Politics

Less than 48 hours to voting to elect a new governor of Rivers State, Gov Nyesom Wike has shelled out N570million to youths of the state. The governor also handed the allocation of the 10,000 jobs into the…

Musiliu Akinsanya, Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, also known as MC Oluomo, has warned Igbos in the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Addressing supporters of the ruling…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, in this interview, speaks on the outcome of the presidential election, the party’s preparation for tomorrow’s…

The Olubadan-in-Council has declared it has no anointed candidate among the array of candidates jostling for the Agodi Government House come 29th May, this year. While this is coming barely 48 hours to the…

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, says the commission has delisted 100 ad hoc staff in the state over alleged  involvement in  election malpractices. Mr Omorogbe made the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refuted media reports alleging that it has withdrawn its petition at the Presidential Election Tribunal. Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, said this in a…

Olabode George, a former national deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday publicly endorsed Labour Party Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for the Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos State. The…

Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly no doubt will spring up surprises and upsets just like what was witnessed during the Presidential and National Assembly when top contenders lost out in the…

Dr. Seye Dairo, Campaign Director-General, of  the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran aka Jandor, has resigned. Dairo, who announced…

Lagos, with a population of over 20 million is Nigeria’s most viable state. It is the commercial nerve centre of the nation and contributes over 70 percent of revenue to the national purse. The state is home…

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Thursday declared his support for the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) when the governorship candidate of the Labour Party,…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has imposed movement restriction nationwide during governorship and house of assembly elections on Saturday. The IGP, in a statement issued by CSP…

Labour Party Youth Wing on Thursday boasted that Obi-dients will take over Lagos, Rivers and Edo states, among other South-South and South-East states in the March 18 governorship and the House of Assembly…

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has visited the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu. He made this known on his…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has described the recently held National Assembly and…

The Executive Chairman of Lagos Central Mosque and Baba Adinni of Lagos State, Sheikh…

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has lamented that many experienced members lost out to religious and ethnics politics in the February 25th National Assembly elections. He made the…

Critic, Reno Omokri has called on residents of Lagos not to vote for the Labour Party’s governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour in this weekend’s governorship election. Omokri, in a post on his…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has opened up on its support for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, in the February 25 elections. Chairman of PDP in Rivers, Ambassador Desmond Akawo,…

Long queues at Deposit Money Banks as a result of naira scarcity are gradually disappearing in some parts of the country amid fear by traders and customers to accept the old naira notes. Many Abuja residents…

Nothing underscores the dynamics of politics better than the meteoric rise of the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, in the race for the soul of Lagos State, the Centre…

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano has alleged that its main opponent in Saturday’s election is not the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) but the Department of State Services (DSS). The…

Ahead of this Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections, former President Goodluck Jonathan has admonished politicians against do-or-die politics, saying those who aspire to rule should not force…

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the , has advised his supporters not to vote blindly in the governorship elections.  On Saturday, residents of over 20 states will troop out to elect new governors and state…