The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected what it termed the the arm-twisting of the judiciary and the court by the All Progressives Congress to unconstitutionally halt the conclusion of collation of already declared results in the Bauchi State governorship election, which the party claimed it won.
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The kidnappers of a famous Islamic scholar and prominent reciter of the Holy Quran, Sheikh Ahmad Sulaiman, have demanded for a ransom of N300 million before his release.
The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has put a lie to the rumour going round that he is at present in Kano State and meddling in the elections there.
A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has said despite his decision to quit the Peoples Democratic Party and active politics, he has not abandoned the presidential candidate of the party for the February 23, 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar.
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC-Delta) says the judgement of the Asaba Federal High Court on his nomination as the candidate for Delta Central Senatorial District has no effect on his election victory.
Some details of the petition filed on Monday by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress emerged on Tuesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presided over routine national security meeting with service chiefs and heads of security agencies in attendance.
The Taraba Government on Tuesday lifted the curfew it imposed on Jalingo to forestall the escalation of the post-election violence that broke out soon after INEC announced the results of the governorship polls.
The South West Elders Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday urged its national leadership to commence the process of rebuilding the party for progress.
Governor Aminu Masari of Kastina State says he is meeting and strategising with security chiefs over the reoccurring incidents of kidnapping and banditry in the state.
Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, has enjoined the Independent National Electoral Commission, security agencies and other stakeholders to ensure that the forthcoming supplementary elections are transparent.
Yekini Nabena,a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress says the outgoing President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, is planning to hijack the 9th Senate by enthroning its leadership.
INEC had last week said it was going to go ahead with the counting of results from 17 local government areas of the state
A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has criticised a former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, for abandoning the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23, 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, after the loss of the election.
Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Tuesday said the governorship suplementary election shceduled for March 23 in Kano State would determine the credibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State, Austin Meregini, popularly known as Ugolee, says it will be bad if South Easterners are denied the position of Senate president in the 9th National Assembly.
A Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, Akin Oyebode, on Tuesday called for constitutional and electoral reforms to accommodate electronic voting and transmission of results.
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of six of its officers over incompetence.
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from going ahead to collate and announce the results of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended the collation of the governorship election in Bauchi State.