Politics

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has won the Sokoto South Senatorial election with 4,976 votes. Tambuwal, who ran on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defeated the incumbent lawmaker and All Progressives…

The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of the Adamawa State Supplementary election. The commission announced this in a statement issued on Sunday. Hudu Ari, the Resident…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday morning declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani the winner of the Adamawa governorship election. The Resident…

A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Buba Galadima, tells DIRISU YAKUBU why the alliance between the party and Labour Party’s Peter Obi didn’t work, and what is next for the party What is the way forward for the…

The Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial district and former Governor of Sokoto State, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has defeated candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic (PDP) who is the current deputy governor…

N207 billion may have been expended on 68 million Nigerians who registered to vote in the 2023 elections but for one reason or another ended up not being able to perform that civic responsibility. The inability to…

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 election, Adewole Adebayo, has described the election petitions by the opposition as “doomed”. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Atiku Abubakar…

The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have appointed 18 lawyers including two Senior Advocates of…

Timipre Sylva, former minister of state for petroleum resources, has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Bayelsa. Ahmed Jibrin, chairman of the election…

Athan Achonu, a former senator has won the Labour Party (LP) governorship ticket in Imo state. Achonu won at the governorship election primary held in Owerri, the capital of Imo on Saturday. Calistus Ihejiagwa, the…

Dr Nasiru Idris of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Aminu Bande, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, are running neck and neck in the ongoing supplementary election. Out of the 20 Local Government Areas…

Majority leader of the House of Representatives, Alhasan Ado Doguwa, has been declared winner of Doguwa and Tudunwada Federal Constituency. The Returning Officer, Professor Sani Ibrahim, who announced the result at the…

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State is leading Senator Aisha Dahiru Binani with 434 votes in the ongoing supplementary election. The governor, who is seeking a second term, contested the election on the platform of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission is set to prosecute over 200 persons arrested for various electoral offences during the just concluded general elections. Already, the Nigeria Police Force has transferred…

The Ebonyi state police command has announced the arrest of four people over the murder of a Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain, Peter Nweke. Nweke was tortured to death on March 18, 2023 in Umuezeokaoha community, Ezza…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared the Kogi State Auditor-General, Usman Ahmed Ododo, as winner of the April 14 primary election in the state. According to the secretary of the primary election…

A Niger Delta activist, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has criticised Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for opposing the gubernatorial bid of Dino Melaye, an aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, Governor Umaru Fintiri and his counterpart in the All…

Governor Hope Uzodimma has emerged as the Imo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate.  The Chairman of the Imo State Governorship Primary Election Committee Rear Admiral William Kayoda (rtd)…

In a recent revelation, the former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Akwa Ibom State under the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mike Igini, has alleged that the United Kingdom (UK) introduced…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, has insisted that nobody is going to force him to leave Nigeria. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that speaking on Thursday at Ogbaru…

The Lagos State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Philip Aivoji, and the State Deputy Chairman, Mr. Tai Benedict have been suspended by the party over alleged gross violation of the party’s…

The North-East Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Hudu Ari has said about 36,935 voters are expected to vote in this Saturday’s supplementary elections in Adamawa State. He stated this during a…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday urged voters in Adamawa and Kebbi to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidates in the April 15 supplementary elections. INEC fixed April 15 for supplementary…