Rep. Aliyu Betara (APC-Borno) has officially declared his intention to run for the office of the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, ahead of the June 5 inauguration. Betara accused Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of sponsoring an unpopular candidate to succeed him. Betara, the incumbent Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, spoke...
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, one of the frontrunners for the position of the Speaker, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi has vowed to reform the lower chamber to meet the expectations of Nigerians. He said the ability of the House of Representatives to effectively meet the expectations of...
President-elect Bola Tinubu says he is ready for the responsibilities attached to being Nigeria’s number one citizen. Tinubu said this shortly after returning to the country after about a month in Paris, France. While abroad, there were reports that he was undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment. But addressing his supporters who...
Atiku Abubakar has lauded Umaru Fintiri’s re-election as the Governor of Adamawa State, describing it as a win for democracy. Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was earlier declared the winner by an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) even before the collation of results...
Salutes Nigerians, Electoral Observers, Media, Others The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes the victory of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in the Adamawa State Governorship election as a momentous triumph for democracy and the Will of the people of Adamawa State over tyranny and desperate manipulative forces which sought to...
A former Senator who represented Kogi West in National Assembly, Dino Melaye has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the Kogi State Governorship Election scheduled for November 11, 2023. Dino polled 313 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jabiru Usman who polled 127 votes. The chairman, PDP primary Election...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the arrest of the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari. PDP in a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, said the declaration of Aisha Binani as winner of the Adamawa State Governorship election while the collation was ongoing,...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has called the attention of Nigerians to what he terms the “game plan of upturning the democratic wishes of the people of Adamawa State” in the governorship election in the State. Atiku, in a...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has been declared the winner of the Sokoto South senatorial district election. Tambuwal, a two term governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerged winner with a total number of 100,860 votes. With a vote margin of 4,976, he defeated his closest rival...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, has said that the governor-elect of the State, Abba Kabir Yusuf​​​, of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) scored only 178,374 votes in the just-concluded governorship election in the state and shouldn’t have been declared the winner. The Independent National Electoral Commission...