The news of an alleged plot by Idris Isah Jere,  the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration Services (CGIS) to extend his tenure for another one year period appears to be causing the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to  boil. According to the report, the CGI was due to have proceeded to retire from service last year but was asked to continue in service for one year, which ends this April. However it appears the Immigration boss is...

Sen. Dino Melaye emerged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State  after clinching the ticket in a congress held at Kefas Multipurpose Hall, where he pulled over fifty percent of the votes cast. Melaye pulled over 300 votes to win his closest rival Barr. Kabiru Usman who had over 100 votes. However, the election was tension soaked, with protests leading to the congress over the delegates list, and the process, even though...

An aggrieved All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Bayelsa State, Festus Daumiebi has rejected the result of the party’s primary election for the November 11, 2023 governorship election. Timipre Sylva, former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, emerged as the APC governorship candidate defeating Daumiebi and four other contenders in the exercise conducted on Friday and Saturday. Sylva was declared winner by the chairman of the APC primary election committee for Bayelsa, Major-Gen. Ahmed...

…Defeats David Lyon, other The immediate-past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Bayelsa State governorship election slated to hold on November 11, 2023. He scored a total of 52, 061 votes to defeat five other contenders to pick the governorship ticket in the party’s primary election which was conducted on Friday and Saturday. The APC adopted the Option A4 electoral system...