AS the country gets ready for the governorship election on Saturday, April 11, 2015, the two major political parties in Akwa Ibom State, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC, have once again commenced traversing the nooks and crannies of the state to woo the electorate.

Olorogun Olori Magege is the chairman of the Delta State Waste Management Board and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In this interview he affirms that the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the presidential election would not benefit the local chapter in Delta State

LESS than four days to the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the two major political parties, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) have intensified their campaigns and strategies to win the polls in Rivers State.

IF the outcome of the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly polls in Bauchi State and the political atmosphere is anything to go by, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will record easy victories in Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections in the state.

Next Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Imo State is going to be a battle royale between the All Progressives Congress, APC, the ruling party and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

Assistant Director, Media Abia PDP Campaign Organisation, Mr. Kingsley Emereuwa, in this interview speaks among others on why Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu will emerge tops in Saturday’s polls

THe pivotal role of some elders in dousing the tension that preceded and followed penultimate Saturday’s presidential election is one that has until now been largely untold

Even though she is not a candidate in any of the elections holding this year, Senator Gbemisola Saraki is about the most keenly watched politicians in Kwara State at the moment

A former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili on Friday advised Nigerians to assess the quality of each candidate before electing members of the House of Assembly.

Besides giving Muhammadu Buhari the least number of votes, the South East zone is the only one that did not return a single senator for the next ruling party. However, the contributions of Ndigbo to Buhari’s victory and their coming benefits are surprisingly overlooked

It was not business as usual for the People Democratic Party, PDP, following the intrigues and events that heralded last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in Bauchi. The election came with its many surprises, particularly for many PDP heavyweights in the state who never envisaged that the tables could turn the other way.

From the street leading to his house, a first timer will think he is going into a market street, but alas, it is not a market street, but the street of a governor.

SECRETARY, Media and Publicity Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Etim Etim, states that last week’s presidential and National Assembly, NASS,elections in the state did not reflect the wishes of the electorate. Notwithstanding, Etim is confident that the APC would emerge victorious in the forthcoming governorship polls

It is not how long but how well, President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, turned deaf to the drumbeats of war from associates to congratulate the victor in last Saturday’s presidential election. His exit strategy could position him on the platform of statesmanship

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) as the winner of the 2015 presidential election.