The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the just concluded Kogi State Governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye has announced his decision not to seek legal redress following his electoral loss. Melaye said his decision was hinged on the fact that the judiciary has allegedly become an ...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has dismissed speculations that he could revive his presidential ambition in 2027, saying as a man who abhors disloyalty, he cannot contest against his boss, President Bola Tinubu. Noting that he remained committed to the ...

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Hassan Kukah has lamented the growing romance of the judiciary with politicians, saying the development does not augur well for democracy. Delivering the key not address at a forum Friday in Kaduna, Bishop Kukah who also cautioned clerics against being sucked in politics ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has opened up on the feud between him and his predecessor, Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara. Wike, referring to the crisis in the state, said money and power reveal the true identity of a person. He made this known during a ...

ABUJA — The Court of Appeal, yesterday, said it stands by its judgment sacking Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State. Yusuf was the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, in the March 18 governorship poll in Kano State. The Appeal Court affirmed the decision of Kano State Governorship ...

The Federation Account Allocation Committee said it shared N906.96bn among the three tiers of government for October 2023. FAAC disclosed this in a communiqué issued at the end of its latest meeting, according to a statement by the Director (Press and Public Relations) of the Ministry of ...

A certified copy of the Appeal Court judgement on Kano State Governorship election has affirmed the victory of Abba Yusuf as the duly elected Governor. As indicated in the written judgement, the Court of Appeal set aside the judgement of the Kano election petition tribunal for lacking in merit. ...

By Oludare Olawin Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that Western liberal democracy has not worked for Africa. Obasanjo said liberal democracy does not take into account the continent’s history, culture and tradition. The former President explained that the Western ...

By Abdul Seye For the past couple of weeks, the call for the resignation of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has been growing louder as the governor continues to govern Ondo State from far away Ibadan in Oyo State. DAILY POST reports that the governor has been in Ibadan since he returned from a ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has vowed that members of his cabinet who allegedly betrayed him during the November 11 governorship election in the state will not go unpunished. The Governor accused some members of his cabinet of betrayal before and during the ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Sunday sacked Plateau State Governor, Mutfwang Manasseh of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. It ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognise Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the ...

By Francis Ugwu Liberian President George Weah, on Friday, conceded defeat after provisional results from the week’s runoff vote indicated opposition party candidate Joseph Boakai was beating him by just over one percentage point. Election officials said that with 99.58 per cent of ballots ...

By Seun Opejobi Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said he would have relocated his mother from Bayelsa State to Abuja if Governor Douye Diri had lost his reelection bid. Jonathan said Diri’s victory means Bayelsa State will be safer with the governor’s determination to tackle insecurity. He ...

By Seun Opejobi A mild drama played out after Kogi State Governor-elect, Usman Ododo, collected his Certificate of Return on Friday. Shortly after collecting the certificate, Ododo knelt for his predecessor, Yahaya Bello. Beaming with smiles, Bello tapped Ododo’s shoulders and the certificate ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, nullified the election of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, held that Governor Yusuf was not a valid candidate in the gubernatorial election held in the state ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi The Court of Appeal on Thursday in Abuja sacked Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State. It declared inconclusive, the March 18 Governorship election which produced Lawal as the elected governor. A 3-man panel of Justices of the Court in a unanimous judgment voided and set aside ...

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has released its schedule of activities ahead of the Edo State governorship election. The timetable which was signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, was released on Thursday after a joint meeting of the ...

The Labour Party (LP) has told Nigerians to reject rumours circulating that it was in talks to merge with a political party. This was announced in a statement on Thursday in Abuja by Mr Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party. Ifoh said the story is just a news item that ...

By Francis Ugwu The Appeal Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, affirmed the judgment of the tribunal confirming the election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Obafemi Hamzat as the Governor and the Deputy Governor of Lagos State. The court dismissed the suit filed by Olajide Adediran, governorship candidate of ...

By Seun Opejobi The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in last Saturday’s election, Dino Melaye, has insisted that there was no election in Kogi State. Melaye spoke while justifying his refusal to cast his vote during the governorship election. Appearing on Channels TV ...

By Francis Ugwu Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has mocked Senator Dino Melaye, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over his performance in the just concluded Kogi governorship election. In a post on his social media platform X, the former Aviation ...

By Seun Opejobi Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has disclosed the first thing he did after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Uzodinma said he went into the chapel and appreciated God for ensuring he ...

By Abdul Babajide Many members of the National Assembly have received the big stick from the Court of Appeal after losing out in their election litigation battles. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are witnessing an unprecedented level of judicial verdicts, with a number of them ...

By Ifreke Inyang The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State, Usman Ododo has been declared winner of the November 11 poll. Ododo’s victory was announced by the State Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama. Urama made the declaration at 10:23 pm on Sunday. ...

By Francis Ugwu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Sunday that fresh polls will be conducted in 59 polling units in the Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State. According to the commission, the fresh election will be held next Saturday, November 18, 2023. ...

By John Akinfehinwa The candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Usman Ahmed Ododo has won more local government areas, LGAs, in the ongoing collation of results of the governorship election in Kogi State. DAILY POST gathered that results of 18 out of the 21 LGAs in Kogi State have been ...

Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), emerged victorious in 27 local government areas in the just-concluded election, with the collation completed at 08:30 am on Sunday. The collation of results is currently taking place at the State Collation Centre in Owerri, ...

The senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, has described the Governor Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, as his friend despite their political differences. The former governor of the state said this, according to a statement on Saturday, during his goodwill message at the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned the state collation of results for the Bayelsa governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta announced this late Saturday at the ...

By Tunji Adedeji A police officer has been rough handled by community youths in Imo State after he allegedly snatched election materials at a polling unit. DAILY POST learnt that the officer, alongside others, is attached to a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ikeduru Local ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has blamed some unseen forces for late arrival of officials and election materials in some polling units for Saturday’s Kogi governorship election. The state INEC Voter Education and Publicity Officer, Mr Haliru Sule, said this in an interview ...

By Chris Johnson An alleged ballot box snatcher in the Anyigba Local Government Area of Kogi State was gunned down on Saturday as security forces took action to thwart his mission of disrupting the off-season election. The identity of the deceased and the political party he purportedly worked for ...

By Chris Johnson Officials from the Department of State Services (DSS) were, on Saturday seen at governorship candidate, Dino Melaye’s polling unit in Ayetoro-Gbede, Kogi State. Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is among the candidates competing for the top executive seat in the state. ...

By John Akinfehinwa The D-day is here as residents of Kogi State file out to elect a brand new governor. No doubt, the election, according to political pundits, is the most scary in the history of Kogi State because of its ethnic colouration. The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) ...

The Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Hon. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed on Thursday slumped and died at Shifa Hospital Lokoja, after a brief illness. Muhammed was rushed to the hospital after he slumped at his residence. He was said to have been active at series of political meetings ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Yakubu Mahmoud, has provided a fresh update on how far the commission has prepared for the off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States. DAILY POST reports that in 24 hours, ...

By Seun Opejobi The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned Governors, Yahaya Bello and Hope Uzodinma against attempting to rig Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi and Imo States. PDP asked the politicians to perish any thoughts of rigging Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa, ...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and Convener of the National Peace Committee, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has described Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State as a poor representation of the teeming Nigerian youths. Speaking against the backdrop of the current disturbing violence in the ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the allegation of forgery against the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah. The court also imposed a fine of N5 million on NYSC for alleging that the corps’ discharge certificate held by Mbah was fake. Mbah had sued the NYSC and its Director, Corps ...

By Seun Opejobi The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has hinted at contesting the 2027 presidential election. Obi made the remark while applauding the Nigerian youths for their support during the 2023 presidential election. He spoke at a world press conference in Abuja, where ...

By Chijindu Emeruwa The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has explained why he operates from home instead of the state government house. According to him, he chose to work from home for the time being in order to manage the cost of governance. Otti stated this during the weekend when he ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has said that the ongoing conflict between the Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, now the Federal Capital Territory, FCT ...

By Nsikak Nseyen Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has described as ignorant those accusing him of demanding 25 per cent from the Rivers government. Wike stated this when a delegation of the Rivers Caucus in the 10th National Assembly, comprising three senators and 11 members ...

By Racheal Ayodele The Senate has sworn in Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district. Natasha is now the first female Senator from Kogi State and the fourth female Senator in the 10th Upper Legislative Chamber ...

Details of the meeting between the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum have emerged. Recall that following the political crisis that erupted in Rivers State on Sunday night, the PDP governors paid the former governor a courtesy ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Nyesom Wike has vowed not to back down in the ongoing power tussle with Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. DAILY POST recalls that Fubara who fell out with Wike, his predecessor, is being impeached by the Rivers State ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on Tuesday evening gathered in Abuja for an emergency meeting. It was gathered that the meeting was convened over the current crisis in Rivers State, where some members of the state house of assembly have initiated moves to impeach ...

By Peter Dada The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Olamide Oladiji, says the apology tendered by the state’s Deputy Governor,  Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to Governor Rotimi  Akeredolu, will not stop the Assembly from proceeding with the impeachment process against him. According to the ...

Lawmakers in the Green Chamber have started taking delivery of their Sports Utility Vehicles, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Similarly, legislators in the Red Chamber will receive the first batch of the SUVs this week. It was also gathered that the last tranche of the SUVs for use by the lawmakers ...

By Francis Ezediuno The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has unveiled plans for a multi-billion-naira infrastructural project in the state. This is as Governor Adeleke, who said the purpose of the unveiling of the plan is to address the huge deficit the state is currently experiencing, added ...