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Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, speaks on how the Commission successfully conducted the Anambra governorship election despite the numerous challenges it encountered. He also speaks on preparations for the 2023 general elections as well as the Direct Primary controversy. Excerpts: Sir, let me…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River on Sunday received over 5,000 returnees from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The event was held at
The returnees and the new members were from five Local Government Areas of the district. | Pulse Nigeria
Ayade and his 2023 political permutations On By Dirisu Yakubu Governors particularly in third world countries come across as powerful forces whose words are laws. In Nigeria, they are seen as demi-gods; men who have everything at their beck and call. So powerful are they that when they are yet to exhaust their first tenure, most of them have a way of prevailing on their political platforms to assure them of a second shot at the plum seat. Slogans such as “No vacancy,” “four plus four,” “tazarce” (continuity) have found their way into the nation’s political lexicon owing primari...
Ugo Aliogo narrates the travail of House of Representatives member from Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency in Cross River State, Hon. Agom Jarigbe Agom, which shows that winning a tightly contested senatorial by-election may be the easiest task, but being sworn-in to begin his legislative duties has become an unbelievable nightmare When Senator Rose Oko representing Cross River North senatorial district passed on after a protracted illness, the position became vacant. As it is always the case, the jostling by those who considered themselves eminently qualified began. Ultimately, like the biblica...