Politics

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has endorsed the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Francis Nwifuru as his successor. The endorsement was contained in a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin the sale of Nomination and Expression of Interest forms from Tuesday. The exercise, which was scheduled to begin on Saturday, was postponed due to some logistics and…

Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has rejected an arrangement that produced a former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, as the northern consensus…

The South-West Leaders of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP) have endorsed the suspension of the National Chairman, Dr. Olu Agunloye by his ward in Ondo North Local Government. They also passed a vote of no…

Former Vice President Atiku has dissociated himself from the arrangement that produced former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed, as consensus candidates, saying that that he…

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might become extinct if it fails to present electable candidate to win the 2023 presidential election. Wike, who is a PDP…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says he has what it takes to win the presidency in the 2023 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He spoke on Thursday at a meeting with…

Oil mogul, Tonye Cole has explained how he emerged as the consensus governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC among scores of other aspirants for the Rivers 2023 governorship election. Cole gave…

Bolaji Abdullahi, former minister of sports and youth development, has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Reports reaching Vanguard have it that Architect Tonye Cole has been adopted by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State to be the party’s standard-bearer in the 2023 governorship election in the state. The…

The sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for electoral positions in the All Progressives Congress, earlier slated for today (Saturday), has been postponed, Saturday PUNCH has learned. This is…

Kola Abiola, son of the late acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, has said he will not respond to the comparison of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to his late father, noting that he…

A presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that he will not step down from the 2023 presidential race. Some chieftains of the party had…

Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi, and former Senate President Bukola Saraki have reportedly been selected as the “consensus candidates” to represent the northern region in the race for the Peoples Democratic Party…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered all political appointees seeking elective offices in his government to resign. This is contained in a circular issued by the Head of Service, Hakeem…

Chris Ngige, presidential hopeful and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says before his party fixed the fee for the presidential nomination form, he had budgeted N50 million. He said this on Thursday…

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has said his decision to vie for the office of president in 2023 was not for personal aggrandizement but to make a difference. Emmanuel said this on Friday in Uyo during a…

Olalekan Balogun, Olubadan of Ibadanland, says he hopes that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo becomes president of Nigeria soon. The monarch said this on Friday when Osinbajo visited him at his palace in Ibadan,…

Two Abia businessmen are set to issue a N200m cheque for the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, to purchase their APC presidential expression of interest forms. The Igbere,…

Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria, has told protesters demanding that he declares…

When it comes to grassroots politics, Adekunle Olayinka, an engineer  and CEO of Kunle Olayinka Peace Initiative,…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, has asked party delegates in Adamawa to give him 50% of their votes in the forthcoming primaries. Speaking at a…

Rivers State governor and a PDP presidential aspirant, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday said if elected as President, he will take the war to bandits, saying that when they hear his name, they will run away. He also said the establishment…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on academics and members of other professional bodies to participate actively in the task of making Nigeria a better place for all. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a…