The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) in Osun has assured residents of a peaceful, credible and transparent governorship election on Aug. 15. The new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, gave the assurance while addressing protesters at the commission’s office in Osogbo on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
A former Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ebonyi State Council, Comrade Benjamin Nworie, has started consultations on his interest to contest for the chairmanship position of Ishielu Local Government Area during the forthcoming council election in the state. Nworie, who is a veteran journalist and newspaper publisher, noted that his desire…
A group of lawyers from Kano State has sent a petition to the leadership of the National Assembly, calling for a full investigation into the alleged role of former House Majority Leader, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, in the killing of several people during the 2023 general elections in Tudun Wada. The petition, addressed to the…
A lawyer, Barr Chris Okwudili, has declared that the process which produced Prof Simon Ortuanya as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, is flawed. Okwudili, from the Chambers of T.J. Aondo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, told DAILY POST on Thursday that it was wrong for the Governing Council to…
The Emeka Beke faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has faulted the claim by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, led by its chairman, Michael Odey, that it has not received any court notices challenging the August 30 local government elections. The Commissioner for Political Parties Affairs, Monitoring, and Security,…
The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Governor Chukwuma Soludo over his recent visit to President Bola Tinubu, describing the move as a futile attempt to bolster his political standing ahead of the November governorship election. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Okechukwu Modebe, spokesperson for the Nicholas Ukachukwu/Uche…
A former presidential candidate and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has declared support for the possible return of former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former Labour Party flag bearer, Peter Obi, to the PDP’s presidential primary race. In a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna through…
SaharaReporters has exclusively obtained documents showing that Auwal Danladi Sankara, Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, received kickbacks totalling N126 million from contractors between 2022 and 2023. Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter have also confirmed the transactions. Sankara, who served as Commissioner for Agriculture in the previous administration—when the current governor,…
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has faulted the election of Bishop Cherry Vann as Archbishop of Wales. Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba, Archbishop and Primate of the Church of Nigeria, in a statement on Sunday cited Bishop Vann’s openly lesbian lifestyle as a departure from biblical teachings. Ndukuba further described the election as a further…
On Friday, Nuhudin Mohammed Mahe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, claimed that former President Shehu Shagari contested the most challenging election in Nigeria’s history. Mahe, who is the maternal grandson of Shagari, said Shagari defeated the likes of Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Waziri Ibrahim and Aminu Kano to emerge President….
