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EXCLUSIVE: Dapo Abiodun, APC Ogun guber candidate, in certificate scandal
Dapo Abiodun, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state, is enmeshed in allegations of perjury over his post-secondary school qualifications, TheCable can report. According to…
Buhari supporters call Peter Obi a liar
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has described the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Peter Obi as a politician with a penchant for cooking up figures and twisting facts This…
Why we wanted Lawan as Senate President – Tinubu
•Says Oyo won’t return to PDP The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday revealed the reason the leadership of the party preferred Senate Leader Ibrahim Lawan to other…
2019 elections: PDP putting lives of our staff at risk – INEC
As campaigns for next year’s general elections intensify, the major political parties and the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC have been trading accusations and counter accusations on alleged…
Group scores Yemi Osinbajo higher in vice presidential debate than Peter Obi, others
A political group in Nigeria says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo showed the gulf in class between him and other Vice Presidential candidates as he blew his compatriots away with his insight on constitutional, economic,…
Peter Obi deletes tweet giving false figures
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi, caught red-handed for reeling out fake and outlandish figures on Friday night went further low early Saturday: he deleted one of the misleading…
#2019Debate: Tell us what China does to corrupt officials, Nigerians ask Obi on social media
Nigerians have reacted to the vice presidential debate held on Friday night on social media.Some of them on Twitter asked the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Peter Obi, to also talk about the…
I’m not Buhari’s spare tyre, says Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he is not a spare tyre to the president, emphasising that his roles as the number two citizen are spelt out in the constitution. Osinbajo said this during the vice-presidential…
2019: Atiku’s not alternative to Buhari’s incompetence – Junaid Mohammed
Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, on Friday confirmed that Northern elders actually adopted a resolution to reject President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in the 2019 because of his failure to meet the basic demand…
Tinubu never imposed Adelabu on me, Ajimobi insists
GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi has said that the National Leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu did not impose the party governorship flagbearer in the 2019 election, Mr Adebayo Adelabu,on him…
Osinbajo, Obi trade tackles at VP debate
In measured tones, All Progressives Congress’ Yemi Osinbajo and Peoples Democratic Party’s Peter Obi tactically turned the vice presidential debate held in Abuja yesterday into a sparring match as they expressed…
Sowore campaign asks Moghalu, Ezekwesili to boycott presidential debate
The campaign organisation of Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) has asked Oby Ezekwesili, Kingsley Moghalu and Fela Durotoye to boycott the presidential debate slated for…
Opposition disappointed that Buhari refused to die – Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the opposition is disappointed that President Muhammadu Buhari refused to die after his illness. Mohammed said this in Kaduna when he visited Nasir el-Rufai, governor of…
BREAKING: Jerry Gana is SDP presidential candidate, court rules
An FCT High Court in Maitama on Friday declared a former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, the winner of the presidential primary election of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) conducted on October 6.The party had declared…
Sowore to sue Channels TV boss for excluding him from debate
The African Action Congress has written a letter to the Chairman of Channels Television, Mr. John Momoh, threatening to sue him, the Broadcast Organisation of Nigeria and the Nigeria Elections Debate Group if its Presidential…
Electoral Law: We’ll Conduct 2019 Polls With Existing Laws, Says INEC
Advocates of a new electoral law may have lost their battle. President Muhammadu Buhari has returned the Electoral Bill to the National Assembly, stating why he did not sign it. And yesterday, the Independent National…
Amosun’s Dirty Deal With Ladi Adebutu Exposed
Thanks to Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, the line between sheer desperation and outright indiscretion is becoming blurrier by the day. Resigned to fate that he has effectively been played out of the All…
Hate speech, fake news greatest threats to 2019 Polls – FG
The Federal Government has said fake news and hate speech constitute the biggest threats to the 2019 general election, and appealed to states to join in the ongoing campaign to sensitise Nigerians to the dangers…
Expulsion of Buruji Kashamu, others from PDP illegal – Court
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday left the Peoples Democratic Party disappointed by ruling that the expulsion of Senator Buruji Kashamu and leaders of his Ogun PDP faction was unlawful. However, the same court…
Fire destroys 8,000 voting machines
A fire overnight at a warehouse in Congo Kinshasa destroyed thousands of voting machines and ballot boxes that were due to be used in the country’s long-delayed Dec. 23 presidential election. Democratic Republic of Congo’s…
71 Reps Move To Revert To Parliamentary System Of Govt As Bill Passes 1st Reading
THE House of Representatives, yesterday, moved to change Nigeria’s Presidential system to parliamentary system to save cost of governance, with a bill to that effect scaling first reading.The bill, which was promoted by 71…
We no longer have Mike Tyson, Mickey Mouse or Charles Taylor on voter register- INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission says the voter register has been cleansed such that fake identities like Mike Tyson and Mickey Mouse no longer exist therein.The Director for Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole…
Approve FOI in Lagos, Agbaje dares APC
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has challenged the All Progressives Congress-led government in the state to domesticate the Freedom of Information Act which was signed…
2019: INEC clarifies position on IDP voting
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission’s decision to allow Internally Displaced Persons vote in 2019 is restricted to Nigerians living within our borders.He said…