By Ayo Balogun – The son of the Oba of Lagos, Fouad Akiolu was soundly defeated on Sunday in the All Progressive Congress (APC) House of Representatives primaries while seven incumbent House of Representatives members representing Lagos lost the chance to return to the House. Oba Rilwan Akiolu’s son was defeated by the current Special […]
Oyewale Oyelola – Senate President, David Mark and Governor Gabriel Suswam on Sunday won the Peoples Democratic Party Senatorial primary elections for 2015 general elections in Benue State. Mark, who has been in senate since 1999 picked his fifth term senatorial ticket for Benue South after his opponent, Chief Mike Onoja withdrew from the race. […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu on Sunday emerged the people’s Democratic party PDP candidate for Enugu west senatorial District ahead of the 2015 election. He was returned unopposed after polling a total of 294 out of the 299 votes cast by the accredited delegates. Announcing the result […]
Oyewale Oyelola –The first civilian governor of Osun state, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke on Saturday won the APC senatorial primary election for Osun West Senatorial District. Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke defeated incumbent Senator Hussain Madasiru in the indirect primary held in government house, Osogbo. Adeleke who defected to APC from PDP in build up to August 9 […]
Former Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku has decried the recent killing of four persons in the APC’s primary election into the House of Assembly in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. He made the remarks in Akwanga during the House of Representatives primaries of the PDP. Mr. Maku said unlike the PDP that conducted […]
The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday rejected the National Assembly Primary Election Committee and Electoral Appeal Panel members posted to the state to conduct primary elections. The Chairman of the committee, Pere Egbe Ganfo, and his members, including Edith Uso (Secretary) and Hon. Benard Ochepe as member, have been rejected. […]
Ignatius Okpara, Port Harcourt – The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said that, if elected in 2015, he would carry on with the solid foundation that Governor Amaechi has laid down in the last seven years of his administration. In his acceptance after he was elected as Rivers APC […]
By Niyi Adeyi, African Examiner – The political ripples tearing apart the Enugu State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Friday appears subsiding, as the incumbent Governor Sullivan Chime has jettisoned his Senatorial ambition and compensated with privilege to nominate candidates for other key political offices. Both Chime and the Deputy Senate President, […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – The All Progressive Congress (APC) has announced Barrister Simon Lalong as the winner of its gubernatorial primary election to run for the gubernatorial seat of Plateau come 2015. Lalong a former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, who won the Primaries with 2, 222 votes, was declared winner of the […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri – The primary election of the All Progressive Congress (APC), held across Nigeria on Thursday failed to take place in Imo state because of the ambition of the incumbent governor, Rochas Okorocha. The exercise took place in other states of the south east geo political zone, with the exception of Imo […]
Oyewale Oyelola – The embattled speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal has emerged as All Progressives Party (APC) governorship candidate in Sokoto Our correspondent reports that Tambuwal who recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for APC defeated other four aspirants to clinch the ticket. In Kaduna state, a former Minister of the […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Former Accountant General of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has won the governorship primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos with a landslide victory after polling 3,735 votes out of the total valid votes of 5,725 cast at the primaries to defeat 12 other aspirants. The result of the […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Two-time gubernatorial candidate in Enugu state, Barr Okey Ezea on Thursday clinched the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket for the 2015 election in the state. The businessman turned politician, who emerged unopposed at the party primaries held at the APC secretariat in Enugu, the Enugu state capital, had contested for […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Armed policemen have dispersed political thugs who have invaded the venue of the Lagos All Progressive Congress (APC) primaries with series of gunshots. Live bullets were released by policemen outside the Onikan Stadium in a bid to prevent political thugs from hijacking the ongoing primaries. There was pandemonium as series […]
From Mustapha Abdul Salaam Latest report reaching AFRICAN EXAMINER indicates the Yobe State, North Eastern Nigeria incumbent Governor, Ibrahim Geidam has been endorsed by the All progressives Congress (APC) delegates as its governorship flag bearer in the next year election. Our Correspondent reports that Giedam was endorsed Thursday by the APC stalwarts in the gubernatorial […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Voting is currently ongoing at the All Progressive Congress (APC) Lagos Governorship primaries, with the National leader of th party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu charging the aspirants to accept the outcome of the primaries. Voting started around 2.20pm (Nigerian Time) and will not end until every delegate has voted and this may drag […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen After failing in his suit to unseat the incumbent National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu ‘azu, the National Working Committee (NWC), of the party (PDP), has suspended its former Chiarman Alhaji Bamangar Tukur. The decision was reached by the party’s NWC 395th meeting, which held Wednesday, […]
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State chapter of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Primary is underway at the popular Onikan stadium, Lagos Island as well as other States of the Federation. AFRICAN EXAMINER Correspondent reports that party delegates, from the 20 local government areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) totaling 3,000, […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia Seventeen incumbent members of the Abia State House of Assembly failed to clinch their return tickets at the primaries of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. African Examiner gathered that out of the 24 members of the state legislature, only seven of the incumbents won their primaries. The Abia state PDP Chairman, […]
*Also, Analysis of Lagos APC Governorship Front Runners The National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and the Governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola are in a final battle over who becomes governor of Lagos next year. The final battle will culminate at the party’s governorship primaries at the Onikan Stadium on Thursday. […]
