Politics

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Friday called on members of the Presidential Campaign Organisation, Ekiti State Chapter and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure the dominance of the party ahead of 2022…

Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Governor of Kano State, has denied reports that he told Kabir Yusuf, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kano State governorship election, that the PDP administration, if…

The gigantic broom symbolising the All Progressives Congress (APC), constructed at the City Gate in Abuja, has been dismantled. The construction of the broom project, which signifies the APC logo and was done with…

Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might be planning to organise a special event to issue him a certificate of return. He spoke while…

The Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have not taken any decision on the zoning of the positions of presiding officers of the 9th Assembly, Daily Trust has reliably gathered yesterday.…

The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alh. Atiku Abubakar was in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Thursday for a private meeting with his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo.…

Four lawmakers would be returning to the Ogun Assembly as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won 15 out of 26 House of Assembly seats in the state. According to a result sheet of the Assembly…

The Senator representing Abia North, Mao Ohuabunwa, has asked a Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising a former Governor of the state, Orji Kalu,…

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe, has said the outcome of the March 9 elections in Lagos did not reflect the wish of the people. Ogunlewe, a former Minister of…

The 9th national assembly to be inaugurated in June will definitely come with a lot of surprises, intrigues and power play. The two prominent leaders of the legislature are most likely not returning to…

In Nigeria, start-ups that engineer social change are rarely commended or even acknowledged. Many Nigerians may not know that it was a start-up communications agency, Hook Creative Agency, that introduced…

A state High Court sitting in Yola has issued an order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State. Justice Abdulaziz Waziri of…

A  planned meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the All Progressives Congress Caucus in the House of Representatives has been suspended indefinitely.The leader of  the caucus and Majority Leader of the…

A group, the Ogun Patriotic Front, has called on the governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement in Ogun State, Adekunle Akinlade, not to challenge the result of the March 9 election in court.…

In every electoral process, there are winners and losers but some losses are more intense than others, depending on a variety of factors. All parties and candidates head into elections with the optimism of…

The National President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Rev. Dr. Felix Omobude, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over his victory at the March 9 presidential election. He also…

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that the Federal Government and the All Progressives Congress are planning to use soldiers to rig the rerun governorship elections slated for March 23 in…

The Taraba State Government have relaxed the 24-hour curfew initially placed on Jalingo, the state capital. A dusk to dawn curfew was first placed on Jalingo on Monday at the thick of the collation of…

Another diehard supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari has started trekking from Abuja to Kebbi yesterday (Wednesday). Ahmed Sani, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Solidarity Group and…

—Says Buhari’s victory is divineENUGU-SPIRITUAL Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has told trouble politicians in the country to stay away from anything that concerns the spiritual…

Rochas Okorocha, outgoing Governor of Imo State, says his certificate of election as a senator cannot be seized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Speaking on Wednesday when a crowd of…

Governors Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha of Ogun and Imo states respectively have been thrown into a dilemma on how to approach the defeats suffered by their protégés in last weekend’s governorship elections.Both men, who…

Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday thanked Lagosians for voting its flagbearer, Babajide Sanwo-Olu as governor. The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Joe…

A former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against manipulating the rerun elections in states where last Saturday’s governorship…