Edo State APC rejects Edo governorship election results

All Progressives Congress (APC) Edo State chapter has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s Edo Governorship poll, in which incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki was declared winner. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the APC Media Campaign Council, Mr. John Mayaki, rejecting the result on Sunday, the APC alleged foul play in election, but called […]

Continue Reading

Dino Melaye mocks Oshiomhole in new song, as Obaseki wins (Video)

Former senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district at Nigeria’s National Assembly, Dino Melaye has taken a dig at former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole over the defeat his party suffered in the Edo Governorship election. We earlier on reported that Governor Obaseki defeated his nearest contender, Pastor Osage Ize-Iyamu to […]

Continue Reading

Akande, Tinubu in Ondo for Akeredolu’s reelection flag-off rally (Photos)

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains including former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; and former Osun State Governor and ex-APC interim national chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, on Saturday, arrived in Akure, the Ondo State capital, for the flag-off rally of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu re-election campaign. Gov. Akeredolu is seeking a reelection to office on the […]

Continue Reading

PDP claims APC’s conducted poll gives Obaseki victory

Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart have disagreed over the results of an opinion poll reportedly conducted by the latter. The Publicity Secretary of Edo state PDP, Chris Nehikhare, at a press conference in Benin, on Sunday claimed that an opinion poll conducted by the […]

Continue Reading

Mimiko receives Ondo dep gov, gives reasons why he won’t reply gov Akeredolu now

Former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, says he will not respond to the various allegations leveled against him by the incumbent, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, until the governorship campaigns begin. Mimiko said this on Sunday in Ondo town when he hosted the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, at his residence. Ajayi had defected to the Zenith […]

Continue Reading

Nigerian pastor organizes prayer session for Donald Trump’s re-election

A pastor in Imo state has organized a special prayer session to pray for Donald Trump’s re-election as the president of the United States of America. A flier for the program was shared online as the church invited people to join in the prayer session. “International service of prayer for president Donald Trump and his […]

Continue Reading

Why will Naira Marley be tried for violating COVID-19 protocols while Edo campaign rallies allowed? –Shehu Sani

Former Nigerian Senator, comrade Shehu Sani took to his Twitter handle this morning to tackle the NCDC and the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 after photos of the APC governorship campaign rally in Edo state which held on Saturday, August 8, surfaced online. The photos showed the venue was jam-packed with the attendees not obeying the […]

Continue Reading

Orbih warns Tinubu to desist from interfering in Edo politics

National Vice Chairman, South-South, of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Dan Orbih, says the All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, is behind the political instability rocking the Edo State House of Assembly. At a Press conference on Saturday in response to allegations made by Tinubu against governor Godwin Obaseki, the PDP candidate in the September […]

Continue Reading

Oshiomhole personalises, usurps Ize-Iyamu’s campaign –APC Govs’ forum DG says

In a statement titled ‘Progressive Politics – Which Way, APC?’ released by its Director General, Dr Salihu Lukeman, the umbrella body of all APC governors, raised the alarm over what it described as the diminishing electoral value of the All Progressives Congress. Progressives Governors’ Forum, on Friday, accused a former National Chairman of the All […]

Continue Reading

Ex-Nigerian Speaker, Dogara dumps PDP, back to APC

Ex-Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and returned to his former party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). An aide to the former speaker confirmed the development to newsmen on Friday. Also announcing the development to State House correspondents on Friday, the chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary […]

Continue Reading

Four aspirants step down for Akeredolu in Ondo APC primary

Reports coming in say that four out of the 12 aspirants that were cleared to contest Monday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, have stepped down for Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The four aspirants who have stepped down for the governor are, Mr Ife Oyedele, Mr Olusegun Abraham, Dr Nathaniel Adojutelegan […]

Continue Reading

Melaye composes new song on the suspended EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu (Video)

Former Nigerian Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district, Dino Melaye, as usual, has released a new song to mock the suspended EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu. Earlier on Tuesday, Magu was suspended by the presidency to allow him face the probe into the allegations of corruption leveled against him by the Minister of Justice and Attorney […]

Continue Reading

You are a barefaced treasury looter ―PDP replies Ganduje

In a statement released by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan this evening, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national campaign council for the Edo governorship election, gov Abdullahi Gandoje as a barefaced treasury looter who has no moral rectitude to speak on corruption. The party said it is a huge […]

Continue Reading

Akeredolu didn’t win 2016 Ondo gov’ship election ―Abegunde, ex-SSG

The just resigned Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Mr. Ifedayo Abegunde, on Monday said the Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, didn’t win the election in 2016 but that some of them made it possible for him to become governor. He also said he had to resign from the Akeredolu-led government following the ill-treatment meted out to […]

Continue Reading

Buhari is an accidental President ―Fayose replies Femi Adesina

Immediate past governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has described Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari as an ‘Accidental President’ over recent comments made by his spokesman, Femi Adesina. Adesina recently disclosed that President Buhari could have chosen to deal with Fayose and Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike if he wanted to. Responding to the Adesina’s […]

Continue Reading

Ondo dep gov tells Akeredolu to hand over power to him

The deputy governor of Ondo state, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, who recently joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked governor Rotimi Akeredolu to hand over power to him while the governor is self isolating. In a statement released after Ondo commissioner for information, Donald Ojogho said the governor will never allow his Deputy take control of the state, […]

Continue Reading