June 23, 2020 – EDO state governor, Godwin Obaseki has become the first casualty of the verdict of Justice Mary Peter-Odili led panel of the Supreme Court that heard the appeal filed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) against the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his running mate, David Lyon and Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo who emerged governor-elect and deputy governor-elect respectively after the poll. The height of it is that the disqualified Bayelsa deputy governor-elect as he then was, regularized the discrepancies...

A group, ‘Concerned All Progressives Congress (APC) members, has called on the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) to dissolve the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to end the crisis rocking the ruling party. Group’s Convener, Mr. Okpokwu Ogenyi,  made the call on Monday while staging a protest at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Ogenyi said: “We are gathered here today to address the challenges facing our party. “The aims and objectives of the party are being bastardized, the...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi to resign honourably having defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This was contained in a statement by Mr Alex Kalejaiye, the state Publicity Secretary of the party, on Monday in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ajayi officially decamped to PDP on Sunday. “We wish Ajayi had not taken this decision, after series of efforts and attempts...

WAP Developing Story….. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the candidate of the All Progressive Congress for the September 2020 governorship election in Edo state. Having led in the primary election with 27,838 votes, the chairman of the election Commission, Governor Hope Uzodinma, declared him the winner of the election. Ize-Iyamu clinched the party’s ticket, defeating Dr Pius Odubu and Osaro Obaze who had 3,776 and 2,751 votes respectively. The results turned in by the returning...

Practitioners in the Performing Arts have been tasked by the Lagos State Government to develop an anthem for the State. Lagos Commissioner for Tourism and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, made the request while calling for an improved relationship that would result in the development of the entertainment industry as a whole. She added that the anthem should reflect the ways, lifestyle, culture, and resilience of the people of Lagos. Mrs. Yusuf said that if the...

The defection of the Ondo State Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has started creating troubles as some aspirants have complained about the undue advantage the party is giving him in the race for the party’s governorship ticket. The party’s 2016 candidate, Eyotayo Jegede (SAN), and seven others have so far purchased the PDP Nomination and Expression of Interest forms. According to source, the fears among the aspirants were allegations that...

The All Progressives Congress (APC),  Edo Governorship Primaries Committee, headed by Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo on Sunday released procedures for Monday’s primary election in compliance with the state government’s COVID-19 regulations. A statement by the Secretary of the committee, Dr. Ajibola Basiru said voting would commence simultaneously by 8:00 a.m. in the 192 wards of the state. It explained that not more than 18 persons would be allowed to gather at the same time...