Politics

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has met with rebel senator Ali Ndume behind closed doors. Ndume, a former Senate Leader and senator representing Borno South at the National Assembly, is keen on contesting for Senate…

Three senators-Ahmed Lawan, Danjuma Goje and Ali Ndume-are in the race for Senate President. Who becomes the number three citizen? Group Political Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU examines the aspirants, their…

Babachir Lawal, a former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says he is qualified to lead Nigeria. In an interview with The Sun, Lawal said the constitution did not limit the presidency to any…

The support for the candidacy of the House of Representatives Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila as the Speaker of the 9th Assembly got a boost over the weekend when All Progressives Congress (APC) members-elect from…

Few weeks after the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as president-elect, a university don has declared that the party is currently heading for self-destruction if they…

Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, Organising Secretary of APC in Adamawa on Sunday insisted that power must shift to the southern part of Nigeria in 2023. Lawal made the call in an interview with the News Agency of…

The Ogun State Governor-elect, Prince Dapo Abiodun has presented his Certificate of Return to the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Abiodun visited Adeboye at the weekend for…

Some former governors are mounting pressure on their former colleague, Senator Danjuma Goje, to accept President Muhammadu Buhari’s choice of Ahmad Lawan for Senate president. The President is believed…

Frontline contender for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has assured that he will clinch the position effortlessly this time around,…

There are indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may face a repeat of the 2015 scenario where some of its members joined forces with members of the opposition party in the National Assembly to…

National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Oye, speaks with TONY OKAFOR on the outcome of the general elections and the future of the partyHow has APGA fared in the last four years?APGA has done…

A chieftain in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one of the popular critics of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has said he is not criticizing the president’s government because he wants positions.In an interview…

• He’s the best for the job, say Niger Senators elect • Adeyeye wants APC to discuss with Ndume, Goje, others Leading candidate for the Senate Presidency, Dr. Ahmad Lawan  took his campaign for the post…

Last-minute attempts by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and other party leaders to pacify Senator Ali Ndume to drop his bid for the Senate presidency may have flopped.Investigations…

Junaid Mohammed has stated that the South should forget 2023 Presidency as the North will present a candidate in the election year. The Second Republic member of House of Representatives claimed that zoning and rotation of…

With the last remnants of the dust emanating from the cantankerous 2019 general elections having settled resulting from the concluded Rivers State gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, aggrieved…

The court of appeal says a total number of 736 petitions have so far been filed to challenge the outcome of the just concluded general elections contested on state and federal levels. The figure was…

The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, on Friday, said he had no reason to regret or worry over his failed senatorial bid and his unsuccessful attempt to hand over to a successor from his party, the All…

The Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Tunde Balogun, says the choice of Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly for ninth assembly remains a business of the 40…

LAWMAKERS at the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday at the plenary expressed happiness over the results of the 2019 general elections. They hailed the All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola…

Senator Ademola Adeleke has condemned the court judgement that nullified his nomination as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 22, 2018, governorship election in…

The Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday, sacked Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, the senator-elect for Delta North Senatorial District. Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit…

Nyesom Wike, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Rivers state governorship election, has won another term. At the end of the final collation of the governorship election results by the…

The presidential candidate of the Youth Progressive Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, has said the party’s votes were “stolen, suppressed and diverted” on February 23. In his first major post-election press…