From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Justice O.A. Adeniyi, formerly member one in the three-member National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal currently sitting in Cross River, is now the new chairman of the panel.He takes over from the former chairman, Justice C. Awubra who was demoted to member one following a reversal... Read more

Mr Ndutimi Alaibe, a governorship aspirant of All Progressives Congress on Wednesday withdrew from the re-schedules primary to pick the candidate for the December 5 guber polls in the state.   Alaibe who had called for the cancellation of the September 22 botched primary held at the Samson Siasia... Read more

  From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar   A fresh application challenging the competence of a presiding judge at the time when election matters were almost ripe for judgement stalled proceedings Tuesday at a tribunal sitting in Calabar.   The tribunal also adjourned to Oct. 5 2015 after consultations in Chambers... Read more

  From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar   The election petition tribunal sitting in Calabar was told by a witness that although he roundly lost in his unit, ward and Local Government Area he eventually won the National Assembly election.   Sen. Gershom Bassey,(PDP)  representing Cross River South at the current... Read more

Less than 12 hours after Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa declared his interest for a second term Mr Fyneman Wilson Special Adviser to Bayelsa Governor on Political matters was in the early hours of Wednesday kidnapped in Sagbama, a Suburb in Bayelsa.   Wilson was reportedly abducted along with... Read more

    Former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife Dame Patience , Gov Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo, Gov Nyisom Nwike and several deputy governors on Tuesday endorsed the re-election bid of Gov Seriake Dickson at the Samson Siasia Sports complex in Yenagoa.     Jonathan, who led others endorsed... Read more

    Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors on Tuesday at a meeting attended by 2 out of 13 PDP governors condemned last week’s invasion of Akwa Ibom government House by operatives of Department of State Security Services (DSS). The governors, under the aegis of PDP Governors Forum, expressed their... Read more

Former Commissioners for Transport and Sports under the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson, Mrs. Marie Ebikake and Ebikitin Diongoli have warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against supporting Dickson for re-election, saying his candidature would spell doom for the party. They said the party will lose woefully under the... Read more

  From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide, said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari was determined to deal with eminent public officers holders of Niger Delta extraction, especially persons believed to be close to former President Goodluck Jonathan. The IYC in a statement by its spokesman,... Read more