As Nigeria marked 26 years of continuous democratic rule, a senior figure in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Emma Eneukwu, has refuted suggestions that the country is slipping into a one-party system. Responding to criticisms from opposition leaders, Eneukwu told reporters in Enugu on Wednesday that such claims were “tactical blackmail” designed to…
A significant exodus of senior members from the Lagos chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been met with indifference by party leadership, who describe the defectors as “long inactive” and not central to the party’s current operations. Speaking to local press on Tuesday, Lagos PDP Vice Chairman (Central), Mr Hakeem Olalemi, dismissed concerns…
The Lagos State PDP Spokesman, Alhaji Hakeem Amode, has dumped the main opposition party in the state for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Amode, along with other PDP chieftains ,announced his defection at a news conference on Monday in Ikeja. Speaking ,Amode said he and other defectors were motivated and inspired by the visionary…
Venezuela’s pro-government electoral authority (CNE) has on Monday announced that the country’s ruling parties won in the parliamentary and regional elections. Preliminary results suggest President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist ruling party PSUV and its allies won 82.7per cent of the votes, the CNE announced during Sunday night. The results were according to the state news agency…
Mr Olugbenga Edema, the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the Nov. 16, 2024 governorship election in Ondo State, has resigned from the party. Edema’s resignation letter addressed to the NNPP chairman in Mahin Ward 11, in Ilaje Local Government of the state, was made available to newsmen on Sunday in Okitipupa….
The South African opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has written to the Speaker of Parliament, Thoko Didiza, seeking to block lawmakers from meeting to vote on the next stage of the budget process. In a letter sent to the National Assembly Speaker, the EFF argued that Tuesday’s proceedings, which supported the fiscal framework…
The leadership of Labour Party says it has never zoned its presidential ticket to the South-East. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ifoh was reacting to a report making the rounds that the party had…
Some stakeholders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have urged insurance companies to be ready to pay the claims that will emanate from their subscription to third party motor insurance policy. The stakeholders said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. They said that the era of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to develop interest in the primaries of political parties. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the commission’s First Regular Consultative Meeting with the CSOs in Abuja on Tuesday. Yakubu said that all political parties interested in fielding candidates for the Nov….
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah urged the roughly 1.5 million registered voters to get to the polls before they close at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT). Namibia’s vice president was among the first to vote in elections Wednesday that could see her become the desert nation’s first woman leader, even as her ruling SWAPO party faces the strongest challenge…
