Atiku Accepts Supreme Court’s Verdict, Says Judgment Is Nail On Coffin Of Nigeria’s Gains Since 1999
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential elections Atiku Abubakar has taken the verdict of the Supreme Court with equanimity, just as he described the judgment is a “nail on the coffin and the gains we collectively made since 1999 are evaporating, and... Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the Feb.23 general election. Justice Tanko Mohammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),  led six other justices to unanimously dismiss the appeal for lacking in merit. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the other... Read more
Supreme Court’s Confirmation: We Expected Victory Because There Was No contestant Says Governor Wike
Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he expected the confirmation of his re-election by the Supreme Court because the defeated Governorship candidate of the African Action Congress ( AAC) , Mr Biokpomabo Awara couldn’t have won an election he didn’t contest. In an interview at the... Read more
Bayelsa/Kogi Polls: Candidates Not Validly Nominated Disqualified — INEC
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that all the candidates disqualified for Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections were not validly nominated by their political parties. Mr Festus Okoye, Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC said this on Thursday during a “Youth Campus” sensitisation programme organised by the... Read more
‘Bayelsa Assembly Controversy: I remain Speaker, did not resign, impeachment a nullity’ – Isenah
Hon Tonye Isenah, Speaker of Bayelsa House of Assembly on Monday dismissed reports of his impeachment as false and a nullity as he remains the speaker of the house. There was heavy shooting at the Bayelsa House of Assembly during a session of the assembly when hundreds of youths... Read more
I ’ll Create Massive Wealth For The People – Ikoli
. Unveils road map A governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Anthony George-Ikoli has unveiled his road map ahead of the November 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. George-Ikoli said Monday in a meeting with party faithful, community leaders and youths in Yenagoa... Read more
Rivers 2015 Poll: Party Disunity Not Reason For Election Loss  – Princewill
Prince Tonye Princewill one time gubernatorial candidate of Action Congress and Labour Party in Rivers State, currently a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in this interview, throws light on some seemingly knotty issues confronting Nigeria and Nigerians as well as  proffers solution on how the Rivers APC... Read more
2019 Bayelsa Poll: APC Can Never Take Bayelsa State – George
… Says he is the best governorship aspirant in Bayelsa, not a mole Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Barrister Anthony George-Ikoli on Saturday declared before a crowd of supporters in Bayelsa East Senatorial District that he is the party’s best candidate for the November... Read more
Sowore’s Arrest: Calling A Protest Is Not A Crime – Dr. Joe Odumakin
… Says “This is not Military Rule” Nigeria: Human rights activist and President of Centre for Change, Dr. Joe Odumakin has condemned the arrest of former African Action Congress (AAC) Presidential candidate, Mr Omoyele Sowore by the men of the DSS ahead of a protest planned by activists for... Read more
Bayelsa: PDP Guber Primaries: Steer Clear Of Bayelsa Politics, Ijaw Youths Warn Wike
Ijaw Youths under the auspices of Defender of Izon Nation (DIN)  on Sunday urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to jettison the idea of using Gov Nyesom Wike to conduct Bayelsa guber primaries. The DIN, an Ijaw pressure group comprising militants and non militants known in the creeks as... Read more