an objection by the…
Card Reader malfunctioned in most PUs, INEC tells Akwa Ibom election tribunal
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) opened its defence at the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja…
Akwa Ibom Guber: PDP closes case, fails to call 19 witnesses
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which is the second respondent at the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on…
Rivers governorship election marred by violence – INEC
Mr Charles Okoye, a witness for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing trial for the April 11 Rivers…
Bayelsa Polls: We’ll meet in the battlefield, says Dokubo-Asari
Leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahideen Dokubo-Asari, has vowed that the Ijaw nation will not allow Governor…
Akwa Ibom Guber: Umana to testify before tribunal on Thursday
The Akwa Ibom governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last election is set to testify before…
2-month old DPC to field candidates in Kogi, Bayelsa guber polls
The newly registered Democratic Peoples’ Congress (DPC), says it will field candidates to contest governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa…
Bayelsa Governorship: Coalition piles pressure on Sylva
A coalition of forces under the aegis of Niger Delta People’s Movement (NDPM) has urged the people of Bayelsa State…
2016 Edo Guber: I’ll anoint next governor, says Lucky Igbinedion
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former governor of Edo state, Lucky Igbinedion on Sunday broke his long silence in the politics of the…
Aregbesola Floors Omisore At Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, Wednesday morning affirmed the victory of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 9…
PDP challenges Katsina governorship election result
The Katsina State Elections Tribunal has received petitions from the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), governorship candidate, Alhaji Musa Nashuni, and…
PDP’s Ikpeazu wins Abia state
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has been declared winner of the governorship election in Abia…
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Okorocha declared Imo state governor-elect
Governor Rochas Okorocha has been declared winner of the governorship election in Imo state, east of Nigeria. Okorocha, candidate of…
The Task Before Ambode
On 29 May, 2015, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode will be officially sworn in as the 14th governor of Lagos State, having…
Parties, observers, disagree over Rivers governorship elections
Representatives of some political parties in Rivers and observer groups on Wednesday, expressed different views on the outcome of the…
APC wins majority of Nigeria states in governorship poll
The party of Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari has won governorship elections in a majority of Nigeria’s 36 states, building its…
Let There Be Peace
The final phase of the 2015 general elections ended last Saturday, 11 April, with the conduct of the governorship election…
Abia governorship election result stalemated
The results of Saturday’s governorship election in Abia stalemated midway following the reversal of the cancellation of three local governments…
Ribadu gets poll spanking in Adamawa, trails in third
INEC has released the results of Saturday governorship election from 12 of the 21 local government areas of Adamawa, which…
Kaduna state: El-Rufai expands lead over Yero
Femi Adi/Kaduna From the official results released by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna…
Official: Amosun declared governor-elect
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress,APC has been officially declared the winner of the governorship election in Ogun…
Rivers governorship election is a sham – Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi and Rivers State, southern Nigeria, has described the Governorship and House Assembly elections as…
Meet Akinwunmi Ambode, The Incoming Governor Of Lagos State
By Joe Igbokwe If competence and experience will count on Saturday, April 11, 2015 governorship election in Lagos State, if…
Why Igbo Should Vote For APC
By Prince Olusegun Ologbese As a progressive group, we the Association of Good Leadership Advocates Peace Development Lagos, an offshoot…
Embracing A Great Tradition: Ambode In The Eye Of The Storm
By Mac Durugbo Given the eye-catching and life-fulfilling infrastructure already put down by the present administration in Lagos State as…
INEC promises to deliver smooth governorship elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had put necessary measures in place to conduct seamless election on across…
Igbo Group Backs Ambode For Gov Election
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele The Igbo in Lagos State have unanimously endorsed the candidacy of the All Progressives Congress,…
Lagos State Students’ Union Endorses Ambode
Damilare Okunola The National Union of Lagos State Students, NULASS, said that it has endorsed Akinwunmi Ambode, gubernatorial candidate of…
Agbaje, Ambode To Sign Peace Pledge
Simon Ateba Jimi Agbaje and Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All…
Rivers State: Ogoni people endorse Dakuku Peterside
The Ogoni apex socio-cultural organisation, KAGOTE, has endorsed Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…