The governorship candidates of three political parties in Rivers have called for the cancellation of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The candidates are Dr. Dakuku Peterside of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Charles Harry, All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and Rev. Minaibim Harry of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The […]
Gubernatorial and House of Assembly election in Ibadan the capital of Oyo state witness a low turnout in Ibadan on saturday In most of the polling centre there was about 40 percent drop in the number of people who participated in the election. The Public Relation officer of the peoples democratic Party PDP […]
The youths of Ado/Odo local government area of Ogun State has condemned the candidature of Social Democratic Party candidate of the state, Sen. Akin Odunsi. The president of the youth coalition, Omooba Damilare Oloyede stated that, the People Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka is the choice of the teeming youths of […]
In their bid in ensuring peace and stability before, during and after the Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Oyo state, political parties and politicians contesting the elections have signed a peace accord. The ceremony which took place at the instance of the state commissioner of Police, Muhammad Katsina, at the command’s headquarters […]
The Presidential and National Assembly elections in Oyo State in which the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari and the party swept the polls has sent the losers going back to the drawing board. During the election, the party’s Senate and House of Representatives candidates also came tops with the party […]
As the Christian residents of Oyo State join their counterparts across the globe to celebrate the annual Easter festival, they have been charged to let the reason and the purpose for which Jesus Christ came to the world, died and resurrected reflect in their relation with one another. This charge was made yesterday by the […]
The Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola has described the victory recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday election as a fulfilment of the vision of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. This was just as Aregbesola described the outcome of the poll as a watershed in the annals of democratic elections […]
The Oyo State Social Democratic Party, SDP candidate in the coming governorship election, Engr. Seyi Makinde has reaffirmed his resolve to contest the election under the platform of his party. Engr. Makinde, reacting to leaflets in circulation in parts of Ibadan that he would work with the incumbent governor Abiola Ajimobi, said it was […]
A civil society group, Face-Pam, has called for the extension of Professor Attahiru Jega’s tenure as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Its Project Coordinator, Mr. Mathias Yake, speaking on Tuesday at a town hall meeting with electoral stakeholders in Yola, Adamawa State, said that Jega, deserved a tenure extension for bringing […]
A few days to the general election, the Arewa Youth Forum in Ogun State said it had thrown its weight behind the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Akin Odunsi, and all the candidates of the party in the state, in the coming general elections. The forum vowed not to support the […]
The Oyo state Social Democratic party, SDP, governorship candidate. Engr. Seyi. Makinde, has offered to underwrite the medical bill of the 14-year old SS1 student of his Alma Mata, Bishop Phillips Academy High School, Ibadan, Iyanu Dahunsi, who was brutalised by the secretary of the school principal and now receiving treatment at the University […]
Elder statesman and National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae pulled no punches on Sunday while reacting to a statement credited to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari that last year’s national conference was a waste of time and money. The statement, according […]