Politics

Wole Soyinka, literary scholar, made reference to the leaked tapes purportedly from Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, while speaking on fake news on Wednesday. Soyinka, who was a panelist at a…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate for Anambra South zone, Chief Chris Uba, on Tuesday, said he would not be a television senator if elected. Uba who spoke at Umunze in Orumba South and Oko in Orumba…

An Abuja division of the Federal High Court has adjourned to January 21 a suit seeking the disqualification of the president, Muhammadu Buhari, over alleged false information contained in form cf 001 submitted to the…

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Khadija Ibrahim, has turned in her resignation. She is wife to a Senator and former Governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba-Ibrahim. She resigned to contest the…

The Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, on Tuesday, threw his weight behind the Ogun State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dapo Abiodun and declared him…

The Lagos police command has declared wanted Mustapha Adekunle aka Seigo, chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), over the disruption of an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally. Chike…

A group, the Babajide Sanwo-Olu Support Group (BOSS-G), has launched a neighbourhood campaign to rally support for the All Progressives Congress (APC), gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.…

Rotimi Amaechi, Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can only defeat the ruling party on corruption scorecard. He…

The management of Keystone Bank says it has no ties with President Muhammadu Buhari or former vice president Atiku Abubakar. In a statement released on Tuesday, the bank denied statements linking it to the…

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization PDP-PPCO, has chided the co-chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over what it described as his…

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has said whether President Muhammadu Buhari wins or loses, an Igbo man would not be allowed to produce the next president of Nigeria in…

Gamawa Babayo, former deputy national chairman (north) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). On Monday, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP spokesman, announced the…

Former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, and the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, on Tuesday inaugurated parallel Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Councils in the state.…

Popular singer, Bankole Wellington, a.k.a BankyW, has appealed to his fans, friends, well-wishers and supporters of his political party, the Modern Democratic Party, to support his ambition to run for a seat in the…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has postponed ruling on a suit filed by the African Action Congress (AAC) and its presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, against the Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG),…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, can’t deny that President Muhammadu Buhari is an honest man. Osinbajo stated this…

•63 parties back Sanwo-Olu, •NURTW factions clash Before a huge crowd, Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday urged residents to embrace a “government of continuity”. Presenting All Progressives Congress…

Founder of One Love family, Satguru Maharaj Ji in his 2019 prophecies has revealed the winner of 2019 Presidential elections in Nigeria. Maharaj Ji while addressing journalists at a press conference in his Maharaj Ji village in Ibadan,…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the leaked audio of Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, allegedly criticising President Muhammadu Buhari will not break the ranks of the All…

A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mc Oluomo, is currently in critical condition after being stabbed in the neck at the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Ikeja, Lagos. Though…

The campaign flag-off of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) in Lagos on Tuesday ended abruptly as violence broke out mid-way into the well-attended programme. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that hoodlums…

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians not to re-elect governors who failed in their first terms, especially those who failed to pay civil servants salaries even after collecting bailouts from the federal…

Nigeria’s foremost music executive, Kenny Ogungbe, has said politicians in Nigeria do not really support the entertainment industry, but use them during election seasons for campaigns. Ogungbe, who is the founder of…

Mallam Gidado Ibrahim, Director of Communications and Strategic Planning, Buhari Campaign Organisation (BCO) Monday threw his weight behind the choice of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as co-chairman of the All Progressives…