Politics

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as most despicable and disheartening that Governor Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike could use the visit of a delegation of an international body like the United Nations (UN) to degenerate and lampoon the APC led Federal Government as being behind the black soot currently ravaging the State.

The Rivers State government said on Friday it had earmarked 34 projects for the inauguration to mark Gov. Nyesom Wike’s 3rd-anniversary celebration.

Some Nigerians on Friday converged in front of the Nigerian High Commission in London, rallying in Support of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Some groups in Kaduna have resolved to organise a two-million-man-match to the convince former Sokoto State governor, Attahiru Bafarawa to join the 2019 presidential race.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said it was consulting various interest groups and political stakeholders for synergy to enable it regain power in 2019 elections.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Nigerian youths, by their demonstrated industry, cannot in any way be described as lazy.

The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, says it is consulting various interest groups and political stakeholders for synergy to regain power in 2019 elections.

The Governor of Ebonyi, Dave Umahi, has declared Friday as a public holiday for civil servants to obtain their permanent voter cards (PVC) ahead of the 2019 elections.

Aspirants for governorship election on the ‎platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, on Thursday appealed to the leadership of the party to conduct a free, fair and credible primary.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it is preparing to ensure a hitch-free governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States, scheduled for July and September respectively.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the party has stepped up consultations with a broader spectrum of stakeholders from diverse political leanings.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has called on youths in Nigeria to show President Muhammadu Buhari that they were not lazy and uneducated by voting against him in 2019, saying; “it is painful that the President could describe youths in Nigeria that are daily struggling to make a living under a harsh economy as lazy people.”

The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has condemned last Wednesday’s invasion of the National Assembly, by some political thugs, describing the action a great threat to democracy.

The Ekiti State Government on Thursday distributed job starter tools worth N7 million to 66 youth in the state under its Youth Empowerment and Social Support Operation, (YESSO).

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ekiti, Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji, on Thursday alleged a threat to his life by unknown persons.

A high court sitting in Abuja has granted Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, an interim order restraining the police, Department of Sate Services (DSS) and other law enforcement bodies from arresting him.

The Peoples Democratic Party has replied President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that Nigerian youths, by their demonstrated industry, cannot in any way be described by anybody as lazy.

A consortium of Civil Society Organizations, under the auspices of Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG), have accused the leadership of Nigerian political parties of complicity in alleged underage voting during elections in the country.