Investigation: How Kwara Electoral Body Suppressed Voters, Manipulated LG Election Results To Favour Ruling APC

201 By Salihu Ayatullahi, Toheeb Omotayo & Salihu Shola Taofeek In a two-month-long investigation, The Informant247 assembled evidence of several ‘electoral manipulations’ done by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) during the September 21 local government elections. The report documents discrepancies in the election results, voter suppression and widespread disenfranchisement caused by shortages of electoral materials, […]

August 21, 2024

Reforming The PDP: From Genu Valgum To A Stronger Opposition BY OGAR EMMANUEL OKO

537 At this time, PDP lawmakers need to be proactive and assertive in the National Assembly, effectively challenging policies that do not serve the people’s interests while also proposing alternatives. In 1998, when the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was established during the military regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, there was a widespread yearning among Nigerians […]

July 20, 2024

Gov Otu Sues For Unity Among Cross River NASS Members

327 Mr Mbu-Ogar stated that Governor Otu’s bipartisan approach is a reflection of his ‘People’s First’ agenda. By Uchino Amatey In a concerted effort to enhance unity and elevate the visibility of Cross River, Governor Bassey Otu has called on the State’s National Assembly members to collaborate and synergize beyond party lines for the betterment […]

November 16, 2023

LP Welcomes Atiku’s Merger Proposal, NNPP Gives Condition

704 By Abdulrahman Zakariyau and El-ameen Ibrahim, The Punch Newspaper The Labour Party has described the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar’s merger proposal as a good proposal that should be considered. But the New Nigeria People’s Party said it could only accept the proposal if Atiku would support a former […]

October 31, 2023

Rivers Crisis: PDP Govs Meet, Welcome Tinubu’s Intervention

379 By Emmanuel Egobiambu, Channels TV The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has welcomed the intervention of President Bola Tinubu into the Rivers State crisis, calling on all parties to sheathe their sword. This was contained in a communique issued by the governors on Tuesday evening after they met at the Oyo State Governor’s Lodge […]

September 27, 2023

Sheath Your Sword And ‘Jettison Any Further Appeals’ – Governor Otu Tells Sandy, As Court Affirms Him

739 By Sylvia Akpan, CrossRiverWatch Following the Election Petition Tribunal affirming the victory of Governor Bassey Otu, he has prayed his petitioner and opponent in the March 18 2023 polls – Senator Sandy Onor to accept defeat. The Election Petition Tribunal led by Justice Oken Inneh dismissed all the reliefs sought by the petitioners in […]

September 20, 2023

Atiku, Obi Appeal PEPT’s Judgment At Supreme Court

247 By Mustapha Usman and Bankole Abe, The ICIR The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, have filed appeals at the Supreme Court, seeking the nullification of the Presidential Election Petition Court’s judgment which upheld the declaration of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the […]