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December 4, 2020 No Responses

Court Sacks Araraume As APC Candidate For Imo Senatorial Bye-Election

Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri in Imo State has sacked Sen. Ifeanyi Araraume as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Imo North senatorial bye-election slated for December 5, 2020.. Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam read the judgement unanimously...

December 2, 2020 No Responses

PDP Withdraws From LG Election In Kano

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State will not participate in the forthcoming Local Government election in the state scheduled for January 2021. Alhaji Danladi Kagara, the PDP caretaker Chairman in the State, disclosed their decision while bri...

November 23, 2020 No Responses

PDP Dismisses Purported Suspension Of Egwu, 23 Others

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed publications suggesting that some of its key leaders in Ebonyi State, including former Governor of the state, Sen. Sam Egwu and 23 other were suspended from the party. PDP in a statement issued by its....

November 18, 2020 No Responses

PDP Dissolves Ebonyi Exco, S/East Zonal Caretaker Committee

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the Ward, Local Government and State Executive Committees of the Ebonyi state chapter of the party forthwith. The NWC in a statement issued b...

November 9, 2020 No Responses

PDP Congratulates U.S. President-Elect, Joe Biden

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the United States President-elect, Joe Biden, on his successful election as the 46th President of the United States. The party congratulated Biden in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, M...

November 5, 2020 No Responses

INEC To Deploy Electronic Voting Machines For 2021 Anambra Guber Election

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday said the commission will introduce electronic voting in 2021 Anambra Governorship election. Yakubu made this known in an interview with journalists on the sid...

November 4, 2020 No Responses

US Election: Republicans, Democrats Battle For Control Of Congress

As well as the White House, Democrats and Republicans are in a crucial race for control of Congress. In the Senate, Democratic former governor John Hickenlooper has taken Colorado’s seat from the Republican incumbent Cory Gardner. Republican Senate Major...

November 2, 2020 No Responses

Nine Nigerians Contesting In Tuesday’s U.S. Elections

From top left to bottm right: Oye Owolewa, Yomi Faparusi, Yinka Faleti, Paul Akinjo, Adewunmi Kuforiji, Esther Agbaje, April Ademiluyi, Ngozi Akubuike and Benjamin Osemenam. No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general e...

October 31, 2020 No Responses

Edo Governorship Tribunal Resumes

The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Friday, commenced sitting in Benin on the petitions filed by political parties challenging the declaration of Governor Godwin Obaseki as the winner of the September 19 governorship poll in the state.Obase...

October 27, 2020 No Responses

PDP Faults Sanwo-Olu’s Projection Of N1tri To Restore Destroyed Properties, Businesses

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, on Monday faulted Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s alleged claim that it will take N1 trillion to restore all properties and facilities destroyed by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests i...