by Ranti Joseph The election results released by INEC in Plateau State gubernatorial election has showed the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Simon Lalong as winner. He polled a total of 564, 913 to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Gyang Pwajok who scored 520, 627 votes. The results which was announced in the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate Abubakar Sani Bello has been declared the winner of the 2015 governorship election in Niger State. Declaring Abubakar Bello as the winner in the results announced about 3:40 am on Monday, the Chief Returning Officer, Abdulganiyu Ambali, said Bello scored 593, 702 votes to defeat... Read More
by Ranti Joseph Borno state governor Kashim Shettima of the All Progressive (APC) has maintain a steady lead in the 16 local government areas so far declared by INEC. The remaining 11 local government are still been awaited at the collation centre at the INEC state headquarter in Maiduguri. Results brought from 16 local governments... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje, has called the All Progress Congress (APC) candidate Akinwunmi Ambode, to congratulate him on his victory at the Lagos governorship election. He called Ambode at 6.58pm, prayed for him and said he was looking forward to a more prosperous Lagos. He also... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the state constituency election in Kaltungo West, Shongom and Billiri, Dukku in Gombe state. Announcing the results in Kaltungo, Abdullahi Mohammed, the Returning Officer for Kaltungo West, in Katungo on Sunday said that Adamu Ayuba of PDP emerged the winner with 10,754 votes. He said that... Read More
by Ranti Joseph Well, it seems all didn’t go well in Ondo state elections as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state has cancelled the House of Assembly election in parts of Ilaje, Ugbo and other parts of the state where polls were disrupted on Saturday. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Olusegun Agbaje, gave... Read More
by Ranti Joseph Doing the devil’s work doesn’t really pay after all… hoodlums snatching ballot boxes met their death while trying to escape. No fewer than three persons are dead and scores wounded in a ghastly motor accident in Imo State Saturday as elections were going on across the state. The incident happened at Okwele... Read More
by Ranti Joseph Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Joseph Mbu has said that vehicular movement restriction in Lagos State may be extended from 6p.m. to 8p.m. at the governorship and House of Assembly polls. Mbu, who is in-charge of Zone 2 comprising Lagos and Ogun States, told newsmen on Saturday when he visited Akin Orebiyi, the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph According to Premium Times, a Channels TV cameraman has beaten up by political thugs. The cameraman, Maurice Bassey was reportedly ruffled up at the Rumumasi area in Obio/Akpor LGA by thugs. Bassey was left with bruises from the attack. See below tweets about the incident: Soldiers currently beating up @channelstv Reporters in Rumuomasi... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The home of Commissioner for Women Affairs in Rivers state, Joeba West was reportedly set ablaze in Buguma, River state. Similarly, the INEC registration area centre (RAC) in Kalabari National College (KNC) Buguma was also set on fire. A Police patrol vehicle was also burnt in Buguma.
by Ranti Joseph The Nigerian presidency has ordered the immediate redeployment of Tunde Ogunsakin, an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, out of Rivers state, for allegedly failing to cooperate with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Nigeria Police had on Thursday deployed senior police officers to oversee governorship and state assembly elections in states... Read More
by Ranti Joseph About 50 heavily armed soldiers mounted a blockade around the family residence of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nyesom Wike as early as 6am today. Vehicles were thoroughly searched before being allowed to drive through Wipey Junction, a busy intersection close to the family residence. At about 6:40 am the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The Adamawa State Police Command has imposed dusk to dawn curfew on the State as from Sunday, 12 of April 2015. But the All Progressives Congress (APC) has through a statement by its spokesman, Lai Mohammed, directed its members to defy the curfew and move freely to vote as well as protect... Read More
Preparatory to Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Nigeria police on Friday vowed to arrest any political office holder who arrives polling centres with armed security personnel. Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Training and Development, Mr. Olufemi Adenaike told reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital while speaking on the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph Ndigbo residents in Lagos said despite the unfortunate statement by Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Igbo in the state, they have forgiven the traditional ruler in good faith. They said that the statement was not enough to make them change their minds about voting for continuity of the present administration in... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The Ijaw Youths Congress (IYC) has handed out a 7-point agenda to the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), identifying critical areas that the new government must address when he takes over power, for ex-militants not to resume their activities in the creeks. Addressing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja,... Read More
by Ranti Joseph Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that the first lady, Patience Jonathan, has been putting pressure on INEC’s resident electoral commissioner in the state, Gesila Khan, to rig Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Amaechi, who made the allegation while speaking at... Read More
Akpabio has no time to indulge in bribery. Leadership We hear PDP plans to rig polls in Edo, Yobe, Kaduna, APC wants us to know. ThisDay Amaechi has something to say to his people. Vanguard Agbaje has a message for Igbos. Punch Amaechi knows it all, Patience Jonathan wants to rig polls with INEC. Leadership... Read More
Mu’azu says Agbaje’s popularity threatens APC and their supporters. Vanguard Olunloyo’s daughter explains why she defected to APC in Oyo. Nation #SoTrueSoFalse: Obasanjo secretly meeting Elechi? Punch INEC is not playing in this elections. Leadership PDP is not happy with Buhari’s silence to national issues. Punch Mu’azu has no problem eating the humble pie. Vanguard... Read More
The Ekiti Justice Forum has urged Governor Ayodele Fayose to respond to the impeachment notice served on him by the 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers with maturity and all sense of responsibility instead of creating tension. The forum also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the House of Assembly election in the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has implored the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to make a public declaration of his asset soon after his inauguration on May 29. SERAP, in a statement by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, on Thursday, lamented the fate of the country in the face of institutional corruption, saying... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have written the State Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, to set up a panel to investigate allegations raised in the impeachment notice against Governor Ayodele Fayose. The lawmakers reached the resolution at a special sitting presided over by... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted the security agencies on the plans being made Governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Mimiko to disrupt Saturday’s Governorship/House of Assembly elections in the entire South-West by instigating widespread violence. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, said he had information that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state is plotting with security agencies postpone Saturday’s election in the state. Wike, who made the comment at a peace meeting between him and the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The Director of Defence Information, Chris Olukolade, said the military was in the final phase of wiping out terrorists from the North-East. Olukolade on Thursday said this at the just concluded media tour to Gwoza and other operational areas in the North-East. “The tour is even beyond Gwoza and while we were... Read More
by Ranti Joseph Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole has urged the people of the state not to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in order not to go back to the dark days of under development, poverty and unemployment. Oshiomhole who said this at a rally in Uromi, on Wednesday, said “Let me... Read More
by Ranti Joseph Oronto Douglas, President Goodluck Jonathan’s special adviser on Research, Documentation and Strategy died in the wee hours of Thursday after a long battle with cancer related illness. Here are the 10 things you should know about him: Douglas was one of Nigeria’s leading environmental human right lawyer. He is the director... Read More
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