Politics

The Buhari Media Organisation has advised the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to give up his presidential ambition in order to avoid what it calls “a humiliating defeat” at the polls on…

A former deputy governor of Osun State and candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state’s last gubernatorial elections, Iyiola Omisore, has said he is fully in support of the All Progressives Congress…

Wife of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hajiya Titi Atiku Abubakar, has appealed to Nigerians to “kick out” President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 16 election, saying his…

President Muhammadu Buhari and his party the All Progressives Congress (APC) are using state apparatus and resources for the elections in violation of the Constitution and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the…

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said that nobody can hack into its database. Speaking in Ado Ekiti yesterday while addressing stakeholders at the Independent…

A support group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Broom Revolution, has called on the security agencies to beef up security around President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu…

With barely 35 days to the commencement of the 2019 elections, political analysts are worried that the  intensity  of electioneering by political parties and candidates have been low as compared to the 2015 general elections.In…

Senator Ayo Arise, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governorship aspirant in Ekiti State in 2018, speaks exclusively with Senior Deputy Editor, TAIWO AMODU, on the chances of his party in the…

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday, ruled out Senate president’s ambition if elected as senator representing Ogun Central in the ninth legislature. Amosun submitted that with the position of Vice…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed optimism that he would win the forthcoming presidential election, saying “victory is with us”. The president spoke at the inaugural meeting of the 2019 APC…

Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP), says some politicians in Lagos are talking about fighting corruption when the source of their wealth is questionable. The PDP chairman…

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is to speak on a phone-in radio programme from Israel at about 6pm on Saturday.The programme is to enable him address issues relating to the threat to boycott…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Thursday that some loyalists of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, holding federal executive positions will soon be shown the way out.The Minister disclosed…

Nigeria’s main opposition People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will look to enriching himself and his cronies if he wins the presidential elections holding on February 16, an America political…

The Peoples Democratic Party has said the party has transferred its corrupt leaders to the ruling All Progressives Congress, saying it is now free of corruption.The party spoke during a political stakeholders’ forum organised by…

Ben Okoyen, the consul-general of Nigeria in New York, says lack of reliable database is one of the factors delaying the implementation of diaspora voting. Okoyen made the remark when members of Legacy…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo has denied endorsing Alhaji Atiku Abubarka, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election. The Deputy National…

Ilorin, Kwara state capital, was on Wednesday locked down by scores of All Progressives Congress (APC) women and youth who staged a peaceful rally in support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election. The rally which was…

Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano State, has accused Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the state’s former governor, of funding his presidential campaign with funds budgeted for road construction in the state. Ganduje made…

The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Joe Igbokwe, has said members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers who clashed at the flag-off of the party’s campaign at Ikeja on Tuesday are members…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Senator Buruji Kashamuh on Wednesday , kicked against the constitution of a parallel PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation .Kashamu in a statement he…

FORMER Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, yesterday, said that the 2019 general elections in Lagos State will be a contest against the monstrous, dictatorial, reckless,…

Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), says he has spent over N200 million of his “personal money” on the bid to emerge Nigeria’s president. He said his party will fund its…

Senate President Bukola Saraki says the anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari government “is more of propaganda than reality”. Saraki said this in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday. The…