ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has been listed as a respondent in about 600 cases on issues arising from party primaries. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC’s chairman, said this on Monday at a capacity-building workshop for justices and judges on electoral matters, in Abuja. According to him, the commission has been dealing with the issues of candidates’ nominations from political parties, adding that the preparation for the forthcoming elections has...

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says anyone supporting Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is his enemy. The governor said this on Sunday when he hosted his colleagues, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu in Makurdi, the Benue capital. “To hell with Atiku and any other Fulani man. And any man supporting Atiku and all that is an enemy. I...

Rotimi Olulana, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), has described Peter Obi as the person to take Nigeria to the promised land. The former Lagos LP governorship candidate said this on Thursday at a book launch organised by Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF). Olulana said the LP presidential candidate is blessed and anointed. “Peter Obi is the Moses of our time. He is blessed and anointed to change the whole vices and I assure you...