Politics

PDP’S BELOVED DAN-ANIKE WINS ENUGU EAST LGA CHAIRMANSHIP ELECTION Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) chairmanship candidate in Enugu East LGA, Engr. Pastor Beloved-Dan Anike, has been declared the winner of the September 21, 2024, Local Council Elections. Announcing the results of the election in the early hours of Sunday, September 22, the returning officer, Dr. Nelson Ike Ossai, stated that …

HOW POLICE DIG WALKED OUT GOV OBASEKI OUT OF INEC OFFICE IN BENIN CITY Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Edo election, Frank Mba, was probably enraged by the visit of Governor Godwin Obaseki to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin, on Sunday morning. Accompanied by his security aides, Obaseki had walked into INEC …

EDO 2024: ETSAKO POLLING UNIT: 213 ACCREDITED – 213; APC SCORED – 352! A result sheet purportedly from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Etsako Polling Unit in Edo State reveals that the All Progressives Congress (APC) garnered 352 votes, despite having only 213 accredited voters. This incident casts doubts on the credibility of the ongoing governorship election in …

EDO VOTERS WERE INDUCED WITH BREAD – CSOS A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCSSR), says it observed “widespread instances of blatant vote buying and selling across several polling units” in the ongoing Edo State Governorship election. “Situation Room observers reported widespread instances of blatant vote buying and selling across several polling units, …

LP CANDIDATE, AKPATA, OUT OF EDO GUBER RACE The results from the INEC Viewing Portal (iRev) indicated the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo Olumide Akpata is out of the race. Akpata lost his polling unit to his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Asue Ighodalo. According to results declared at his Polling Unit 11, Ward 6, Oredo …

EDO 2024: APC IN EARLY LEAD, PROJECTED TO WIN 13 LGAS In what is shaping up to be a historic victory, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the verge of a decisive win in the Edo State Gubernatorial Election. Early projections show that the APC has secured a commanding lead, winning in 13 out of the 18 Local Government …

HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER, NNAJI, COMMENDS ENSIEC FOR ORGANISING FREE, FAIR ELECTION.A member of the House of Representatives representing Nkanu East and Nkanu West Federal Constituency, Rt Hon Nnolim Nnajji, has applauded the Enugu state Independent Electoral Commission ( ENSIEC) for organising what he described as free, fair and credible Local Government elections. Addressing journalists shortly after casting his vote …

ENUGU LG ELECTION MOST PEACEFUL – GOV MBAH Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State says the local government polls in the state remains the most peaceful in recent times. Mbah said this on Saturday shortly after casting his vote at polling unit 007 Mbaguzo Ashishi Owo in Nkanu East Local Government Area. The accreditation and voting commenced at about 12 …

ENUGU LG ELECTION: PDP LEADS IN ENUGU NORTH LGA The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is comfortably leading in Enugu North Local Government Area as the vote counting approaches its conclusion. With voting now completed and counting nearly finished, the PDP is maintaining a strong lead across all 13 wards in both the chairmanship and councilorship elections in Enugu North LGA. …

BABANGIDA, ABACHA, BUHARI, TINUBU: SAME FATHER, DIFFERENT MOTHERS – RAMATU YUSUFWith the exception of Abacha, these rulers oversaw the legalised plundering of Nigeria’s commonwealth in the guise of ‘privatisation’. They also handed over the country to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB). In fact, Obasanjo and Babangida dressed these Western financial institutions in colourful Nigerian attires, and …