London, April 18, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that the decision of Engr Segun Oni to seek redress in court after his defeat in the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last year has not made the former governor his enemy. Reacting to his victory at the Supreme ...

Adetokunbo Fakeye London, April 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-More facts are emerging about the citizenship debacle facing Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former Nigerian Vice president and the presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP in the February 23 presidential election Alternativeafrica.com has learnt that Atiku Abubakar’s problem with others affected could have been resolved under the ...

Adetokunbo Fakeye London, April 3, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation on Tuesday described Bwari court judgement nullifying Adeleke’s nomination as Osun PDP governorship candidate as as a travesty of justice, a purchased ruling designed to negatively affect the outcome of Osun governorship legal tussle. The organisation further stated in a statement that the ruling ...

London, April 3, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Barely two weeks after the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja declared Ademola Adeleke winner of the September 2018 election in Osun state, the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Bwari, Abuja, on Tuesday nullified his nomination as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party ...

London, March 30, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is to begins the process of delisting weak  parties in the country that perform below required standard in the just concluded national election The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, who said this in an interview ...

Adetokunbo Fakeye with Agency Reports London, March 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Violence and voter intimidation once again marred polls in Nigeria Saturday, as voters tried to take part in re-run governorship and state elections already postponed once because of unrest. An opposition spokesman said some of their agents had been killed in the violence and called on ...

London, March 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Facts are emerging about why PDP presidential candidate in the February 23rd presidential election in Nigeria and his legal team are confident of victory at the election tribunal After rejecting the declaration of incumbent Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the election, opposition party, PDP and its candidate, former ...

London, March 18, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A top British diplomat has admitted that British and American governments including some allies got it badly wrong on the prospect of president Buhari winning re-election in Nigeria. The diplomat who had worked for many years in some African countries including Kenya, foreign and commonwealth offices in London, told Alternativeafrica.com during ...

Adetokunbo Fakeye London, March 6, 2019 (AltAfrica)- In its preparation for March 9th election, the Nigerian Army on Wednesday ordered all its commanders to deal decisively with any electoral crime or action such as electoral thuggery, snatching of ballot boxes, illegal possession of electoral materials and firearms as well as other crimes that would mar ...

London, March 6, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The much anticipated battle to prevent the inauguration of Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari for a second time in office after a disputed presidential election has begun. Atiku Abubakar, Buhari’s main challenger in the presidential election and his party, have refused all appeals by well-meaning Nigerians, including some former Nigerian Heads of ...