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The Deputy Speaker House of Representatives and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Hon Emeka Ihedioha has rejected the result of the just concluded gubernatorial elections. Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Rochas Okorocha was on Sunday declared winner of the polls by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) At a press briefing on …

Ondo State Deputy governor, Alhaji Ali Olanusi was impeached Monday morning by the members of the state House of Assembly. The motion for his impeachment was moved by the majority leader Ifedayo Akinsoyinu from Ondo West 11 and seconded by Olatunji Dauro from Owo 11‎. In all, 22 of the 26 members of the Assembly supported his impeachment. The Speaker …

The supplementary election in 20 polling units in Ilejemeje State Constituency in Ekiti, was characterised  by  low voters’ turnout on Saturday .. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cancelled the state assembly election in the 20 polling units in the constituency due to violation of electoral law during the April 11 election. The commission later ordered supplementary elections in the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nigeria is holding supplementary governorship and House of Assembly elections in Abia, Imo, Taraba, Delta and Kogi States. INEC had deployed three National Commissioners and three Resident Electoral Commissioners to beef up the human capacity of the commission for the polls, assuring that the election will be peaceful, free and fair. Security has …

The Senate has asked the Executive arm of government to recall Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa following the spate of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals. The Senate also asked the Executive to file a suit at the International Criminal Court against the Zulu King, Goodwill Zwethilini, whose comments allegedly set off the xenophobic attacks in South …

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is meeting on Wednesday to resolve the issues outstanding from the zoning of principal office positions in the party. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party had last week, recommended that the NEC should meet to decide the zoning. Wednesdays’ talks of the party’s highest decision making body …

President Jonathan has sacked the Inspector General of Police Suleiman Abba. He has also appointed DIG Solomon Arase as Acting IGP with immediate effect, according to a tweet by Dr. Reuben Abati, the spokesperson of the president. IGP Suleiman Abba, NPM, NPOM, mni was the 17th Indigenous Inspector-General of Police and was appointed by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR. He …

The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation (PCO) and the Presidency on Sunday clashed over the composition of the transition committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan. While the APC PCO described the committee as trickish, the Presidency said it was senseless for anyone to complain about it. The Jonathan transition committee is expected to meet with the one to be constituted …

Arguably, President Goodluck Jonathan is a gentleman with conscience and passionate about Nigeria. But a school of thought believes that he is not the right person to govern the country going by the rugged political environment of Nigeria as the country is not for the lily liveried fathered for those with the thickness of the skin. This school of thought …

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Peoples Congress will meet this week to ratify the zoning of key posts in the National Assembly.The National Working Committee(NWC) of the party , which rose from a meeting in the early hours of Saturday, had zoned key offices like the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. But …