Politics

Contesting and winning elections may appear to be the easiest part of the governance architecture of a state or country as the Nigerian example shows. While President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to name his cabinet almost two…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that even if the former Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi is allowed to choose all the panels to handle political cases involving the state, he…

A Ward Collation Agent, Aliyu Abdullahi, on Wednesday, told the presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja that he was shocked when he heard results the Independent National…

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said leaders must be prudent and disciplined in the way they handle state treasury while in office.According to Obaseki, leaders who have been saddled with the responsibility of…

The Osun State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday dismissed claims by the Adeleke’s family that the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Ademola Adeleke, won the last governorship…

The Oyo State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Gov. Seyi Makinde, to explain the source of his N48 billion asset made public on Monday. Chief Akin Oke the state’s chairman…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the two suits filed by Ned Nwoko, challenging the election of Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi as the PDP candidate representing Delta North district in the Oct. 2, 2018…

Former presidential adviser, Reno Omokri yesterday alleged that an IT expert Femi Taiwo was the person behind INEC's election results server. The PDP has alleged that INEC transmitted election results electronically and have demanded…

Prof Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has denied transmitting results of the last general elections electronically. The presidential candidate of…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has suspended sitting till Tuesday for lawyer to President Muhammadu Buhari to play video recordings where Chairman of the Independent National…

The Presidential Election Tribunal on Monday admitted 48 compact video discs in evidence from the PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. The…

Former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (APC, Abia North), has taken a swipe at his kinsmen for not playing politics like other regions by fraternizing with other Nigerians. Kalu told journalists at the…

A witness called by the petitioners before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has admitted that himself and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) paid N10,000 to some soldiers during…

A gubernatorial aspirant in Kogi State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Mustapha Mona Audu, has declared confidence in beating the incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello, by winning the governorship…

Zamfara Police Command has denied media reports of attack on witnesses of the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the state. Counsel to Atiku…

The brewing supremacy battle between Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his estranged godfather, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is looking more like a zero-sum game, writes Adibe Emenyonu The…

Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday scoffed at comments credited to the National Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon Emma Ibediro, and his party that Ndigbo cannot…

The chance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the Feb. 23 presidential election to present 400 witnesses listed in their petition against President…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, sacked Omoyele Sowore as the National Chairman of the African Action Congress, AAC.The court, in the judgment that was delivered by Justice Iyang Ekwo, said it was…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has informed the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that some of its witnesses were attacked by armed men. Mr Levi Uzoukwu, who is counsel to the party…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan is advocatingfor presidents to be stripped of power to single-handedly appoint commissioners and chairmen of the Independent National Electoral Commission…

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Thursday disowned a “faceless group” pushing his alleged 2023 ambition. The group of “mischief makers” has packaged campaign souvenirs,…

Edo people on Thursday defied heavy downpour to attend a mega rally to boost support for Governor Godwin Obaseki. The rally at the Oba Ovoranmen Square was attended by the Nigeria Labour…

West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday officially confirmed that Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq sat for its secondary school leaving examination in 1976 at the…