The drama over who gets the Lagos governorship ticket of the All Progressives Party in the 2019 general elections has come to a close as the incumbent Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has conceded defeat.
The governor in a state broadcast congratulated the winner, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and urged party members to queue behind him and ensure victory for the APC in 2019.

Ambode said, “Dear Lagosians, APC is a great party and the interests of our beloved State must always supersede that of any person or group. It is in this regard that I wholeheartedly congratulate the winner of the Lagos State APC Primaries, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and urge all Lagosians to immediately support our party’s gubernatorial candidate in the 2019 elections and work for the success of our dear party.read more

The Electoral Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary and stakeholders in the state chapter, on Monday came out of a meeting without agreeing on the pattern to adopt for the election on Tuesday.

Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa made the disclosure to newsmen on Monday, after a meeting between the committee and state party stakeholders.read more

Kemi Busari, a Premium journalist covering the ongoing Osun rerun election, was arrested by the police on Thursday morning. Mr Busari was arrested for taking.read more

Thugs alleging belong the All Progressives Congress, APC has chased voters away from the village in Orolu Local government area of Osun State read more

The battle to produce the next governor of Osun State is a straight one between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke and the All Progressive Congress, APC candidate Mr. Gboyega Oyetola.

Today’s poll will hold in seven units across four local governments in Ife South, Ife North, Orolu and Osogbo more read

Osun Rerun: Adeleke, Oyetola Know Fate Tomorrow As 2,598 PVCs Collected In 7 Polling Units

The two strong candidates of Osun State governorship election, Prince Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Alh.Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressive Congress, APC will know their fate ahead of the governorship rerun scheduled for Thursday, September 27.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared last Saturday’s election inconclusive.

Ademola Adeleke of the PDP had polled 254,699, while his closest challenger, Isiaka Oyetola of the APC had 254,345 votes. read more

Ekiti Governorship Election : Petition Tribunal Begins Sitting In Abuja, Gives Parties 44 Days To Call Witnesses

The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal commenced its sittings in Abuja today, with parties...read more

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has rescheduled the party primary election for the governorship, Senate, House of Representatives, State House of Assembly and Presidential. The read more

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) says there is an alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the Osun rerun election.

INEC had declared the governorship election held Saturday inconclusive and subsequently fixed Thursday for a rerun.

The rerun will take place across seven polling units in four local government areas (LGAs) of the state.

CUPP, in a statement issued on Monday by Ikenga Ugochinyere, its spokesman, said INEC has refused to make public the list of people with permanent voter cards in the affected LGAs because it plans to “to announce a fictitious figure of uncollected” PVCs.

This coalition says the endgame of the plot is to release the PVCs to “imported voters read more

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Saturday’s Osun State governorship election “inconclusive”.

Announcing the results on Sunday afternoon, Joseph Afuwape, INEC’s Returning Officer, said Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled254,699, while his closest challenger, Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress read more here

Osun Decides 2018: PDP Supporters Throng At Osogbo INEC headquarters To Celebrate ‘Victory’

Although the announcement of results in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election is only a little beyond the halfway mark, supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)... read more here

Two persons are feared dead in a robbery attack on a bank, Union Bank, in Igede Ekiti, the headquarters of Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

In the operation which reportedly lasted over one hour, it was learned that read more

N-Power, the federal government’s Programme has advice the applicants to check their dashboard on the status icon may be the applicant status icon has changed..read more

The Ekiti governorship election petition tribunal will continue its sitting in Abuja. The decision to relocate the tribunal from Ekiti state followed a request made... read more

Eleven people, including a taxi driver, have been abducted by gunmen on Monday afternoon in...read more

Ekiti Election Tribunal Updates: Counsels Want Sittings Moved To Abuja Over Insecurity.

The Ekiti election petitions tribunal has commenced sitting amid insecurity which has forced the counsels in the matter to call for a shift in venue..read more

Ekiti Election Tribunal: Fracas At Ekiti High Court As governorship Election Tribunal Begins

Reports at Ado Ekiti High Court, the venue of Governorship Election Tribunal said the political thugs are Shootings and attack some lawyers, court workers. The...read more

The governorship election petitions tribunal set up to hear grievances arising from the conduct of the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti state will be inaugural sitting on Monday, September 17.

The emergence of All Progressives Congress candidate, Kayode Fayemi, as the governor-elect at the Ekiti governorship election has been challenged by Prof. Kolapo Olusola.

Olusola, who is widely referred to as Eleka, was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the July 14, 2018 governorship election.

According to a report, Eleka has approached the election petition tribunal in Ado Ekiti to file his petition on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 read more

The Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuf Lasun has officially dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party,.read more

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently in a dilemma over the fate of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who is seeking a second term in office as Governor of Lagos State.

Sources said while Tinubu, after entreaties from many prominent Nigerians which include President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-president President, Yemi Osinbajo, religious leaders and monarchs said he has forgiven Ambode, he added that his foot soldiers in the Mandate Group, the most influential political group in the state are insisting they have had enough of the governor read more

Kemi Adeosun has resigned her position as Minister of Finance. However, it is unclear as...[ur=https://newsflash247.com.ng/2018/09/14/breaking-finance-minister-kemi-adeosun-resigns/l]read more[/url]

There were indications on Thursday that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress , Asiwaju Bola Tinubu , had yet to back down on his decision to find an alternative to the incumbent governor of the state , Akinwunmi Ambode , in the 2019 governorship election .

There had been reports that Ambode was no longer in the good books of Tinubu , which political watchers said might cost him his second term as governor read more

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari should stop the barefaced deceit that he was seeking re-election to protect Nigerians, declaring that; “Rather than protect Nigerians, the President has only used the power he holds in trust for the people to oppress, victimise, and destroy the very same people.”

The governor lamented that Nigeria was drifting as a result of “President Buhari’s mindless tribalism and nepotism, which has polarised our people like never before.”read more

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved with effect from the 14th of September, the appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi (fwc), as new Director-General (DG) of the read more

Speaker Yakubu Dogara has picked the nomination form to return to the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The speaker picked the form on Wednesday, a day after dozens of his constituents travelled to Abuja from his home state of Bauchi.

Mr Dogara told his constituents during the rally, which held at his residence in Abuja Tuesday, that he all but threw in the towel on partisan politics — having served 12 years at the House, four out of which he spent as Speaker — but their overwhelming demand forced his hands to continue his lawmaking career read more

A Lagos State governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Jide Sanwo-Olu, has said he was in the race to bring his wealth of experience in both the private and the public sectors to bear in improving the lot of the people of Lagos.

Sanwo-Olu, who is one of the contenders for the Lagos APC governorship ticket said this in an interview with journalists, in Abuja, on Wednesday.

He spoke after submitting his expression of interest and nomination forms. The aspirant said he was prepared to do what was necessary to improve the living conditions of all Lagosians.read more

PDP Primaries: Party Rescheduled Election Timetable For State Assembly, NASS, Others

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has rescheduled the timetable for the party primaries of the state House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, Governorship, and... read more

In fulfillment of the promise made by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose on the recruitment of 1,000 teachers and another 1,000 various categories of read more

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has said he does not have up to N20 million in his account.

El-Rufai made the disclosure while receiving the governorship expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) worth N22. 5m which was purchased for him by some groups.

Among the groups are the Association of Cattle Sellers, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), NATO, and Sheikh Gumi Market Association.read more

Ekiti State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC have barred all the state House of Assembly aspirants from obtaining nomination forms.

Newsflah247 gathered that read more