Politics

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…

The spokesman of the Caretaker Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Tunde Oladunjoye, has raised the alarm of a threat to his life, saying the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, should be…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has told the National Council of State that it has concluded the identification and recruitment of 814,453 ad hoc staff for the forthcoming general elections. According to the…

Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili on Thursday morning stepped aside from the presidential race and has rather opted to help build a coalition to defeat the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party in the February 16, 2019…

The wife of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mrs. Titi Abubakar on Wednesday called on the women in Ondo State to vote for her husband, Atiku Abubakar in the forthcoming presidential election. Mrs. Abubakar said…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate for the 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has denied a Lagos based coalition, claiming to be supporting him. < A coalition claiming to be Atiku’s Support…

A mammoth crowd of thronged the Sokoto stadium on Wednesday as President Muhammadu Buhari held his reelection campaign rally in the state. Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), pledged to…

Abdul’aziz Yari, governor of Zamfara, says the 36 state governors will work towards the successful reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Zamfara governor is the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). He made…

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged not to compromise in providing good leadership that would guarantee a better life for all Nigerians. Buhari made the pledge when he led All Progressives Congress presidential campaign team…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday denied endorsing any presidential candidate. It also advised Christians to avoid violence before, during and after the forthcoming 2019 general elections. The body further…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Tuesday said the state had not witnessed real governance in the last 20 years. Agbaje made this claim in Ikorodu during a…

Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information, came down hard on Obasanjo, describing him as a loser and national nuisance who is abusing freedom of expression. Momoh, one of the national leaders of the ruling All…

Ahead of the February 16 presidential election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo will in the coming days embark on foreign trips where he will market Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani has said for the fact that Atiku Abubakar speaks the language Fulfulde, does not mean that he is a full fledged Fulani Man. Atiku, who made the claim during a campaign rally in Jigawa State,…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC, national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to be mindful of the choice of his words when making statements about the country’s foremost nationalists.The…

…EFCC chair meets Dubai intelligence top shots over stolen, hidden assetsThe Federal Government is not leaving any stone unturned in its effort to trace and repatriate illicit funds that might had been looted and stashed away in…

The Buhari Campaign Organisation (BCO) has reportedly instituted a N40million libel suit against the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, accusing him of defaming President Muhammadu Buhari…

PDP Presidential Candidate and former Vice President of Nigeria, H. E. Alhaji Atiku Abuakar, GCON PEOPLE’S Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar yesterday accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of…