Politics

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. …

THE umbrella body of local government workers, the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a fresh term. National President of NULGE, Comrade Khaleel Ibrahim gave the…

Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, is ruing his support for Adams Oshiomhole to emerge the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Imo West APC senatorial candidate bared his mind yesterday at the Orlu…

A former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe has raised the alarm that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might lose the 2019 elections in Lagos to the All progressives Congress, APC, unless the opposition party tightens…

The South West Zonal Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, Olusola Oke, has stated that the three and half years of President Muhammadu Buhari have been more beneficial to the South West…

FOLLOWING Afenifere’s endorsement of Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Agbekoya Farmers Society, yesterday, distanced itself from the endorsement saying that Afenifere cannot speak…

A crack has hit the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF following the adoption of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as some executives of the forum have faulted the…

Nigerian entertainer cum politician, Banky W who is a candidate of the Modern Democratic Party (MDP), contesting for the Eti-Osa House of Representatives seat, has vowed to publish his earnings as a legislator if elected. Banky W, made…

Obiageli Ezekwesili, former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), has appealed for forgiveness for withdrawing from the contest for Nigeria’s number one seat. Her appeal formed part of her…

Retired military officers in the three armed forces comprising Army, Navy and Air Force, on Monday endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for second term. The Presidential election is slated for February 16, 2019. The retired…

THE Chief of Army Staff,Lt. General Tukur Buratai,Monday, ordered immediate total crackdown on the Indigenous People of Biafra,IPOB,over threat to disrupt the forthcoming elections in the South East. To this end,he has ordered…