The Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State has raised the alarm over alleged plot by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in collaboration with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to compromise the forthcoming gubernatorial and state assembly elections in favour of the ruling PDP.Addressing a press conference
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Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has aligned itself with the position of the leader of apex socio-cultural Yoruba group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, that Nigeria is yet to have a president-elect.Commenting on the just-concluded presidential and National Assembly (NASS) elections which has been adjudged to be fraught with irregularities and violence,
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A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the South East under the aegis of South East Network for Democracy and Accountability (SENDA) has joined Nigerians and groups calling for the cancellation of the February 25 presidential election results.The coalition made the demand while addressing newsmen on the outcome of
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Obong of Calabar, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu the V, has admonished the people of Efik kingdom and Igbo residents in Calabar and other parts of the state to live peacefully.He made the appeal when Igbo leaders visited his palace yesterday in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The
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Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has said that Lagos is neither for Yorubas nor a no man’s land, but a European satellite slave port.Ahead of the governorship poll on Saturday, there is an ongoing debate on who the true owners of Lagos are.The youngest son of iconic Afrobeat pioneer, late Fela
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.A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Rivers State government to appear before it to explain why Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections should not be suspended.This followed a suit by Chief Tonte Ibraye, the governorship candidate of the
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