N96bn fraud: Supreme Court dismisses Amaechi’s appeal against probe
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, against the decision by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to set up a panel to probe the latter’s eight-year tenure as governor of the state. Amaechi, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was the governor of Rivers State between 2007 and 2015. Governor...
Abaribe dumps PDP, resigns as Senate Minority Leader
Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Abaribe, who was a PDP governorship aspirant before announcing his withdrawal from the gubernatorial primaries on Tuesday, also resigned as the Senate Minority Leader. He made his decision known via separate letters to the ward chairman of PDP in the Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State and the...
Ex-Chief of Air Staff clinches Bauchi APC guber ticket
The immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has been elected the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State. He served as Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff from July 13, 2015, to January 26, 2021. Abubakar, in the gubernatorial primaries held in Bauchi on Thursday, polled 370 votes to defeat four other aspirants. READ ALSO: Female...
2023: INEC to meet parties over primaries
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Friday (today) hold a crucial meeting with the leadership of the 18 registered political parties under the auspices of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC). It was gathered that the meeting has been scheduled to hold at the INEC Headquarters in Abuja at 3.30pm The meeting, it was learnt, would dwell on the ongoing...
Female senator defeats ex-gov Bindow, Ribadu in Adamawa
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Aishatu Binani, has emerged the winner of the party’s gubernatorial primaries in the state. Binani, a senator representing Adamawa Central, defeated a former governor of Adamawa State, Jibrilla Bindow, to clinch the APC governorship ticket. Among the aspirants was also a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
Ex-INEC REC emerges Plateau APC guber candidate
A former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benue State, Dr. Yilwatda Nentawe, has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Mr. Habu Ajiya, who announced the result said that Nentawe scored 803 votes to defeat three other aspirants in the governorship primary...
Jigawa deputy governor emerges APC guber candidate
The deputy governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has emerged as the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 governorship election in the state. Namadi polled 1, 220 votes to clinch the APC gubernatorial ticket defeating his main contender, Sabo Nakudu, who garnered106 votes. The Special Assistant to Jigawa State Governor, Auwal Sankara, in a statement on...
Uba Sani is APC governorship flagbearer in Kaduna
Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State. Sani defeated two other aspirants to emerge as the APC flagbearer for the 2023 election in Kaduna State. Ahead of the Thursday’s primaries, the federal lawmaker was endorsed as the consensus candidate of Governor...
Abe berates Rivers APC guber primaries, vows to pursue ambition
An All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant in Rivers State, Sen. Magnus Abe, has berated the conduct of the party’s governorship primaries in the state, saying it “clearly does not meet that standard”. This is just as Abe said he has not dropped his ambition even as he did not participate in the APC’s governorship primaries held in Port Harcourt, the...
Kano deputy gov wins APC guber ticket as Sha’aban rejects outcome
Kano State Deputy Governor, Nasir Gawuna, has emerged the winner of the gubernatorial primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeating his sole challenger, Sha'aban Sharada. Announcing the result, the chairman of the APC primary election committee, Senator Tijjani Kaura, declared Gawuna as the winner having polled 2289 votes against Sharada's thirty votes in the primaries. It would be recalled...
