Earlier, the prosecutor, DSP Stanley Nwodo, told the court that Okwudili committed the offence on November 16, 2013 at Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State during the state’s governorship election
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He said for voters’ apathy to be reduced, the power bestowed on the Independent National Electoral Commission must be checked
Samuel Dalyop, a PLASIEC commissioner, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Pankshin, Plateau State.
Olajuwon said that the exercise was to curb de-registration of erring voters by the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state
The party said the reason it has refrained from joining issues with the PDP, despite its sponsored campaign to portray the APC as an “Islamic” party, is because it knows the dangers that religious politics portends for any nation that brings religion into politics and that no nation which has descended into religious warfare has survived intact
The party had set December 31, 2013 deadline for members interested in the position to pick an Expression of Interest form after paying N5 million
Only three members of the assembly – Bala Musa, representing Yabo; Mustapha Hurumi, representing Bodinga South; and Gatau Mustapha of Isa constituency – remain in the PDP
The prophecy concerning Jonathan and the loss of power by the PDP and the Governors of Oyo and Ogun States, Senators Abiola Ajimobi and Ibikunle Amosun, are just some of the numerous prophecies by Suleman for 2014
The PDP said in a statement that the plot of the APC was exposed by an Islamic cleric, Ambassador Yusuf Garba, and the Religious Equity Promotion Council
He said politicians, apart from making impact ionn the lives of their supporters, must always keep their electoral promises and shun corruption to build trust
Ngige was the party’s candidate in the November 16, 2013 governorship poll won by the All Progressives Grand alliance
The Chairman, Delta Leaders Forum, Chief Julius Akpomughe, in a statement issued in Asaba, said Olejeme has all the necessary qualities to replace Uduaghan as the governor of Delta State based on her track records in Nigeria and her political savvy, which has made her the bride of all political groups in Delta State
The call was made in Abuja by the Good Governance Initiative Nigeria in a statement signed by its President, Alhaji Kabiru Usman
Okonta made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja amid ongoing defection of members of the ruling PDP to the principal opposition party, the All Progressives Party
Recent reports had quoted some federal lawmakers as insisting on automatic tickets for the 2015 race to stop them from joining others that defected to the rival All Progressives Change
He said that some of the parties included the Peoples Democratic Party, Action Alliance, All Progressives Congress, Labour Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance and Accord Party
This information was contained in his letter to the Secretary to the State Government, David Sharifu, pointing out that the resignation would take effect on January 31
Nyako said this was contrary to the impression being created that he and the other four governors who defected from the PDP to the APC did so in order to become leaders of their new party
Speaking through the Director General of the Prince Adedayo Adeyeye Movement, Hon. Bisi Kolawole, Adeyeye said it was an indisputable fact that the State Government posted on its website on October 17, 2012: “After 21 years of its dormancy, Ire Burnt Brick industry in Ire-Ekiti, was on Wednesday finally resuscitated and opened for operations. The State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who performed the official commissioning of the industry, described the revival as a promise kept
“This presidency is definitely dazed from its own failings, the collapse of the party that sired it and the opprobrium being poured on it daily by Nigerians who are grossly disappointed at its woeful performance and clear lack of direction