Politics

The Southwest All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied rumours that former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, was bribed to support the party’s gubernatorial candidate in this Saturday’s election,…

A Federal High Court, Awka Division, has refused an application filed by Chief Chris Uba, the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra South, praying the court to grant an injunction…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has reserved ruling on the ex parte motion by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, presidential election. Atiku Abubakar, and his party…

The leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and the South-south zone, Rotimi Amaechi has declared his support for the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Awara Biokpomabo.…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday pledged to work harder to consolidate on providing security, improving the economy, creating jobs, fighting corruption and upgrading infrastructure in the country. He spoke at the…

The president-general of the Igbo socio-political group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, has distanced the body from the endorsement of the candidature of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as governor by the Lagos State chapter of the…

Not less than 37 political parties in Kwara state on Wednesday openly declared support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in the March 9th governorship election.…

National Intervention Movement Co-chairman, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), on Wednesday said Alhaji Atiku Abubakar faces an uphill battle to overturn Presidential Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the Election Petition…

Hours after several crowdfunding accounts were set up for the People’s Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his spokesman, Paul Ibe, has said he is unaware of the…

Mr. Tanimu Turaki, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A source in the anti-graft agency confirmed this on Tuesday.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would conduct rerun elections in five local governments and six federal constituencies in Lagos State. Speaking at a parley with newsmen in Lagos, the…

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South zone has expressed its interest in producing the next senate president in the incoming National Assembly. In a statement issued Tuesday by…

The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo on Wednesday disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Taraba State, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, from participating in the election on…

The senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege says President Muhammadu Buhari will be actively involved in the process of selecting the next leader of the Senate.Speaking to the News Agency of…

Popular Fuji musician, Abass Akande, also known as Obesere on Tuesday defected  from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State.Also,  the candidate of the Democratic Party of Nigeria for the…

The British High Commission says those who incite electoral violence on social media could be denied access into the United Kingdom (UK). In its call for credible, peaceful elections on 9 March, the high…

A pan-Yoruba group, the Oodua People’s Congress, has warned ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and those planning to foment trouble during…

All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called a meeting of party leaders and stakeholders in Lagos State. The meeting will hold today, Wednesday afternoon, at the party…

The arrest of key allies of the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, was triggered by the recovery of huge foreign currency worth hundreds of millions of naira from dealers by operatives of…

A GROUP of concerned citizens of Ndigbo in Lagos has described as a scam, the endorsement of All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu by the Lagos State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.Leaders…

Former Ogun State Governor Olusegun Osoba spoke with reporters in Lagos on the preparations for Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections, complaints about the Commissioner of Police, suspension of…

The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has debunked rumours making rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari was making plans to Islamize Nigeria. Osinbajo speaking in a town hall…

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), “has a constitutional right to seek redress in court”. Since losing the…

The governorship contest in Sokoto State has the combined characteristics of political wit and fists. As expected of a shootout between an estranged godfather and godson, Aliyu Wamakko, a former governor of the…