Some All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirants in Ondo State have passed a vote of no confidence on the primary election being superintended by Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi State. The APC primary election in the 203 wards in the state is to elect the party’s flag bearer for the November 16 governorship election. Addressing […]
Ondo APC primary: Kogi gov, Ododo in heated argument with guber aspirant
Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State and one of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirants in Ondo State, Gbenga Edema, on Saturday, clashed over the distribution of election materials for the party’s primary. Ododo and Edema were caught in a heated exchange BON hotel in Akure. The Kogi State governor is the chairman of […]
Ondo APC primary: Party members flee as violence breaks out in Okitipupa
Violence broke out at Ward 1 at Stella Maris College, Okitipupa, between rival supporters of two governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State. Accredited members of the party who had turned out early in their large numbers to elect the party’s candidate for the November 16 poll took to their heels […]
Kwankwaso’s entry into NNPP strengthened party to prominence- Former Chairman, Habib
A pioneer Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in Kano Malam Hisham Habib has disputed the remarks of the National Chairman of the Party, Dr Boniface Aniebonum that Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiyya group betrayed him. Hisham, rather asserted that the entry of the National Leader and also Presidential Candidate of the Party in […]
Ondo APC Primary: 171,922 members cleared to vote – Committee
The committee to spearhead the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary in Ondo State, on Friday, said a total of 171,922 accredited members would vote on Saturday. DAILY POST reports that the primary is scheduled to hold in 203 wards in 18 local government areas with 16 aspirants including the incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, contesting. […]
Group alleges moves to manipulate Ondo APC guber primaries
A group within the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ondo Vanguard for Good Governance, has frowned against the move by the party not to hold delegates’ congress ahead of Saturday’s governorship primaries of the party. According to the group, the committee, saddled with the responsibility of revalidating the membership of the party in the state, was […]
Why BVAS will not be released for Oyo LG elections – INEC
The Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Adeniran Tella, said on Friday, that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, cannot be released to the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, for the conduct of the local government elections scheduled for April 27. Tella stated this in Ibadan while speaking to NAN on the sidelines of […]
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APC Crisis: Police barricade state secretariat in Benue
The festering crisis in the Benue State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, reared its ugly head again on Friday when security operatives barricaded the party secretariat in Makurdi, to avert a violent clash between the two factions of the party in the state. DAILY POST gathered that the intervention of security operatives was prompted […]
Kaduna indebtedness: ‘El-Rufai cursed, insulted me’ – Shehu Sani
Former Senator representing Kaduna North Central Senatorial Zone, Shehu Sani has thanked the Almighty God for revealing the truth between himself and the immediate past governor of the state, Nasiru El-Rufai on the $350 loan. He revealed that El-Rufai insulted and cursed him publicly. Addressing newsmen recently, the Senator explained that he did all he […]