Barely four days to Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, a Non-Governmental Grassroots Movement for the re-election of Diri/Law has embarked on a massive door-to-door grassroots campaign across the creeks of the state for the emergence of the incumbent Governor, Senator Douye Diri, at the polls. The group, led by the Coordinator of Bayelsa Central, Abel Ebifemowei; and Coordinator Bayelsa …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released an amended list of candidates for the Bayelsa State governorship election. According to the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Monday, the names of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made the list. The list was signed by the Secretary to the …

With six days to the governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa States, the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has deployed undercover agents, who are currently carrying out covert operations to identify criminals’ hideouts and clamp down on them in the affected and neighbouring states. Governorship elections in the three states have in recent years been marred by several …

The Senate on Wednesday approved the appointment of seven of the nominees of President Bola Tinubu as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The remaining three nominees were not present for screening. The nominees approved are Mr Etekamba Umoren (Akwa Ibom State), Mr Isha Ehimeakne (Edo State), Barrister Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti State), Mr Abubakar Ahmed …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Senator Emmanuel Udende for the Benue North-East senatorial district. Consequently, a three-member panel of the appellate Court, led by Justice Abimbola Adejumo, set aside the judgement of the Benue State National Assembly Election Tribunal, which nullified his election in favour of former Senator Gabriel Suswam of the Peoples Democratic …

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has said that the eastern part of the country is set to become the industrial hub of the nation, as promised by President Bola Tinubu. At the women campaign rally held in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Tuesday ahead of the 11th November governorship election, Mrs. Tinubu emphasised that Governor Uzodimma is gender friendly …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, restored Chief Timipre Sylva as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 11th November Bayelsa State governorship election. In a unanimous decision, the three-member panel of Justices vacated the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which disqualified Sylva from participating in the poll. It held that …

The Adamawa State Governorship Election Tribunal on Saturday affirmed the re-election of Alhaji Umaru Fintiri as governor of the state in the March 2023 governorship election. The three-man panel, led by Justice Theodora Uloho, struck out the demands of All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru for lack of merit. In its ruling, the tribunal said that Fintiri …

No fewer than 40,000 security personnel will be mobilised to give coverage to the 11 November governorship election in Kogi State, the Commissioner of Police, Bernard Onuoha, has said. The Commissioner told The PUNCH in an exclusive interview in his office at the state command headquarters in Lokoja that although he would not be able to give the exact figure …

With the Bayelsa State governorship election two weeks away, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgement on the appeal seeking to set aside the lower court ruling disqualifying the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timiprye Sylva, from the poll. A member of the APC in the state, Demesuoyefa Kolomo had asked the court …