Politics

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has told the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, that political pressure makes it difficult for presidents to fulfil the promise of serving a single term. Obi…

Malam Muhammed Garba, Chief of Staff to former Kano State governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has dismissed rumours of a rift between…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the appointment of a sole administrator to oversee local government affairs in Rivers State, describing the arrangement as unconstitutional and a threat to democracy.…

Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, won the presidential…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reviewed the anti-party activities of certain members of the party, particularly those endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress has alleged that northern elites are pushing former President Goodluck Jonathan to join the 2027 race in a bid to diminish the chances of…

      A former lawmaker in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani has welcomed the move to allow inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) the right to vote. Sani while commending the move said allowing inmates the…

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has called for the immediate expulsion of Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom…

The Presidency has claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s achievements in his first two years in office have exceeded the performance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during Olusegun Obasanjo’s…

Prominent Rivers indigenes, including former Governor Celestine Omehia, former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, have asked President Bola Tinubu to halt the conduct of local government…

…Flays Makinde’s N63bn Govt House renovation project Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday lamented that politics in Nigeria is now in the hands of criminals and touts, who care little about…

John Shiklam writes that the recent two-day Interactive Session on Government-Citizens Engagement in Kaduna, may have been…

Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will be one of the leading candidates to confront incumbent President Bola Tinubu, in the 2027 presidential poll, a close ally of the Bayelsa-born politician…

The national leadership of the Inter-Party Advisory Council has directed all registered political parties in Nigeria to boycott the August 30 local government elections scheduled to be held in Rivers State. The directive…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the administration of President Bola Tinubu of turning a blind eye to the country’s deepening crisis while engaging in premature re-election campaigns. In a…

Nigerian lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju has said that Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party did not just win six million votes in the last election. Adeyanju claims Obi’s votes during the…

Amidst the growing misconception about the cause of the political rift between President Bola Tinubu and his former associate, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, real reasons have emerged on what led to the frosty relationship…

As political permutations gather pace ahead of the 2027 presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is weighing two prominent Southern figures, former President Goodluck Jonathan and Labour Party’s 2023…

Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday, invited the state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to the wedding of Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, in the United…

…Fault Kenneth Okonkwo for only Northerner can defeat Tinubu claims Igbo women have  slammed the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, for claiming that President Tinubu has been very fair to the South East.…

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has described the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a party full of sprinters. Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Tuesday, Lamido,…

Alwan Hassan, a northern chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared that the North will not vote for Peter Obi in the 2027 presidential election because he is involved in alcohol…

The polity was astir yesterday over the persistent promise of former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, to do a term of four years and quit, if elected as Nigeria’s president in 2027. Obi, who flew the flag of…

Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says his name has never been associated with thuggery, rigging or any form of electoral malpractice. In a statement on his X page on Tuesday, Obi…