Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos says over 5.5 million registered voters in the state have collected their permanent voter cards (PVC). Speaking with reporters in the state on Wednesday, Femi…

Our attention has been drawn to the news of a recent endorsement of the PDP candidate Alh Atiku Abubakar by a motley socio cultural group which calls itself Nigeria Leaders and Elders forum and which particularly includes a group…

Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari government has “strong plans” for the creation of an additional state in the South-East. Obiano stated this when the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Lagos branch,…

Women in Lagos State have been urged to mobilise their neighbours, friends and family members to vote enmasse for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general elections in the country.The Lagos APC Women Leader,…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to pull out of the peace accord it signed for the elections. In December, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP,…

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says Benue belongs to President Muhammadu Buhari and he can do whatever he likes there. Ortom said this at the Nigerian air force base, Makurdi, the state capital, while speaking with…

The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has described as “most irresponsible” the comments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union on President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of the…

The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Jimi Agbaje, has no vision for the state. He said aside from being confused,…

NIGERIANS were yesterday urged to remove the cancer of corruption from Nigeria by renewing the mandate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for another four years. The counsel was given by APC leaders during the party’s…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) told President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday that he cannot blackmail Nigerians. It insisted that Nigerians will defeat him in the February 16 presidential election. The PDP lamented what it…

The Youth wing of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) on Tuesday rubbished the endorsement of Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)  Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by its parent body. The youths, who were furious…

The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday sacked the Commissioner for Information, Mr Bello Muhammad-Goronyo, following his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), NAN reports. Tambuwal’s…

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerian workers to reject sale of the nation’s refineries and NNPC privatisation with their votes in the coming elections. The President gave the charge while declaring open the ongoing…

No fewer than 10,000 members of the National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes, NANP, on Tuesday stormed Abuja, the nation’s capital ahead of the February 16 presidential and National Assembly elections. The group vowed to…

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has described Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere as a ‘human jackal’ and a morally bankrupt character whose…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday confessed that it is a herculean task fighting corruption in a nation like Nigeria. Buhari, while addressing a crowd of party supporters and admirers at the 12,000 capacity Ekiti Parapo…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday urged Nigerians against voting for the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar in the coming February 16 presidential election. …

Presidential candidate of KOWA Party, Sina Fagbenro-Byron, has vowed to “set up an Independent Body of Investigators with specific powers to reopen the alleged missing $16 billion meant for electricity projects during the…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has denied having rift over the party’s presidential campaign fund. Reports have it that the opposition party members are fighting dirty over its campaign fund. But in a statement disclosed by…

Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has claimed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was a worse dictator than General Sani Abacha. Oshiomhole stated this during an interview on…

Ahead of 2019 general elections, Olujonwo Obasanjo, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has given reasons Nigerians should support President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo, who is the President, The Buhari Youth…

The Unit2Unit Initiative, a pro-Atiku Abubakar campaign group, has resolved to mobilise voters for Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State. Vincent Anyigor, the group’s National…

A South West Islamic group “Muslim Political Awareness Front” on Sunday endorsed and declared President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo as its preferred candidates at the forthcoming elections. The…

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, and Lagos Governorship Candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, were for hours on Monday locked out and prevented from gaining access into the Trade Fair complex. …