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So also is the nomination of candidates for ministerial slots in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. But it has been different strokes for different folks with respect to the political class. While many are savouring the joy of victory, others are writhing in the agony of defeat. The latter is particularly the case with former governors who either lost their re-election ... Read More »

The cold war between the Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson and a former Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 16 election deepened on Wednesday. Dickson in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei, accused the former NDDC boss of circulating video ... Read More »

…PDP gets 21 chairs, 30 Deputy Chairs Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila The Speaker of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has named House committees and their Chairmen. Contrary to alleged promise to give opposition 60 committee slots, the PDP got 21 chairs, 30 Deputy Chairs In all, 109 committees have been named. This ends a long wait ... Read More »

Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has criticised the House of Representatives over its interference in the Edo State House of Assembly crisis. The state Assembly had been inaugurated in controversial circumstances on June 17 after nine out of 24 members-elect elected Frank Okiye as Speaker at 9 pm. The House of Representatives, acting on a motion moved by a member ... Read More »

Tribunal on Monday dismissed the petition challenging Atiku Bagudu’s election as Kebbi governor. Details shortly Read More »

THE war of words over the crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly continued yesterday, with former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun and his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, throwing darts at each other. Odigie-Oyegun, through his Public Affairs Adviser, Chief Ray Morphy, accused the APC National Chairman of turning himself into an agent of disruption, trying to ... Read More »

The Supreme Court has rejected a request for it to review its last judgment in which it voided the participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates in the last elections in Zamfara State. A five-man panel of the court, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, in a ruling on Monday morning, struck out an application marked: SC/377/2019 filed ... Read More »

A witness called on Friday by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar stated that it was possible to access electronic server and alter date stored in it without the authority of the owner. The witness, David Ayu Nyango Njoga who claimed to be an ICT expert from Kenya, said he was ... Read More »

..We are on rescue mission, says aspirant A founding father of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and immediate past Minister for Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, on Saturday endorsed the aspiration of Senator Heineken Lokpobiri to fly the flag of the party for the November governorship election in Bayelsa State. Ogbeh, who inaugurated the campaign office of the aspirant along the ... Read More »

…..Congratulates Oyetola The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2018 Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Friday stated that he has taken the judgement of the Supreme Court concerning the governorship election in the state in good faith. He appreciated the leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as the people of ... Read More »