Politics

The crowds around some of the outgoing state governors are fast thinning out with only 12 days to their exit from office and the  inauguration of their successors. Eleven of the 36 states will have new…

It was fanfare of some sort yesterday in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos, as Hon. Moyosore Ogunlewe aka Moyo, formally of the PDP defected to the APC. The official declaration, which took place at…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled the Bayelsa and Kogi state governorship elections. The commission said the elections, initially scheduled to hold on November 2, will…

LAGOS State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday spoke of fulfilling his administration’s cardinal promises of bringing government closer to the people as he inaugurated some projects in…

The Southwest Consensus Group, SCG, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to be wary of the alleged expansionist agenda of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. SCG noted that…

Acho Ihim, speaker of the Imo state House of Assembly been suspended. He was suspended by twenty-one out of 27 lawmakers of the assembly on Wednesday. Ihim was suspended after he had adjourned the…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has adjourned till May 22, 2019 for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar to file a formal application, praying the tribunal’s Chairman,…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says “shifting the inauguration day” of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term from May 29 to June 12 will not confer recognition on a “stolen mandate.” On…

All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday urged the National Assembly to be on the same page with the Presidency in ensuring a constitutional amendment for the…

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), yesterday, dissolved its Board of Trustees (BoT), ahead of the May 31 national convention. The dissolved BoT had Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie…

The pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, has arrived the Tuesday’s proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja.When the matter slated for the day, the…

A political party, Hope Democratic Party, HDP, has filed a motion seeking an order of the presidential election tribunal restraining President Muhammadu Buhari from presenting himself to be sworn-in on May…

On his mission to the villa?A: I came to see Mr President to brief him on the general security situation in Kaduna, which I do from time to time and also to update him on the various initiatives by the Inspector-General…

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says he owes no one any apology over his comments on how to end godfatherism in Lagos state. El-Rufai, had said he knew how to end “godfatherism” in the politics…

Prince Mustapha Audu,the son of late Prince Abubakar Audu, who is also in the race to unseat Gov Yahaya Bello under the platform of YPP was seen sharing CHEESE BALL as Ramadan package. One word for him!

President Muhammadu Buhari will have a low-key inauguration for his second term on May 29. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, disclosed this to reporters in Abuja on Monday. Mohammed…

…The Odds Against Gbajabiamila, The Anti-Tinubu Forces at Play Lightning never strikes the same place twice, so the saying goes. If developments unveiling around the race for the Speakership of the…

Outgoing Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said on Monday that he had grown wiser politically, having spent four years in office.Ambode was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to pay what he called, ‘Thank you visit’ to…

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African Action Congress (AAC) has suspended Omoyele Sowore as the National Chairman of the party. This was announced at the party’s NEC meeting in…

FORMER governor of old Anambra state, Senator Jim Nwobodo has called for Igbo presidency in 2023, saying “Nigeria will not know peace until an Igbo becomes President”.Senator Nwobodo made this assertion during his 79th…

The Presidency has said there is no truth in reports that the Federal Government is considering shifting the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for second term from May 29 to June 12. The Senior…

Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, says he will retire from the Senate in 2023. As such, the lawmaker said that he will no longer seek for re-election to the Red Chambers.…

There is disquiet in the All Progressives Congress over the list of nominees for ministerial posts by President Muhammadu Buhari. Findings by our correspondent revealed that party chieftains were finding it…

LEADERS of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have foreclosed the chance of any of its members contesting for the post of Senate President or Speaker of the House of Representatives in the…