Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye has joined the race to be the next governor of Kogi state. Melaye will be contesting for the governorship ticket under the People's Democratic Party (PDP) More details later

The Independent National Electoral commission  (INEC) has begun announcing the results of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly election. The results which are being announced at the International Conference Centre, Abuja is headed by the INEC chiarman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu. Only results of 4 states and the FCT have been announced so far. They are as follows: 1) EKITI STATE - APC: 219,231 -PDP: 154,032 2) OSUN STATE - APC: 347,634 - PDP: 337,377 3) FCT - APC: 152,224 - PDP: 259,997 4) KWARA STATE - APC: 308,984 - PDP: 138,184 5) NASSARAWA STATE - APC: 289,903 - PDP: 283,849 TOTAL VOTES COUNTED SO FAR APC: 1,317,976 PDP: 1,173,439 The commission has gone on a thirty minute recess to reconvene later at 5pm

Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday won all in the 15 voting points in the Presidential and National Assembly elections at Mpape Central polling units marked 006 and 007 situated at Mpape Primary School, Abuja. Members of the PDP A correspondent who monitored voting point one of polling unit 006 reports that PDP polled 92 votes against 64 of the APC in the presidential election; PDP got 95 votes against APC’s 60 in the senatorial, while PDP got 91 votes against APC’s 62 in the House of Assembly election. At voting point two of 006, PDP polled 120 votes against APC’s 23, while PDP polled 117 votes against APC’s 24 in the senatorial. PDP also got 110 votes against APC’s 23 in the House of Assembly election. Also, in voting point three in the same polling unit, PDP got 118 votes as against APC’s 33 in the presidential; PDP got 125 votes against 34 in the senatorial and PDP got 120 votes against APC’s 33 in the House of Representatives election. Also in votin...

The Peoples Democratic Party won Ward 6 at Orekere-Amuro in Mopamuro LGA of Kogi state, according to the interim result announced by the collation Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday night. Ojeboboh Opeyemi, the INEC Collation Officer of Orokere ward 06, announced the results at the collation centre, YLGEA School 11, Orokere Amuro on Saturday. According to Mr Opeyemi, the PDP presidential candidate won 760 votes, while his APC rival got 447 votes and ADC 53 votes, out of the 1291 valid votes cast. There were 128 rejected votes, making total votes cast to be 1419. In the Senate election, the PDP also beat APC, winning 690 votes. The APC got 469 votes and ADC 141 votes. According to Mr Opeyemi, 1322 votes were valid out of the 1417 total votes cast. 95 votes were rejected. However, the result in the ward for Yagba Federal House of Representatives showed the APC candidate beat the PDP rival, by polling 465 votes. PDP got 326 votes...

The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has implored acting Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to take advantage of last Saturday’s postponement of the general election to look into police partisanship that could have  marred the electoral process in the state if the polls had held. Making the call against the background of the Friday siege on Lokoja, Kogi State  residence of a former governor Ibrahim Idris by hooded policemen during a meeting of PDP leaders  ahead of election day, the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Bode Ogunmola, noted that the assailants were considered as political thugs. He asked the Inspector-General of Police and the Kogi State Command of the  Police to take steps to prevent police partisanship in the elections. Noting that the general insinuation was that such brazen daylight assault by unknown gunmen could not have been contemplated without tacit backing from Government House, Loko...

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday lambasted a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, for insisting on supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid in 2019. Abubakar, a former Vice President, warned that Tinubu’s alleged “arrogance will fall off his eyes” in 2019 because Nigerians will vote against Buhari. The Waziri of Adamawa, who made this remark through the spokesperson of his campaign organisation, Segun Sowunmi, said Nigerians won’t allow Tinubu deceive them in 2019. In a series of tweets, Sowunmi also reacted to the saga surrounding the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, certificate of Buhari. Sowunmi wrote: “It is only a man of questionable pedigree whose certificate are dogged with a lot of confusion, whose parental background is pretty much unknown, whose state of origin is opaque and unclear that can understand how life is in the jungl...

Eyebrows are being raised in Kogi East Senatorial district following revelations that embattled Senator Attai Aidoko polled 712 votes to beat all other candidates at the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) primaries that never held. In what look s like akin to ‘results without examination,’ Aidoko is said to have polled 712 votes to beat his other aspirants in a contest that is at best a figment of the imagination of some compromised divisional party executives led by Sani Umoru (Divisional Chairman for Dekina), zonal exco (led by Alhaji Manman Pele) and a few other compromised Party members. “Call it impunity, bizarre, criminal, fraud or magic and you will be very correct but the revelation of a result for the PDP primaries Kogi-East Senatorial Primary election, which was scheduled to hold on 2nd October, 2018 but did not hold on account of resistance from stakeholders of the party, shows the desperation of Senator Aidoko to cling up to power,” one source wh...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has reacted to the choice of Peter Obi as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate. DAILY POST earlier broke the news on Atiku opting for the former Governor as  his running mate in the 2019 presidential tussle. Speaking on Atiku’s decision, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin in a short statement urged both Atiku and Obi to remain steadfast in restructuring the country. The statement read: “All we concerned about at this stage is there were commitments by Atiku about the restructuring of Nigeria. “If it is true that he has picked Peter Obi as his running mate, he should join him to work out clear cut programme on restructuring and ensure that ensure that he remains steadfast on that because that is the main issue that will determine the next election.”

At the announcement of Peter Obi as vice president candidate for Atiku A Few unresolved issues yesterday delayed the official announcement of former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, as the running mate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. A source close to the National Chairman of the party, Mr. Uche Secondus, told The Guardian, yesterday night, that although Obi has been endorsed by many party leaders, he was yet to be formally announced because of a few grey areas to be sorted out. He, however, said that such issues, which he did not disclose, would soon be resolved, as consultations were being concluded at various levels and the announcement might be made soon. When contacted, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said the party had no statement to make on the matter “for now.” Spokesman to Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Segun Sowunmi, said: “I can’t confirm what ...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the emergence of Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, as the presidential candidate for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general election. Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the emergence of Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, as the presidential candidate for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general election. Atiku scored 1532 votes to defeat his closest rival, Aminu Tambuwal who polled 693 votes. Reacting, Fani-Kayode, who took to his Twitter page to congratulate Atiku on his victory, asked the ruling All Progress Congress, APC, to get ready for war. He wrote, “Congrats to the Waziri of Adamawa, Atiku Abubakar on a great victory. Now is the time for each and every one of us in @OfficialPDPNig to come together as a party and prepare for the presidential election. @APCNigeria get ready for war! @MBuhari prepare for your retirement!” Click ">here

Businessman, Femi Otedola , has reportedly accepted to become the torchbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Lagos State governorship race in 2019. According to popular celebrity publisher, Dele Momodu , PDP offered Otedola , who is currently on vacation the governorship ticket and he has accepted it . He shared the news on his Twitter handle, @ DeleMomodu . He tweeted: “Breaking news: Lagos 2019 promises to be interesting . PDP offers Femi Otedola governorship ticket . He’s accepted and personally confirmed to t he Boss of the newspaper .” On his Instagram page, Otedola shared a video of himself enjoying a ride in a miniature vehicle. He captioned the video: “ Never too old to catch some fun 🏎… F . Ote💲” Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had on Monday declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Ambode told party faithful in Alausa to join him to build a prosperous state dri...