Mr. Seyi Makinde is the Governor of Oyo State. In this maiden interview with journalists, he talks about the place of accountability in governance and how he hopes to pull Oyo State out of poverty. GBENGA AKINFENWA reports. Your first decision as governor was to ban the NURTW, whereas it is a registered body under the…

Ahead of the Kogi State governorship election scheduled for November 16, some women from across the state, particularly Kogi Central senatorial district, have declared support for Natasha Akpoti.   Akpoti contested for the seat under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the last National Assembly elections, but lost to the candidate of…

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for Cross River State Central Senatorial District in the 2019 election

• The Odds Against Yahaya Bello The race for the November 2, 2019 governorship poll is on in Kogi State. And all the strong political parties— the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Young Progressives Party (YPP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Accord Party, (AP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives Grand…

I operate from the position of the moon not the position of the crescent, because when you look at the movement of the moon in the sky from a crescent...

The three-man petitions tribunal for the governorship/ national and state assembly elections yesterday began sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The panel granted eight of the 30 ex-parte applications filed before it. The chairman, Justice Vincent Agbata, promised that they would be “transparent, fair and firm in their dealings with all parties”, warning…

In the just concluded general elections, it was a rowdy affair due to the unprecedented number of political parties on the ballot paper. Many have blamed...

The Supreme Court, yesterday, upheld the Court of Appeal’s judgment, declaring Donald Duke as the Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) presidential candidate. The judgment was delivered by the Supreme Court presided over by Justices Ejembi Eko, Kudirat Kekere, Amiru Sanusi, Paul Galumje and Uwani Aji. The court also awarded N3 million in favour of Duke. The…

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its senatorial candidate for Anambra Central zone in the February 23 elections, Chief Tony Chukwuelue...

Abia State chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Hon. Chidi Nwosu, has urged the National Assembly and the presidency to comprehensively amend the Electoral Act to stipulate measures that would eliminate ‘cancerous and perennial electoral dysfunction in the country’s electoral system.’ Nwosu, who spoke to journalists in Umuahia, said after assessing both the national and state elections…

No fewer than 400 candidates are contesting in Saturday’s State House of Assembly election in Borno, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Oyo State has endorsed Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as candidate of the opposition parties for Saturday’s election. Its National Publicity Secretary, Alfa Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. Makinde, who was the party’s governorship candidate in 2015, secured the party’s endorsement at its National…