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Chief Willy Akinlude is a former chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview, he speaks on the spate of insecurity in the country, the South West security outfit, Amotekun, and the state of the PDP in the state.... Read more via Newtelegraph...

According to Punch Metro, the All Progressives Congress, on Friday, rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue a Certificate of Return to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, in the Bayelsa Governorship elections, Senator Douye Diri... Read more...

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has stated that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Douye Diri cannot be sworn in on Friday as Bayelsa Governor because he did not meet the requirements of the Supreme Court..... Read more...

Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central district at the National Assembly has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to cancel his earlier scheduled trip to Bayelsa for the swearing-in ceremony..... Get More Nigeria Political News

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have reacted to the Supreme Court ruling that sacked Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon on Thursday..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/38qVoLb Get More Nigeria Political News

Douye Diri, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in November’s governorship election in Bayelsa state, has asked members of the party who left the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC), to return.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/3byCvIh Get More...

The presidency thursday accused opposition politicians of paying miscreants to boo the presidential motorcade in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Wednesday.... Get More Nigeria Political News

Nigerians have bashed the All Progressives Congress, APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole for saying that there will be no new governor in Bayelsa State on Friday as the judgment of the Supreme Court lacked ingredient. Oshiomhole, while reacting to the judgment which sacked the election of...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has called on the federal government to call to order Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike said that Oshiomhole's remarks, which he describes as inflammatory... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2vzYQ7G...

The Supreme Court has sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon, barely 24 hours to his inauguration. Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who won the November 2019, governorship election, was to be sworn in as governor on Friday.... Read more via Plus TV Africa –...

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Duoye Diri cannot be sworn in as governor on Friday. The Supreme Court had nullified the election of David Lyon as governor-elect of Bayelsa and declared …...

Enumah Barely 24 hours to his inuaguration the Supreme Court has sacked Mr David Lyon as Governor Elect of Bayelsa State. A five man panel of the apex court presided by Justice Mary Peter-Odili nullified the election of Lyon on the grounds that his deputy, Senator biobarakuma … Read more...

The Senate on Thursday condemned the gruesome killings of stranded travellers by Boko Haram terrorists on the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway on Sunday. The Senate urged the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to send relief items to the affected families and rehabilitate the affected communities. ...

Following the sack of Bayelsa governor-elect, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo by the apex court, the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has Thursday said … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Sensational Nigerian Singer, David Adeleye popularly known as Davido has expressed shock over the decision of Supreme Court Judgement in Bayelsa governorship election. DAILY POST reported that Justice Mary Odili in a unanimous judgement on Thursday sacked David Lyon as governor elect of...

Former lawmaker representing Bayelsa East Senatorial dictrict in the red chamber, Ben Murray-Bruce has congratulated Senator Duoye Diri over his supreme court victory today February 13. Recall LIB reported earlier that a five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili...

The Bayelsa Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed shock over Supreme Court’s ruling nullifying the election of Mr David Lyon as the Governor-elect for the state on Thursday.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2HmHe20 Get More Nigeria Political News

A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the Supreme Court’s judgment which nullified the election of the All Progressives Congress’, APC, governor-elect, David Lyon and.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/38p23px Get More Nigeria Political News

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Maiduguri blamed the leaders of Borno communities for not doing enough in terms of cooperation with the military to end the Boko Haram insurgency.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2vwKi8Q Get More Nigeria Political News

Eleven members of the same family were locked up and burnt in their house in Kaduna yesterday by armed bandits who invaded their Bakali Village in Fatika district of Giwa Local Government Area. It was learnt that the 11 victims.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World...