Politics

Pressure from the international community, especially the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU) saved Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), from being…

There was a mild drama yesterday when the Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate, Kayode Alabi, visited Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) at Gaa Akanbi to appeal for calm following the postponement of…

There is no plan to remove Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu over the abrupt postponement of the general elections, the Presidency said yesterday. A leading politician has alleged that…

NATIONAL leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has revealed how some influential members in the Lagos APC Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC, upturned one of his…

Hours to Saturday’s aborted Presidential and National Assembly Elections, Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, spoke in an interview in which he claimed that his successor as governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike lived in fear…

The members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) currently being engaged for the conduct of the general elections nationwide have written to the Chairman of the Independent Natural Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mamood Yakubu,…

Following the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has scheduled an emergency caucus meeting for Monday, Vanguard can authoritatively…

The lawmaker representing Anambra South in the Senate, Senator Andy Uba, has debunked rumours making the rounds that he had been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement issued on…

The Abia State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has said that it has directed its members and supporters across the seventeen local government areas of the state, to cast their votes for the Presidential candidate of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says there is no more room for political campaigns or collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in spite of the postponement of elections by one week. The Chairman of INEC,…

Political thugs who have been identified as suspected cultists arrested by the police after burning INEC buses in Akwa Ibom State, have fingered some politicians in the state as their sponsors. The political thugs set…

Unknown gunmen have reportedly murdered Boniface Okloho, the All Progressives Congress chairman in Ohimini LGA of Benue State. It was gathered that the late Okoloho was reportedly shot and killed yesterday by some…

Following yesterday’s postponement of the presidential polls by INEC, Nigerians have been weighed down by despair, hopelessness and further disillusioned. ”Canada” and ”Australia” became trending hashtags and people took to social…

• We’ll lose billions of naira, say NACCIMA, others • Lagos, Aba markets record low patronage How much could Nigeria have lost to the unexpected postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections? Although,…

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to remain committed and not allow the election postponement deter them from exercising their rights on Feb. 23. Tinubu made the call…

Senator Dino Melaye has claimed he just survived another assassination attempt on his life and he is grateful to be alive. In a statement he posted on social media, the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial districtstated that he…

Candidates vying for various political positions in the 2019 general elections said they remain upbeat in spite of the sudden postponement of the polls by a week. The candidates who spoke in separate interview with the however…

The streets of the northern commercial city of Kano State are so far calm as residents seem to have come to terms with the news of the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections. Citizens were seen going…

The United States (US) government has called on Nigerians to support the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as it finalises electoral preparations this week. The United Kingdom (UK) government has also urged…

Facebook's automated ad approval system can be tricked fairly easily, making it possible to buy ads to spread misinformation and fake news in advance of the Nigeria elections, an Al Jazeera investigation has found. Last…

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), took on Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over the postponement of the elections. Oshiomhole said this…

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says there were attempts to sabotage the commission during preparations for the elections. He said this in Abuja while explaining the reason for…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has condemned the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Oshiomhole, who spoke in Iyamoh, in the Etsako…

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Abuja from Katsina, where he had gone to vote in the 2019 presidential and other elections. The elections have since been postponed by a week. The news of President Buhari’s arrival…