Category: Politics

Edo election tribunal begins hearing Jan. 11, says no limit on number of witnesses 0

Edo election tribunal begins hearing Jan. 11, says no limit on number of witnesses

Agency Report ​The Edo Election Petition Tribunal has said it will not limit parties on the number of witnesses to call in the petition filed...

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Gambian Security Forces Takes Over Electoral Commission, as Buhari, AU Leaders Met with Jammeh

​The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s president refuses to accept his loss...

Buhari, W-African leaders in The Gambia to pressure on Jammeh to step down 0

Buhari, W-African leaders in The Gambia to pressure on Jammeh to step down

​President Muhammadu Buhari and other West African leaders will travel to The Gambia tomorrow in a bid to end the political crisis in the tiny...

Ben Bruce: I will fight Buhari in 2019 0

Ben Bruce: I will fight Buhari in 2019

​Ben Murray-Bruce, the senator representing Bayelsa East senatorial district at the national assembly, says he will fight President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 although the president currently...

President rejects election result — a week after accepting defeat 0

President rejects election result — a week after accepting defeat

​Yahya Jammeh, President of Gambia, has rejected the outcome of the December 1 presidential elections and has called for fresh polls. He made the announcement Friday...

BUHARI CALLS FOR PEACEFUL POLLS IN RIVERS …As Defiant Amina Zakari Vows Not to Obey Court Order on Tai Local Govt 0

BUHARI CALLS FOR PEACEFUL POLLS IN RIVERS …As Defiant Amina Zakari Vows Not to Obey Court Order on Tai Local Govt

​By Agency Report She says  the FHC has no powers to direct INEC  to conduct rerun elections in Tai  *PDP  raises alarm over plot by...

Hold el-Rufai responsible for whatever happens to me – Shehu Sani 0

Hold el-Rufai responsible for whatever happens to me – Shehu Sani

​The lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani, has said the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, should be held responsible for...

Hoodlums Attack Shehu Sani Constituency Office, Snatch Phones  0

Hoodlums Attack Shehu Sani Constituency Office, Snatch Phones 

​Following the polical war that ensued between the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Senator representing Kaduna Central in the upper chamber of National Assembly, Shehu...

Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh concedes defeat 0

Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh concedes defeat

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has conceded defeat to the opposition, the chairman of the electoral commission said Friday, bringing a dramatic end to his 22...

acknowledge Tinubu in my acceptance speech – Ondo governor-elect, Akeredolu 0

acknowledge Tinubu in my acceptance speech – Ondo governor-elect, Akeredolu

​The Ondo State governor-elect, Rotimi Akeredolu has explained why he failed to thank the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu in his acceptance speech on...