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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike on his victory in the just-concluded governorship election. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Wike polled 886,264 votes against his closest rival Awara Biokpomabo, governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), who polled 173,859 after a resumed collation of ballots of […]

Justice Oathman Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja, has nullified the nomination of Senator Ademola Adeleke as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State; and by extrapolation, his election as governor of Osun state. Delivering judgment in the suit yesterday, Justice Musa […]

The battle for supremacy over principal positions in the new legislature has now transcended politics and entered the realm of religion after the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) accused the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of “acrobatic religiosity” and setting a wrong precedent with its demand for a Christian Senate President or House Speaker in the […]

An angry President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday reprimanded legislators-elect of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), largely made up of Senators and House Representatives, over a perceived intra-party rebellion, as the battle intensifies over leadership positions in the 9th National Assembly, sources have told www.www.aso.rocks search engine. The APC has said the party’s decision on […]

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has taken an unassailable lead and is cruising home to victory in the resumed collation of the Rivers State governorship polls, having won 13 of the 15 local government areas (LGAs) so far collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the results released, the PDP has so […]

Boko Haram’s Islamic State-backed faction has claimed to have executed five Nigerian soldiers but security sources told AFP on Tuesday three of those killed were civilian militia members. The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) video, dated April 1 and said to have been filmed in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, was published online by the […]

The face-off between the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, and his high chiefs deepened on Tuesday with the first class monarch digging deep and insisting on his position that the members of the Olubadan-in-Council must remove their illegal crowns, or they will not be welcome in his palace. He is also asking the high […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to purge itself of “bad eggs and hypocrites”, who, according to him, lacked commitment to return the political group to its lost glory. The Egba high chief spoke when he received the party leaders from South West, led by the National Vice Chairman in […]

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu came under fire yesterday after he waded into the crisis rocking the party over the choice of the leadership of the 9th National Assembly with critics threatening to dare the party in the leadership tussle. Tinubu had at the weekend in Lagos asked elected […]

Justice Walter Onnoghen, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), on Monday opened his defence in the ongoing trial for alleged false assets declaration filed against him by the Federal Government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). At the resumed sitting of the case, a witness, Lawal Olarewaju-Busari, giving his testimony, told the tribunal […]

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has expressed confidence that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will issue a Certificate of Return to him as the Senator-elect for Imo West Senatorial District. Okorocha expressed this optimism while addressing State House Correspondents after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured Nigerians that he will put in all efforts to ensure the best for the country and her citizens when he begins a second term in office on May 29, 2019, while appreciating all those that voted him during the elections. Receiving the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council […]