POLITICS
EFCC: A POLICE/PROSECUTORIAL/JUDICIAL FREE SQUAD VS CHIEF OLISA METUH
BY JOSEPH CHUKWUEMEKA ANUMBOR -LAGOS Subtly, eased by emotional media trial and the smooth propaganda machinery of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, something ominous may be happening in Nigeria. We are gradually returning to 1984! Under the military dictatorship of General Muhammadu Buhari and his fellow jackboots, politicians in the Second Republic were jailed by questionable […]
God’s hand in Nigeria’s economic decline: Odigie-Oyegun
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun says Nigeria’s present economic downturn could be an act of God to remind Nigeria on the need to implement and embrace radical change, particularly in the country’s current economic model. Odigie-Oyegun said this when he received in audience a 15-member delegation of an APC […]
Dickson wins Bayelsa Governorship Election
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Seriake Dickson has been declared winner of the Bayelsa State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr Dickson polled 134,998 votes to emerge winner of the election. Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Timipre Sylva, scored 86,852 votes to place second. “Henry Dickson Seriake, […]
#BayelsaDecides: Early results emerge
Results from the Supplementary poll in Bayelsa are emerging. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is the only body recognised by law to declare result and announce winner. The underlisted results are not verified or authenticated by INEC but a product of field report and Citizens report. OTUAN WARD 5 IN SOUTHERN IJAW LGA. […]
Bayelsa Decides: Thugs snatch INEC materials in Otuopoti community
By Emem Idio THE rerun governorship election in Ogbia Local government of Bayelsa State commenced Saturday morning as thugs disrupted the accreditation exercise at Otuopoti community in Ogbia Local Government area of the state. At Oguta-Otuopoti unit 1 located by the riverside, Vanguard gathered that thugs invaded the polling unit while INEC officials were setting […]
#BayelsaDecides: Sporadic shooting disrupts poll in Amatolo
The materials for Amatolo community it was gathered could not be taken to the riverside settlement following reports of sporadic shooting in the area The NYSC members (ad-hoc staff) and election materials are secured at the distribution centre at Amassoma by a combined team of policemen and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence […]
Abia Election Verdict: Be Calm, Otti Tells Supporters
BY VANGUARD NEWSPAPERJAN 03, 2016 The Appeal Court declared winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Abia State, Alex Otti, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has condemned the spate of violence in Aba, the state’s commercial city, describing it as unfortunate, “particularly for a state in dire need of liberation”. Alex Otti […]
Soyinka opens up on Biafra, Buhari
• Agitation in South-East not surprising By Doris Obinna Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, yesterday spoke frankly on the agitation in the South East and declared that Biafra cannot be defeated. Soyinka added that the agitation did not come to him as a surprise. He also defended his choice of President Muhammadu Buhari as a […]
UNCOVERED: APC’s Deliberate Plot To Misinform Public Over Abia Election Tribunal Judgement (DETAILS)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has uncovered a plot by the opposition party in Abia State, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) to deliberately misinform and abuse the mind of the public in Abia State and Nigerians to the effect that the judges of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that sat in […]
Okowa: Delta Tribunal upholds Governor’s election
Okowa’s victory was challenged by Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Chief Great Ogboru. The Delta State Election Petitions Tribunal has upheld the victory of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in the April 11 elections in the state. Okowa’s victory was challenged by Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Chief Great Ogboru. The tribunal also dismissed Ogboru’s petition and […]
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