Browsing: Politics

A statement by the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ekiti State Chapter, Chief Idowu Faleye, said Omirin was being economical with the truth in his assertions in the dailies that the governor of the state, Ayo Fayose, was blackmailing him on the refusal of the House to clear the commissioner nominees and lists of the caretaker committee for the local governments in the state

According to the acting National Chairman of the party, Dr. Manzo Abubakar: “The explanation the Monitoring Committee of INEC are seeking from the legal department (of INEC) is whether our decision to suspend the National Chairman is in line with the spirit of our constitution

Olayinka, who described claim by the APC lawmakers that the House of Assembly refused to approved the Local Councils’ Caretaker Committee sent by Governor Fayose because of a pending court case as a “shameless lie”, added that it was obvious that the APC lawmakers were not saying the truth

It was gathered that the Council of Elders from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state on Wednesday held a secret meeting at the Jos residence of Jeremiah Useni, which lasted several hours

At the hearing on Thursday, the Presiding Judge, Justice A.I. Chikere, however, adjourned hearing on the motion sequel to the court’s lack of jurisdiction as claimed by the defendants

The APC, it would be recalled, had on Tuesday accused President Jonathan and PDP of insensitivity for holding the declaration less than 24 hours after the bomb attack at Potiskum, Yobe State, which claimed the lives over 50 students

The Consul-General, who recalled that the region has a history of violence, said in Asaba, the Delta State capital, that the Independent National Electoral Commission and the police should be provided with support before parties primaries kick-off next month

Aliyu stated this in Minna while speaking at the 4th MBA International Literary Colloquium organized at the Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre to mark his 59th birthday on Wednesday

Duke-Abiola, a member of the PDP, is the widow of Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, described as the freest and fairest election in the country

Clerk of the State House of Assembly, Tola Esan, tendered a Certified True Copy of the report of the panel set up by the then Chief Judge, Justice Kayode Bamisile, which cleared Fayose of all allegations against him

Mohammed, son of late former Head of State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed, spoke to newsmen after submitting his nomination and expression of interest forms for the state governorship election in 2015

The group made this known in a press statement signed by the Chairman, Lagos State CNPP, Hon. Akionla Obadia, following an assessment of the distribution of the Permanent Voter Cards in 11 local government areas in the states

A statement by the Speaker’s Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, said the latest allegation of demanding N135 million ‎for the screening of Fayose’s commissioner-nominees was a propaganda taken too far and against the grains of decency in a fledgling democracy

The senators – Messrs Adegbenga Kaka (Ogun East), Akin Odunsi (Ogun West) and Gbenga Obadara – in their separate letters, attributed their action to the fractionalisation of the APC in Ogun State, which had led to the formation of two parallel executives

Oshiomhole accused the President of only coming to the state to commission a resurfaced existing Ofosu-Benin axis of an expressway, which was constructed by a military regime

Pwajok, who served in the Justice Ministry for eight years, contributed to making new policies that helped in bringing peace to the state.

Aliyu said people will criticise the outcome of the election once the crisis in the region is not contained to make the conduct of election possible in the country at the same time

While picking the APGA governorship forms for N12 million at the party’s headquarters in Abuja, Oti explained that his decision to join APGA was borne out of his strong belief in the party’s ideology and his determination to rescue Abia State from total collapse

Owing to this, the schedule for primary elections has been reviewed to accommodate the extension

Umaru is challenging the declaration of Dr. Shem Nuhu Zagbai of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of the bye-election conducted in Niger East Senatorial District by the Independent National Electoral Commission in August and September this year