Politics

Governor Issa Moussa of Zinder and Maradi State Governor, Zakiri Umar, both from the Republic of Niger, are in Kano State to rally support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election. Salihu Yakasai, media aide to Kano State…

Hoodlums on Thursday attacked the campaign convoy of the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje at Iba in Ojo, west of Lagos. A News Agency of Nigeria political correspondent reports that the convoy had just…

Vehicular and human activities have been suspended in different parts of Kano where the campaign trail of President Muhammadu Buhari landed on Thursday. People lined on the streets from Malam Aminu Kano International Airport…

Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says there will be war in the country if the 2019 presidential election is rigged. Speaking in Asaba, capital of Delta State, on Thursday at the party’s…

Opposition political parties have filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja asking that President Muhammadu Buhari be declared medically unfit to seek re-election. The first national spokesperson, Coalition of United…

The APC Presidential Campaign Council said on Thursday that the PDP Presidential, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi were engaged in what it described as bare face lies and dishonest claims when they appeared on a…

Wole Soyinka, foremost playwright, says he will not support presidential candidates of either of the two major parties. He said this at an ongoing interactive session tagged citizen forum 2019. “It is time for a totally new…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next month’s election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called for a review of the open grazing prohibition and ranches establishment law in some states of the…

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Mr. Peter Obi Wednesday frontally fought off allegations of corruption bringing to light the candidate’s personal role in the establishment…

The Bank of Industry (BoI) has debunked claims in some quarters that possession of a Permanent Voters Card (PVC) is one of the requirements for benefitting from the TraderMoni loan scheme. TraderMoni is a micro credit loan…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his government would be willing to investigate the military hierarchy as a way of tackling the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East, if…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed its decision to bar the All Progressives Congress from fielding candidates for state and federal elections in Zamfara State as it moves to release the list of governorship…

President Muhammadu Buhari says he has never been found guilty of corruption or abused trust throughout his years of public service. Buhari said this on Wednesday during the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign…

The federal government has directed security agencies to tackle the propagation of hate speech, especially through social media The order was given at a security meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Akwa Ibom said on Monday during one of the raids on Friday, it arrested one Prince Okon Bassey, in possession of 244 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) belonging to different voters. …

Hamisu Mijinyawa, Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Demsa Local Government Area, Adamawa State, has been kidnapped. Mijinyawa was kidnapped 1:00am Wednesday, ahead of the flag-off of the Presidential/Governorship…

There was mild drama in Imo State on Tuesday evening, as Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State, berated the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for undermining his influence in the state. Speaking during the APC…

Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Prince Dapo Abiodun is on a campaign tour of the three senatorial districts. At an interactive session with labour leaders in Abeokuta, the state capital, he spoke…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said welfare of workers and pension of the retirees will be the priority of his government if elected. Sanwo-Olu said no…

A faction of Afenifere, a pan Yoruba social-cultural group, on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari as its candidate for the February 16th election. The Senator Ayo Fasanmi-led faction…

Father of ex-Governor of Kano state, Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso and District Head of Madobi, Alhaji Musa Saleh Kwankwaso has endorsed the re-election bid of incumbent governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The elderly Kwankwaso…

AS President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign rally continued in the South-East, the political issues that bedevilled the Igbo came to the fore with the crack in the ranks of the apex pan Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo…

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari as “fair and balanced”. Mr Tinubu said this on Tuesday in a…

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has assured residents of Ogun state that he would not disappoint them if elected to govern the state. Prince Abiodun gave the…