Vanguard
Bayelsa govt vindicates Nigerian Army as COAS unveil new barracks
The Bayelsa Deputy Governor, retired Rear Admiral John Jonah, has implored Nigerians not to blame the army for its involvement in the 2019 general elections.
Thisday
How Politics Tore Gbemi and Bukola Saraki Apart
The biblical prophecy of siblings turning against each other in the last days has found fulfilment in Kwara politics. There is no other way to explain the gaping rift between brother and sister who have entered another phase in their long and titanic battle for the soul of the state.
The Sun
2019 elections: SDP candidate drags INEC to tribunal for omission of name from ballot
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) senatorial candidate for February 23 National Assembly election, Barrister Tony Chukwuelue, has concluded plans to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akwa for omission of his name from the ballot paper .
Guardian
“The fact-finding Committee chaired by Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee denied fair hearing to APC as a political party whose agents were not invited during hearing of the facts leading to the cancellation of the Results of Tafawa Balewa LGA.
Daily Times
How APC won Zamfara elections in 24 hours – Gov. Yari
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has attributed the successes recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the February 23 and March 9 general elections in the state despite the party’s crisis to “divine intervention’’. Yari disclosed this when
Daily Trust
JUST IN: PDP cries out, says INEC denying Atiku access to electoral materials
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has refused to obey the March 6, 2019 ruling of the Appeal Court, directing it to allow the party’s presidential candidate for the February 23 poll, Atiku Abubakar, to inspect the documents and materials used during the election.
The Nation
Gbenga Daniel quits PDP, partisan politics
The Director-General of the Abubakar Atiku Campaign Organisation, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, unexpectedly called it quits with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday, 21 days after Atiku lost the presidential race.
Tribune
Kaduna Killings: Inhumanity Has Replaced Compassion ― Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the actors in the communal and persistent violence in Kaduna State noting that “inhumanity has replaced compassion in the hearts and minds of the perpetrators of these atrocities.”
