The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) has elected 74-year old Prof. Bankole Adelaja-Okuwa as its new National Chairman. The National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Sokoto, confirmed this to Newsmen on Tuesday. Sokoto explained that Adelaja-Okuwa was elected by delegates to UPN’s first
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Former minister of state for defense, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has thanked Senate President, David Mark, for his role in his confirmation as minister on Wednesday. Obanikoro, was confirmed by the Senate as minister on Wednesday after a series of disagreements by senators of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) which had rejected his nomination […]
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi do not have moral rights to oppose any move to remove the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega. Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has sounded an alarm over what it described as the “seemingly-targeted killing of its members and supporters in Rivers as this month’s general elections draw nearer.” The opposition party also wondered if those who are bent on suppressing the opposition at all costs have finally unleashed their killer snipers. […]
The negative perception of stakeholders and eligible voters in Nigeria over the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) new technology innovation known as Card-Reader is gradually changing following the recent conduct of the Mock accreditation exercise last Saturday in 12 states of the Federation. Bauchi is among the 12 states. The National Commissioner in
