Politics

The pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has cautioned members against endorsing presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election in the country. The forum noted that it was…

A political movement under the aegis of Justice and Equity Group on Wednesday made case for the zoning of the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party to the North in the interest of fairness and justice. “A blanket ban on any…

AHEAD of the February 26  National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, a group under the aegis of Niger State APC Progressives Vanguard has thrown its weight behind the Chairman, Senate Services Committee, Senator…

Senator Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo State on Wednesday joined the growing ranks of those who want to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as President of Nigeria. Okorocha formally declared his intention to run for the…

Opeyemi Bamidele, senator representing Ekiti central, has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to cancel the primary election scheduled to take place in the state on Thursday. The party is expected to pick its…

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday joined the growing ranks of those jostling to replace President Muhammadu Buhari when he ends his tour of duty on May 29, 2023. Saraki is the second former Senate President…

The Chairman, All Progressives Congress Primary Election Committee for Ekiti State and Governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru, said on Wednesday that party members who would vote in the primary elections across 177 wards in…

Bisi Kolawole has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti state. Kolawole, former chairman of the PDP in Ekiti, edged out Segun Oni, an ex-governor, and…

A South-West group, New Tribe, has declared that 80 per cent of Nigerian lawyers will vote for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo because he’s the most reliable person to succeed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…

Kehinde Bamigbetan, co-Founder of Grassroots Network for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says there is nothing wrong with the presence of bullion vans at the Bourdillon’s residence of the All Progressives Congress leader on the eve of…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been warned against fielding a presidential candidate from the North in 2023 as this may lead to a mass exodus within the major opposition party. A political advocacy group, Reset Nigeria,…

The national co-ordinator of ‘Got Your Back Nigeria’, Prof. Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia Jnr, said a presidential hopeful and Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, is the preferred choice of…

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says only candidates who have the “energy” to rule Nigeria should be elected come 2023. Speaking on Tuesday at the retirement thanksgiving service held…

The political temperature of Ekiti State is gradually rising, as gladiators in the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), namely former Governors Ayodele Fayose and Segun Oni as well as 15 others would slug it out in the…

The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday formally received the Expression of Intention and Nomination Forms earlier obtained in Abuja on his behalf by some friends, political…

The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Movement is set to inaugurate its working committee for the actualisation of the presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. According to a…

The house of representatives has agreed with the senate on a clause providing for the consensus candidate option for political parties. When both chambers of the national assembly…

FORMER  Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, visited  ex-Niger-Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, at the riverside Oporoza community,  traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local…

A socio-political group in the fold of All Progressive Congress, Youths for Progressive Alliance (YFPA), has accused a suspended chieftain and Secretary of the APC Convention…

Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, says Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, will serve for one term if elected president in 2023.  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain spoke on Monday at the…

Over 140 people have signed an online petition asking Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to run for president in 2023. According to the petition which was initiated by a group called Concerned…

The owner of DAAR Communication, and the Chairman Technical Committee for Abubakar Atiku Presidential project, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has denied saying that nobody from South East could be President in 2023. Dokpesi…

Ahead of the February 26 convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has paid a solidarity visit to the national Chairmanship hopeful of the party, Senator Sani…

No doubt, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is one of the forces to reckon with in the politics of 2023 general elections as the race to pick the sole presidential ticket of the ruling All…