The recently conducted Local Government Elections in Rivers State have continued to raise a lot of controversies and reactions among Nigerians, groups and political parties. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, went on with the election despite widespread vehement opposition from notable Nigerians and stakeholders who believed it not only violates…
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has ruled out the possibility of aligning with the political structure of President Bola Tinubu to enable him to become the governor of Lagos State. Rhodes-Vivour said it would be a complete waste of time for him to do. Asked whether he saw himself…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has affirmed the Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) as the authentic leadership of the party. This was contained in a correspondence by the Commission to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Police, which had requested the names…
The Labour Party (LP) has alleged a plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to hijack its structures ahead of the 2027 general election. The party’s interim national publicity secretary, Tony Akeni, said intelligence reaching the party shows that APC is positioning its moles to infiltrate LP’s ward, local government, state, zonal and national…
Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, says he would not delete his post on President Bola Tinubu despite a request to do so by the Department of State Services (DSS) to X (formerly Twitter). In a post on Sunday, Sowore said X officially notified him of the request from the DSS. His words: “This morning,…
Immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has dismissed reports suggesting that he plans to defect to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Ganduje described the reports as fake news, stressing that he remains a loyal member of the ruling party. The former Kano State governor, who became APC’s National Chairman…
Ahead of the 2027 presidential election in Nigeria, Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, TSG, Umar Tanko Yakasai, has said no politician has the wherewithal to convince Nigerians not to vote for President Bola Tinubu. This is as the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Said Ahmed, has said that there is no vacancy…
Former Anambra State governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he will be stepping back briefly from public engagements following medical advice. Obi made the disclosure in a statement posted on his official X handle on Saturday, explaining that he began feeling unwell while attending an event in Enugu. “Earlier in Enugu,…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has appointed Oluwatosin Adejumo, a puff-puff seller, as a chef at the state’s Government House and offered her a scholarship for further studies. The governor made the announcement in a post on his official X handle on Friday, describing Adejumo as “the puff-puff seller turned Government House chef.” Adejumo,…
The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has announced the expulsion of House of Representatives member representing Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency of the State, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, from the party. NNPP accused Jibrin of anti-party activities and failure to meet his financial obligations to the party. The Kano State chairman of NNPP,…
