Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has revealed that he had reported Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, claiming he has ties to banditry in the state. Governor Lawal made the disclosure on Tuesday, September 25. Lawal asserts that he has presented concrete evidence to both the NSA…
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced its decision to boycott the upcoming local government elections scheduled for October 5, 2024. The development comes after a stakeholders’ meeting at the PDP secretariat in Port Harcourt, where state party Chairman Aaron Chukwuemeka disclosed that the party will await the court verdict…
Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has revealed how he warned Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) about the consequences of not paying attention to his advice before the election. In a statement signed Tuesday by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele stated the opposition parties in…
The governorship of the Labour Party (LP) in last Saturday’s governorship election, Olumide Akpata on Monday thumbed down the exercise which he said was characterized by vote-buying allegedly by the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and insisted that he had a good show and was…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock villa. The meeting had in attendance Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; as well as other members of the Council. Below are…
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the results of the Edo State Governorship election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Acting National Chairman of the party Amb. Umar Damagum announced this at an ongoing media briefing in Abuja, on Monday. He insisted that the people of Edo State voted for…
A foremost non-govermental organisation, Yiaga Africa, that observed the 21 September Edo State governorship election, says the exercise failed its integrity test. Yiaga said this in a report it released on Monday and shared with P.M News. The report was jointly signed by Dr. Aisha Abdullahi, Yiaga’s Africa Chair of the 2024 Edo Election Mission,…
President Bola Tinubu has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conducting what he termed a successful, peaceful, and largely hitch-free governorship election in Edo State. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu congratulated Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, on his…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the Saturday governorship election in Edo State. The APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo, was declared winner by the Returning Officer, the Vice-chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta. Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat his arch rival, Asue Ighodalo of the…
Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State governorship election, has described the election as potentially the worst in Nigeria’s history, citing numerous alleged irregularities. Speaking during a live press conference on Sunday, organised by the Edo PDP National Campaign Council and led by Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri,…