Politics

Indications are becoming stronger that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, may have joined the race for the 2023…

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, daughter of the late MKO Abiola, is the director-general of the Yahaya Bello presidential campaign organisation. Bello, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

Pete Edochie says secessionist talks in the southeast don’t justify politically marginalising the Igbo. The actor spoke on a BBC Igbo programme…

The business community in Nigeria has called on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to take the bull by the horn and make official declaration to contest the Presidency in 2023. The group, under the aegis of Businessmen…

Barring last-minute changes, the 37-man committee constituted by the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to resolve the zoning impasse in the party is set to throw open the presidential race, Daily…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked Nigerians not to vote for presidential aspirants “lying” that some persons bought forms for them. Ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President Bukola Saraki;…

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has denied a statement credited to him that he is the ‘anointed’ All Progressives Congress’ presidential flagbearer. Onu, in a statement signed…

Pete Edochie, the ace Nollywood actor, says a president of Igbo extraction is long overdue in Nigeria. The Anambra-born film star argued that…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been warned by White Witches Association of Nigeria (WWAN). Spokesman of the…

The immediate past First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has declared her intention to join the contest for the…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state says members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who are against zoning are selfish. Speaking at a meeting with PDP Senators and members of the House of Representatives in…

Supporters of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday, disclosed that they have raised N67 million for the apex bank boss. The fund, according to them, will be for the purchase…

An indigene of Kabo LGA of Kano State, Hussein Lawal, who is trekking from Abuja to Lagos in solidarity and support for the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has arrived…

Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its presidential ticket to the north.  Tambuwal said this on Tuesday when he met members of the party in Lafia, the capital…

Governor Nyesom Wike said he has hired a legal team of 27 Senior Advocates of Nigeria as part of his bid to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP wins 2023 presidential election. Wike revealed this when he…

Governor of Rivers State, Nyeson Wike has explained why he is not in support of the 2023 presidential ambition of his friend and political ally, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State. Wike, who recently declared…

Enyinnaya Abaribe, one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirants for Abia governorship election, has said that zoning the position to a particular area is not enough to produce the desirable candidate for…

AHEAD of the Presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on May 28 and 29, the Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee, NWC and other layers of the party’s leadership are finding it difficult to…

A former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Kwankwaso, who was a presidential aspirant…

Onyema Ugochukwu, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) board of trustees (BOT), has warned of a potential crisis in the Abia chapter of the party. Ugochukwu, in a statement he personally signed, said the…

After weeks of speculations, former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Kwamkwaso, finally announced his exit from Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday. Kwankwaso had, for weeks…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said that “ancestors” in the All Progressives Congress, APC, are the ones now seeking to become…

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State Governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) clocks 70 today. In a special commemorative interview, he speaks with TheNEWS/PMNEWS on his…

Senator Abu Ibrahim from Katsina has been Bola Tinubu’s buddy since they met in 1992 at the National Assembly, both representing opposing parties. They have remained close since then. He speaks on the Tinubu, he…