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IGP suspends Edo APC faction rally
The Inspector–General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has approved the suspension of the planned rally by a faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State to…
Group flays Shettima’s statement on 2023 presidency
The Vanguard, a political interest group, has condemned a statement by the national president, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, on who becomes…
Obaseki is a liar, he’s aware of the mega rally – Ize-Iyamu
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a former governorship candidate of the PDP in Edo State, has debunked Governor Godwin Obaseki’s claim that he was unaware of the grand rally organised…
If you’re faint-hearted, don’t go into politics – Sanwo-Olu
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos says politics in Nigeria is not for the faint-hearted and those who nurture trait of self-pity. He also said career professionals and…
BREAKING: Two INEC staff bag 42 years for receiving bribes
A high court sitting in Yola, presided by Justice Nathan Musa on Thursday jailed two Independent National Electoral Commission Staff for 42 years for collecting bribes.Justice Musa also asked the Inspector…
APC Governors Renew Moves against Oshiomhole
Despite the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have returned to the trenches in their bid…
Buhari has reduced presidency to Fuji House of Commotion – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has become a house of commotion. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday,…
‘I choose to remain a minister’ — Akpabio pulls out of senatorial rerun
Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs, has pulled out of the Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial re-run election scheduled for January. Akpabio made his decision…
Obaseki disowns Ize-Iyamu’s defection rally in Benin
The crisis rocking the Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), worsened on Tuesday, as embattled Governor Godwin Obaseki, denied knowledge of a rally planned…
Forgive my iniquities, Fayose Begs PDP members
The Immediate past governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has pleaded to the aggrieved members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to…
Govs plot to install Buhari’s successor
There are strong indications that some All Progressives Congress governors are plotting to seize the control of the party as part of efforts to install President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in…
INEC seeks powers to withhold certificates of candidates declared winner under duress
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for the amendment of electoral laws to empower it to withhold certificates of return of candidates declared winners under…
I’ve retired from elective politics — Senator Goje
In what came to many as a huge surprise, one time Governor of Gombe State who is currently representing Gombe Central as a Senator, Muhammad Danjuma Goje has announced his retirement from elective politics in…
PDP sweeps Adamawa LG chairmanship election
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the 21 local government council chairmanship position in the Saturday’s LG elections in Adamawa. Mr. Isa Shetima, chairman,…
Northern Group Advocates Power Shift, Backs Tinubu
A northern youth group has advocated power shift to the southern part of the country after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023. The group, Tinubu North…
Restructuring: Take your agitation to NASS – Presidency tells Nigerians
THE Presidency has asked Nigerians agitating for the restructuring of the country to take advantage of the constitutional amendment being proposed by the…
Alleged double registration: Yahaya Bello knows fate Jan. 20
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Jan. 20, 2020, deliver judgment in the suit seeking Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi’s disqualification over alleged double registration as…
PDP members who could have given us a fight in Edo are dead – Oshiomhole
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the ruling party is not at risk of losing the 2020 governorship election in Edo…
Melaye heads to tribunal Monday, gets PDP’s support
The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday aligned itself with the decision of its Kogi West Senatorial candidate, Dino Melaye, to file a petition at the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal over the…
INEC to conduct 28 rerun elections in January
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says there were 30 court-ordered rerun and supplementary elections out of which only two were conducted leaving a balance of 28 across the…
Igbo cannot make presidency alone – Rochas Okorocha
Rochas Okorocha, the Imo West Senator has declared that the South East alone can’t make themselves President in 2023. The Senator disclosed this while addressing newsmen. on…
Your Coup against Democracy Can’t Stand – PDP tells APC
The war of words between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) continued wednesday with the opposition party accusing the ruling party of plotting a coup against democracy…
A rerun that drew curtains on Melaye’s tenure
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Dino Melaye has lost the Kogi West Senatorial rerun to All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Smart Adeyemi. Correspondent JAMES AZANIA writes on…
Plaintiff seeking third term for Buhari withdraws suit
Mr. Charles Enya, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who filed a suit seeking constitutional amendment to allow President Muhammadu Buhari and governors to…