A Labour Party (LP) chieftain and a governorship aspirant of the party in the Anambra State governorship election, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo has dumped the party. Ozigbo, an ally of the 2023 LP presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, also contested the state governorship election in 2021 under the Peoples Democratic Party. Although he did not disclose his next line of action, …

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, National Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, and Elders Caucus of the party on Saturday began strategising for the 2026 Osun State Guber election. The meeting which lasted for over two hours was presided by the Chairman of the Elders Caucus, Chief Sola Akinwumi at the country home …

Ahead of the 21 September and 16 November, Edo and Ondo governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will resume the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the two states from 27 May to 5 June 2024. The CVR exercise in both states will take place simultaneously between 9.00 am and 3.00 pm daily including the weekend. The INEC …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that no fewer than 19 political parties have notified the commission about the conduct of their primaries for the governorship election in the state. The commission had earlier fixed April for the party primaries, while fixing 16 November 2024 for the main governorship election in the state. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Edo State governorship election would be held on 21st September 2024, while that of Ondo State would be held on 16th November of the same year. Governor Godwin Obaseki ends his two terms of four years each on 11th November 2024, while his Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu will …

Ahead of the 11th November governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a special national media/publicity committee to sensitise the people to the party’s policies and programmes. According to a statement on Tuesday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Debo Ologunagba, the 12-man committee is pursuant to Section 40 …

Jigawa State Deputy Governor and gubernatorial flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Umar Namadi has been tipped as the candidate to beat in the Saturday States’ Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in the country. Aside from incumbency, many factors have been identified to be strongly in his favor in the current race to the Government …