The commissioner listed the areas where elections were rescheduled as Ekwusigo, where violence erupted during the poll, Aguata 1, Uga ward, Anaocha 1and Anaocha 2 where manual accreditation was used without justification
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The faction rejected the entire list it said Chief Umeh submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, describing the list as made up of “discredited and disgruntled members of PDP who lost their various party primaries” a day before that of APGA in the state and “thus displacing authentic candidates” of their party who had laboured to build the party over the years
The adoption is coming few days after the Oyo State chapter of the Unity Party of NIGERIA also adopted Alao-Akala as its candidate
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that they were seen on Tuesday at Jonathan’s presidential campaign in Lafia displaying posters of different candidates contesting election in the parties
Otti gave the assurance on Wednesday while addressing members of the state working committee of the party, led by its National Vice-Chairman for the South East, Uchenna Okogbuo, in his Umuru-Umuehim Nvosi home in Isialangwa South
The party in a communique issued in Minna, the Niger State capital, after its inaugural meeting at the IBB Pen House, which was attended by 18 chairmen, led by its Chairman, Sardauna Yaro, who is also the APGA Chairman of Jigawa State, commended the stride of the party in Anambra State
Waxing philosophical, Hon. Ogene, who was cornered by newsmen in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Thursday, said: “According to the famed writer, Shakespeare, the world is a stage and we all are mere players
The Anambra State House of Assembly on Thursday passed a bill changing the name of the state-owned university at Uli to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University.
He said the party would not give automatic ticket to anyone apart from the National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, who would run for the Anambra Central Senatorial District seat
“APGA is repositioning its structures to take over the governorship seat of Lagos State,” Umeh-Nzekwe told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos
Akunyili, a former Minister of Information, and former Director General of NAFDAC, lost the battle to cancer in an Indian hospital on Saturday morning
Bello said that the APC-led administration in the state would continue to embark on more people-oriented projects
The primaries that produced the candidates were coming just as the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission for parties to end primaries expires on April 14
The government on March 13 dropped the nominees submitted by the Barrister Maxi Okwu leadership of the party pending the resolution of APGA’s protracted leadership crisis
The plaintiffs, Ugochukwu Ikegwuonu and Kenneth Moneke, had instituted the suit alleging that Obiano registered twice as a voter prior to his election
The Acting Chairman of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, Sylvester Okonkwo, announced the results in Awka on Sunday
Obi said the decision of APGA not to field a presidential candidate against Jonathan in 2015 was sequel to his neutral role in the Anambra State gubernatorial election
Justice Ahmed Mohammed, who presided, made the order after counsel to the plaintiffs, Ifeanyi Nrialike, brought the prayer through an ex-parte motion
“Prosecuting Obiano will also show that INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega was not just bluffing when he recently called for the establishment of an electoral offences tribunal before the 2015 general elections to help restore sanity to the country’s electoral process and deter people from committing electoral offences
He said the PDP was in the governorship race to take over the governance of the state, adding: “The message remains that voters should vote for PDP at the November 16 election”