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INEC chairman, Zakari denies marrying Buhari’s son

Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Amina Zakari has denied marrying one of the sons of President Muhammadu Buhari. Zakari in an interview on Saturday debunked rumours that she is an in-law to Buhari, saying she is not married to any of Buhari’s son or any of...

APC ready to accommodate defectors

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has capacity to accommodate defectors from other poliical parties. This was disclosed by the FCT chapter chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdulma Usman, who allayed fears that the party may have to grapple with the unwholesome influences of some of the decampees. “No, the APC can...

PDP govs angry with NWC over NEC meeting

Governors and other Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders are angry over the refusal of the members of the party’s National Working Committee to call the meeting of its National Executive Committee since the party lost the general elections in April, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Their anger was said to have led...

Ekweremadu’s Committee to submit report to PDP September 23

The post-election assessment committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP headed by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has completed its assignment ready to submit the report to the Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, September , 2015. In a memo to the Acting National Chairman dated 17 th August and...

Siasia dumps PDP

The youngest governorship aspirant in Bayelsa state, Moses Siasia has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, regretting that young people have no future in the party. The 35 year-old Chairman of multi-billion naira business empire, Mosilo Group, in a statement, stressed that the leadership of the PDP in Bayelsa has...

PDP accuses Aregbesola of inflating contracts

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday accused Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of inflating so many of the contracts executed by his administration. The party, however, said it would not oppose any legitimate tax introduce by governor and told people to cooperate with government, only when...

PDP accuses Amaechi of stashing N80bn in American banks

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has alleged that former Governor Rotimi Amaechi stole N80 billion from the state coffers, and deposited them in different Swiss accounts. The party, in a statement on Friday by its chairman, Felix Obuah, claimed that the Bancorp Bank, Minnesota, United States, had...

Mass defection looms in Abia PDP

The crisis rocking the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has worsened, with more than 40,000 of its members set to dump the party for the All Progressives Congress over alleged bad leadership. The leader of a group known as ‘Concern Abians for Good Governance’, Chief...

Saraki’s loyalists beg Buhari

Some loyalists of Senate President  Bukola Saraki are beating a retreat in the lingering cold war with the All Progressives Congress (APC)  hierarchy  over the leadership  crisis  in the Senate. They  have already  reached out to President Muhammadu Buhari for the purpose of reconciling with him and, by extension, the party...

Moghalu denies ministerial ambition

The National Auditor of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief George Moghalu, has disassociated himself from groups engaging in media campaigns for him to be appointed a minister into the yet to be constituted President Muhammadu Buhari's led federal executive council. ‎In a statement issued in Abuja, the APC National...

Civil society endorses Wada for second term

A group of civil society organisations in Kogi state has endorsed the second term bid of Gov. Idris Wada. The gropu said the governor is the rightful candidate that will deliver the expected democratic dividends in the state. Speaking to journalists in Abuja, the leader of the 15 CSOs, Comrade Martins...

Ekiti APC would not need federal might to win the state-Ex-speaker

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State  has said it won’t rely on federal might to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2018 governorship election. A former Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly and a governorship aspirant under the party's platform, Femi Bamisile stated this on Friday. Bamisile, who...

Taraba tribunal admits 10 APC witnesses

The Taraba Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Friday admitted 10 APC party agents as witnesses on oath. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the party agents appeared as witnesses in a suit filed by the APC Governorship Candidate, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, who is seeking to nullify...

Ladoja closes case against Gov. Ajimobi

Senator Rashidi Ladoja, the governorship candidate of Accord Party in the April 11 poll in Oyo State, has called no fewer than 29 witnesses in supporting his petition before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ibadan, the state capital. Friday marked the last of the 10 days allotted to...

INEC commences procurement of materials for Kogi, Bayelsa polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the production and procurement of materials for the forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections. This was disclosed by the Acting Chairman of the commission, Mrs Amina Zakari, on Friday in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. She spoke during the opening of a one-day stakeholders’ forum...

Bayelsa APC chairman faults Oyegun over link to Buhari

Factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Perekeme Kpodo, has rejected the pronouncement by the national chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, that former Governor Timipre Sylva will be the only access to President Muhammadu Buhari for APC chieftains in the state. Kpodo noted that the...