Press Release: We express our alarm at reports of widespread incidents of violence and intimidation, some of which were witnessed by our teams in Kogi. There are reports of fatalities and people missing, including INEC staff. Our thoughts are with all victims and their families. The Diplomatic Watch deployed teams from Austria, the European Union […]
Continue ReadingMembers of PDP are at each others’throat over the outcome of Bayelsa governorship poll,engaging in blame game. While some members blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan,others heaped the faults on Governor Seriake Dickson . Dickson was accused of playing the God by rejecting party elders’ position that Timi Alaibe should be presented as the consensus candidate […]
Continue ReadingKogi state deputy governor ,Mr Edward Onoja has dedicated victory of his principal ,Yahaya Bello to God . In a reaction to victory ,Onoja said the governor and his team will recommit themselves to the service of the people,noting that Kogi shall be great. Meanwhile,the Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the results of Saturday giber […]
Continue ReadingA Political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Monday, congratulated the Governor-elect of Bayelsa state, David Lyon, describing his victory as deserving. Frank in a statement in Abuja also urged National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus and the National Working Committee (NWC) […]
Continue ReadingA group, named Edo Transparency Initiative (ETI), has called out Governor Godwin Obaseki on his threat to probe the multi-billion naira Benin Storm Water Master Plan conceived by the administration of former Governor Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole. Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and former Commissioner of Environment and Public Utilities in the State, Prince […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has defeated Engr Musa wada of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in a contest marred by accusations of violence and rigging. While the official collation is still ongoing,party reports from across the state polling units showed that Bello has won with comfortable margin.
Continue ReadingBy Abdulrazaq Hamzat ‘’A 510billion-dollar GDP as at 2013 when we celebrated being the biggest economy in Africa is of course too small for 200 million population’’ The above is a profound statement credited to Mr Gbenga Olawepo Hashim, the 3rd force presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2019 general election and if you ask me, nothing […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Seriake Dickson had a running battle with former President Goodluck Jonaghan and further ruined Bayelsa PDP by manipulating the party machine to impose his choice as party Guber candidate. The situation led to mass exodus from the party to the APC even as the governor made no efforts to correct the growing split within […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience Jonathan have cast their votes in the ongoing governorship election in Bayelsa state,expressing disappointment at the delay and urging Nigerians to start to do things properly. The former president and his wife voted at about 11:30 am on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at ward 13, polling unit […]
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