Politics

. The Kogi State Electoral Commission has held it first maiden pre- Election meeting with stakeholders to sensitise them ahead of Council election This was contained in a press statement signed by Chogudo Yakubu Musa,Media and Publicity of the commission and made available to newsmen in Lokoja Wednesday. The meeting which was presided over by…

A billboard bearing the picture of President Muhammadu Buhari and the logo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been burnt by protesters in Yantumaki town, Danmusa local government area of Katsina state. Buhari is a native of Katsina. On Tuesday morning, residents of the town protested against the attacks and killings by bandits. This…

June 8, 2020 0 By Teresa Chigozirim Okoro Introduction: With the outbreak of COVID19 it is important that INEC, security services and stakeholders make sensible and well-informed decisions regarding how or whether to hold Ondo & Edo State Governorship elections with the following key considerations in policing elections under the pandemic. First, security has remained…

The son of former vice president and PDP,Presidential candidate in 2019 presidential election,Adamu Atiku has declared that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will contest for Nigeria’s presidency come 2023. Adamu Atiku-Abubakar, son of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 Presidential election, has disclosed that his father will contest for Nigeria’s Presidency…

 The letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari by the former Military Governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Umar (rtd.), on the lopsided appointments made by his administration has gained the attention of a group, Campaign for Equity, who has hitherto have been calling the President to order through various publications. Umar had warned Buhari not…

—Inside details of what Oshiomhole discussed with 7 APC govs IF Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State joined seven of his colleagues to meet the National Working Committee, NWC of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday, it would have gone a long way to end the feud between him and APC National Chairman, Comrade…

Edo Guber Election ; Oshiomhole approves direct primaries for Edo election  The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, says the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) has approved direct primaries for the Edo governorship poll.Oshiomhole said this on Monday at a news conference shorty after meeting with APC Governors Forum led by Gov….

The National publicity of people’s Demoatic Party(PDP) Kola Ologbondiyan has asked Gov. Yahaya Bello to apologise to the people of Kogi State for misleading them on COVID-19. Ologbondiyan, in a statement, while reacting to the declaration of lockdown in Kabba Bunu LGA of the state following an alledged index case, said the governor needs to…

Prof Ango Abdullahi Professor Ango Abdullahi is a former minister and former Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. He is now the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF). In this interview with Daily Trust Saturday, he has, among others, blamed what he called incompetent and selfish appointees/associates for the “failure” of…

A non governmental organization, Nigeria Integrity Movement, has called for transparency in the constitution of membership of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Appeal Panel. The group made the appealed in a letter to the Acting President of Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Monica B. Dongban-Mensem, asked for transparency and sense of justice in constituting…