Politics

A bull has the greatest influence on its own dunghill. In the same vein, a covetous politician seeks power where his name and his deeds excite the loudest cheer. Little wonder , Wasiu Eshinlokun, the Deputy…

Adekunle Akinlade, governorship candidate of the Allied People's Movement (APM) in Ogun State, has expressed confidence that he will reclaim his mandate to govern Ogun State. Speaking at an inaugural…

Igbo social-political body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has noted that it has no regrets for refusing to support President Muhammadu Buhari in the  February 23  presidential election. Ohanaeze had drummed support…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto State, led by Justice Tom Yakubu, has set aside the judgement of a Zamfara High Court on the All Progressives Congress primary election that produced the party’s candidates for…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated the order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC from collating Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area election results for the Bauchi…

The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has said the president did not campaign for his party, the APC after his re-election because “he wanted to leave the people to…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will, today, meet to take a decision on the leadership of the 9th Assembly. A member of the NWC, who disclosed this to…

Kano residents have resorted to praying for Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner of the state’s supplementary governorship elections on…

The 2019 general elections in Ekiti State cannot be forgotten in a hurry, due to the intrigues, the surprises and the oddities that shaped the exercise. RASAQ IBRAHIM examines the factors that aided the…

IGBO leaders have disclosed that they were designing a post elections strategy that would maintain Igbo solidarity, to ensure that the Igbo are not distracted by those lobbying for positions in government and those positioning…

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has thanked the people of the state for re-electing him for a second term. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Ganduje, winner of…

AHEAD of the inauguration of the 9th Senate, there are allegations that Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, is already putting in place, machinery to ensure that he influenced who emerge as the next Senate President and the…

Abdullahi Ganduje, incumbent Governor of Kano State, has secured a second term in office as winner of the governorship election. Ganduje, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress…

The Benue State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the just concluded supplementary governorship election in the state. Mr Ortom, who recently defected to the PDP,…

Aisha Buhari, the wife of the president, says she wishes her husband cabinet will have as many women — in percentage — as the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) has in 2019. Speaking at the…

Kano State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has formally written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking the cancellation of the March 23 supplementary elections in…

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on Friday evening returned to the state after his rumoured involvement in an accident, saying, he is not cloned from abroad. This was as, the Governor…

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has scored the highest votes the Sokoto State governorship election after polling a total of 512,002 from both the March 9 first ballot and…

Governor-elect for Plateau State, Simon Lalong, says his victory during the Saturday re-run poll for another term of four years was a referendum by the people to move the state to the next level. Lalong…

•Says support for APC gov’ship candidate was pure local issue •’Don’t link Tinubu’s money with my decisions’ •Explains how he took Atiku into confidence •Speaks on Obasanjo, Osoba and how he made peace •’PDP crisis…

The incumbent Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the 2019 gubernatorial election, polling 595, 582 votes to defeat his closest rival, Sen.…

Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan has officially declared his intention to contest the office of the Senate President in June when the 9th Assembly will be inaugurated. Lawan has been in the news as one of the…

A coalition has commended the conduct of Saturday’s governorship re-run election in Kano State. The observers, numbering 18, addressed the press via a statement read by Chinyere Manukwem, the leader of Global…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ibeju-Lekki State Constituency I, Mr Fatai Mojeed Adebola, winner of the supplementary election in the…