APC, Ogun State A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Comrade Tunde Oladunjoye, has urged Lagos East Senatorial District voters to choose wisely by voting for party’s candidate, Tokunbo Abiru, in the by-election slated for Saturday. Speaking to reporters at the Ikorodu, during a solidarity visit to the office of Tokunbo … Read more
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the security challenges in the country. NEF’s spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who stated this on Wednesday while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, argued that President Buhari has failed as the Commander-in-Chief and should therefore resign. “We are exercising our democratic … Read more
Bukola Saraki, Nigeria Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said that the survival of the country is more important than individual ambitions. Saraki stated this, yesterday, in Abuja, while speaking at the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation and Strategic Committee. The former Senate President stated … Read more
A former deputy governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Wakkala, who made the declaration on Wednesday while briefing journalists in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, was deputy governor under the administration of Former Governor Abdulaziz Yari. Read also: Two Reps … Read more
Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has sacked most of his political appointees from Ivo Local Government Area of the State. The sack was announced by the Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner, Kenneth Ugboala on Wednesday. He said the sack was informed by the Governor’s decision to ensure inclusiveness in governance. A … Read more
APC, Borno The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday local government elections held in 27 local government areas of Borno State. The Chairman of Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC), Abdu Usman, who announced the election results on Tuesday, said APC won all the positions on offer … Read more
PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State says it will not participate in the forthcoming local government elections in the state scheduled for January 2021. Read Also: Edo To Commence Screening Of Pensioners Alhaji Danladi Kagara, the PDP Caretaker Chairman in the State, disclosed this on Tuesday in Kano while briefing newsmen. According … Read more
APC, PDP, Lagos Elections The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Lagos State has faulted the prediction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that its candidates would win in four of the five Local Government Areas where bye-elections are expected to hold on Saturday. The PDP in a statement by its spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, described the PDP’s … Read more
Lagos Bye-Elections The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State said it had delivered non-sensitive materials for Saturday’s Lagos East Senatorial and Kosofe Constituency II House of Assembly bye-elections to all the five affected councils in the area. INEC spokesman, Femi Akinbiyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos that the commission … Read more
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will begin a fresh membership registration and revalidation exercise from December 12, 2020 to January 9, 2021. Chairman APC’s National Caretaker Extraordinary/Convention Planning Committee and Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni made the announcement in a statement on Monday. The party, in the statement, also stated … Read more
Kwara, APC Scores of All Progressives Congress (APC) members from Ilorin South local government have protested against an alleged plan by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to install transition implementation committee (TIC) chairmen in the 16 local government areas of the state without consulting APC executives. Tenure of the 16 suspended local government chairmen in the state … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lent its voice in condemning the slaughter of innocent farmers by Boko Haram insurgents in Zabarmari, Borno state. The PDP, in a statement issued on Sunday, described the act as extremely wicked and devilish, saying it must not be left unaddressed. According to the opposition party, “this horrific killing … Read more
Youths, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi Youths from Enugu East under the aegis of Nkanu Youth Assembly have renewed the quest for return of the governorship to the zone in line with the power rotation arrangement among the three senatorial zones. Speaking during the Nkanu Cultural Fiesta in Enugu, national president of the association, Edeani M. Edeani, … Read more
APC, meeting December 8 The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on December 8. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yakubu Nabena, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the meeting would hold at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Read Also: Police Arrest … Read more
Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum expresses satisfaction with the conduct of the local government election Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed his satisfaction with the conduct of the local government election held in the state on Saturday. The governor, who expressed his satisfaction while casting his vote at his hometown in Mafa, also … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 29TH NOVEMBER, 2020 A northern group has declared the search for a credible and reputable candidate for the 2023 presidency With the conversation on President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor taking a central stage, a group has inaugurated a steering committee to begin a search for the country’s new leader. The northern group, Progressive Movement for … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 29TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Sunday, called out Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram sect over the killing of rice farmers in Borno State. Fani-Kayode described Boko Haram and Shekau as the greatest plague that ever afflicted Nigeria. In a tweet, the former minister insisted that these terrorists must be … Read more
Prof Chidi Odinkalu A Nigerian human rights activist and former Chairman of the Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof Chidi Odinkalu, is leading the legal team of Tanzania’s main opposition party, Alliance for Change and Transparency – Wazalendo, to challenge the October presidential election in the country. Odinkalu is working together with … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 29TH NOVEMBER, 2020 The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abia Statehas dismissed the claim of a former governor in the state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu on social media that the incumbent, Okezie Ikpeazu had planned to defect from PDP to the APC, as a precondition to winning his last electoral mandate at the Supreme Court. … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 28TH NOVEMBER, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday sent good wishes to former Military Governor of Plateau State, retired Rear Admiral Samuel Bitrus Atukum. In a statement on the occasion of Atukum’s 80th birthday anniversary, Buhari reminded the celebrant to offer his counsel to the administration when the need arises. Buhari described him as … Read more