Politics

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has stepped down as the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Mr. Donald Duke, The PUNCH has learnt.Junaid, who is one of the fiercest critics of…

Cambridge University African Caribbean Society (CUACS) and the Cambridge Union are set to host a panel discussion for five presidential candidates ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 elections. Tagged ‘2019 Nigerian…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), says he he is not talking politics when he says he has a soft spot for women. Abubakar said this during an interactive session with PDP women…

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has cautioned politicians against using other people’s children as political thugs. He spoke yesterday at the flag-off of senatorial districts…

Some prominent Nigerian Celebrities on Wednesday pledged their support for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The celebrities including former Nigerian football stars, Daniel Amokachi, Peter Rufai,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured his supporters that their handwork and loyalty would be adequately rewarded. Buhari gave the assurance in Abuja while delivering a speech at the inauguration of his…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the All Progressives (APC) Candidate for Lagos Guber election, says people should get it out of their blocked brains that he came out from nowhere. The former commissioner of establishment, training, and…

The Yoruba Self Determination Advancement Forum has said the group will liase with other ethnic nationalities in Lagos State to rescue the state from what it described as Asiwaju Bola Tinubu hegemony ahead of the 2019…

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has concluded a stakeholders validation conference on the framework for Internally Displaced Persons IDPs with a resolution to make special provisions for IDPs outside Nigeria to…

This surely has to have terminated the reputation of the catholic institution in Nigeria, the fact that Father Francis Mbaka has remained a catholic priest despite all the atrocities he has created and mixing religion and…

•Says Tinubu, APC paying lip service to democracy The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, Wednesday, said the ‘powers-that-be’ in the state had been threatening the…

The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has threatened to work against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, at the February elections. Shittu who lost in…

An Appeal panel in Port Harcourt,  Rivers State capital, yesterday, struck out the three appeals by factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ojukaye Flag Amachree, challenging the October 10 judgment of a High…

The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jimi Agbaje, has said that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Jide Sanwo-Olu, would not have been contesting for the Lagos seat if not for the…

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), on Wednesday said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo can represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential debate…

Kashim Shettima, Borno governor, has described Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos, as his politician of the year. He said the governor’s acceptance of the Lagos governorship primary of the All Progressives…