CLON LESLEY

The leadership of the African Action Congress (AAC) has clarified its stand on the endorsement of its Rivers State governorship candidate by the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it has "no alliances or coalition with the APC or any other parties in Rivers state".

A Federal High Court sitting in Yola Adamawa State Capital, on Wednesday ruled that the All Progressives Congress (APC) did not field any candidate for Yola-North, Yola-South, and Girei federal constituency. Delivering judgement, Justice Abdulaziz Anka, directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return given to the candidate of the APC, Abdulra’uf Modibbo and issue it to the runners-up in the election, Jafar Ribadu of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) because the APC primary elections that produced Abdilra’uf Modibbo was inconclusive. The counsel to the plaintiff, Barrister Yahaya Dangana, stated that consequent upon the conduct of the APC primary on the 7th of October 2018, the primary was adjudged to be inconclusive and a petition was written to the appeal committee of the APC that the primary be revisited. He added: “Instead of looking into it, the APC appeal committee went ahead and sat with the NWC and forwarded the na...

A document suspected to be a Memorandum of Understanding between Miyetti Allah and the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Nsima Ekere has surfaced online.

Governor David Umahi’s re-election bid received a boost on Tuesday when 26 opposition candidates stepped down for him. Mr Umahi is seeking re-election on the platform of his party, PDP.

The  Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has insisted on the use of Smart Card Readers SCR for Saturday’s Governorship, State Assembly and FCT Area Council Elections, urging Nigerians to ignore any information to the contrary.

Nigerians are known to be resilient and dogged. With a “never say die” attitude. Nigerians are natural-born survivors who believe they can make it no matter what the prevailing circumstances and conditions might be. In fact, there is a joke that if you find yourself any where in the earth surface and you don’t find Nigerian there, you better leave that place because it means the place is inhabitable. We have unrivalled survival instinct and an undying hope that we can make it out of any situation. That’s the Nigerian spirit. Nigeria has one of the highest number of comedians and well-known entertainers. They make jokes about almost everything. They take the worst tragedies and make funny jokes out of them. That’s the Nigerian spirit. The spirit that turns to the Supreme being and ask for divine intervention for every situation. The spirit that believes that no matter what happens ‘Las Las we go dey okay’. The spirit that finds a way to be happy always. That’s the Ni...