As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the recent Edo and Ondo states off-cycle governorship elections challenge the results of the polls at the election petition tribunals,  Imoleayo Oyedeyi examines the legal hurdles before them and what may likely truncate their chances of victory. Edo and Ondo states are set to witness another round of battles following the petitions …

Four members of the House of Representatives, on Thursday, decamped from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers are Rep Tochukwu Okere, Imo State; Rep. Donates Mathew, Kaduna State; Bassey Akiba, Cross River State; and Iyawu Esosa Edo and Rep Erthiatake Ibori-Suenu, Delta State, who defected from PDP to APC. The defection was announced by …

The proposed relocation of Osun State’s airport project from Ido Osun to Ede, Governor Ademola Adeleke’s hometown, has continued to spark controversy, with accusations of nepotism levelled by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the state government. At a press briefing in Osogbo on Wednesday, a member of the Technical Committee overseeing the project, Mr. Lai Oriowo, defended the relocation …

Labour Party (LP) has again denied working clandestinely for President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election. The National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, clarified the party’s position in a statement in Abuja, on Friday. Ifoh’s rebuttal was in response to a viral video where a popular human rights lawyer, Deji …

The South-West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, tackled the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, over the plot by the ruling party to take over Oyo and Osun states after winning Ondo State in last Saturday’s election. Rising from its three-day meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Thursday, the PDP called on President …

Osun Progressive Youth has described a statement credited to a former Special Adviser in the state, Mr. Sunday Akere that the state’s governorship ticket be zoned to a particular senatorial zone as undemocratic, self-serving, which fails to represent the interest and wishes of leaders and members of the party. Akere has said that the APC governorship ticket would be zoned …

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for Ondo State governorship election, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated the party’s candidate, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for his victory in Saturday’s gubernatorial election. In a congratulatory message he personally signed and issued in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Sunday, shortly after Aiyedatiwa was declared winner by the Independent …

With results from three Local Government Areas (LGAs) awaited at the collating centre, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is coasting home to victory in Saturday’s Ondo State governorship election. The 59-year-old businessman and politician has won in all of the 15 LGAs whose results have so far been declared and polled 301,113 votes, while former Deputy …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) and the security agencies for the smooth-conduct of the Ondo State governorship election. Last Wednesday, a team from the NWC, led by the party’s National Chairman, Dr.  Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, arrived Akure, the Ondo State capital, in solidarity with the …

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, bickered over alleged plans to compromise the poll. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei, PDP alleged that APC leaders in Ondo had made plans to compromise the election. APC members smuggled in as presiding officers —PDP Peretei …