Politics

Awusam Bassey, media aide to Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), says his principal has not resigned. Bassey was reacting to speculation that the CJN may have stepped down. In a statement on Friday, the aide said…

The Anambra State Government has washed its hand off the Thursday’s endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. DAILY POST earlier reported that Atiku was endorsed…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubabar, has said he is among those affected by the power problem in the country. Abubakar said as a businessman, he spent billions of naira on diesel to…

Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, has reiterated his resolve to turn Lagos State around for good even in a single term. The PDP candidate called on Lagosians to support him for a…

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, of renting crowd at its rallies to create a ‘false’ impression…

The Director General of Buhari Campaign Organisation and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amechi, has said that the South East geopolitical zone will produce the President in 2023, if the Igbo vote for Buhari during…

THE Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organisation, yesterday, frowned at the vandalisation of its over 3,000 billboards and campaigns material by suspected thugs just as it accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of using state powers to…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Peter Obi, for the February 16 general election. …

Ijaw youths resident in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday embarked on solidarity match in support of President Muhammadu Buhari re-election. The youths led by President of the Ijaw Youth…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said he appointed heads of security agencies in his government purely on competence and merit.The president said this while addressing the Obi of Onitsha, Nnaemeka Achebe, and other…

The United States and the United Kingdom have announced repercussions, including visa restrictions, for election interference and election-related violence in Nigeria. This was announced in a statement issued on Thursday. …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is too late for any candidate to withdraw from contesting any position in the upcoming elections. INEC said this while reacting to the withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili as…

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says he was the first person to expose Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), as possessing accounts containing unexplainable funds. …

*Reverses judgment making Gana candidate*Asks Gana to pay Duke N500,000 as cost The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared ex-Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke as the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party…

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted an ex-Administrative Secretary with the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr Christian Nwosu, who was charged with bribery. Nwosu was found guilty of benefiting from…

Crisis seems to be lurking at the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) as the national leadership of the party has parted ways with its presidential candidate, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili. The party Thursday responded to the…

A pro-Buhari group, Re-elect Buhari Movement (RBM), has asked Nigerians not to be distracted by the recent allegations leveled against President Muhammadu Buhari by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to the RBM,…

A man, Abdullahi Yada’u, has divorced his wife after failing to convince her not to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in next month’s presidential election. Yada’u, a resident of Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State,…

Ishaq Akintola, director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), says it will be in the best interest of Nigeria for President Muhammadu Buhari to win his re-election bid in 2019. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Muslim cleric…

After the surprise exit of Dr Oby Ezekwesili from Nigeria’s presidential race, another candidate Fela Durotoye said he may step down for either African Action Congress’s Omoyele Sowore or Young Progressives Party’s Kingsley…

In this interview with OLADIMEJI RAMON, human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN),  speaks on the false asset declaration charges filed against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen Will you say the judiciary is…

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has urged proponents of restructuring to engage northern leaders so as to assure them of the benefits that await them if the nation is properly ‘restructured’. He said the northerners…

The  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is spending about $1,080,000 (about N388million) on its ongoing lobbying in the United States, The Nation has learnt. The party is also polishing its image in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),…

The smart card reader will not fail as it did during the 2015 elections at some polling units, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River State, Dr. Briyai Frankland, has said. “Our smart card readers have…