Politics

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he will never be neutral in choice of a president for Nigeria in 2019 election in the face of alleged glaring incompetence and brazen impunity. He stressed that only…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari will neither steal nor allow stealing in his administration. He said this on Saturday in Lagos as he commenced a door-to-door campaign for the ruling…

Two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State are currently in court, seeking to be handed the gubernatorial and senatorial tickets of the party in the state and Kwara central senatorial…

A pro-democracy group, Lagos Peoples Movement (LPM), has said that there is no vacancy for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), or any other party beside the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. According…

Ahead of the 2019 elections, there’s a growing trend of finding President Muhammadu Buhari’s image on campaign posters and billboards of politicians from other parties. Buhari, presidential candidate of the All…

The National Conscience Party (NCP) has disassociated itself from the adoption of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, as the consensus candidate of the Coalition of United…

Fa c t s have emerged why the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, turned down an offer by the presidency and national leadership of the party for him to lead President Muhammadu…

Engineer Mohammed Lawal is a long time political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari. He has been with him since 2003, when Buhari joined politics to contest the presidential election on the platform of All…

The senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Chief Victor Umeh, on Friday, said the restructuring plan outlined by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was not…

Against the run of play, former Lagos State Commissioner for Establishment Pensions and Training, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this wide-ranging…

Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan says there is nothing to worry about in President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold assent on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018. Lawan told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in…

Many loyalists of former Governor Rashidi Ladoja in Ibadan declared their decision to stay back in African Democratic Congress (ADC) and support the party’s guber candidate, Sen. Olufemi Lanlehin, rather than follow…

A group, the People’s Rights Assembly (PRA), has fired back at the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over his claim that the best Nigeria enjoyed was under…

Rep. Umar Bago (APC/Niger), on Saturday donated 110 vehicles to the President Muhammadu Buhari re-election campaign team, with a call on the electorate to votefor continuity in the 2019 general elections.Bago, while delivering…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he had no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections. Obasanjo said he would not tell Nigerians to vote or not to vote for any particular…

Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday urged voters in Epe Divison to vote en masse for candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2019 elections. Ambode said voting for the candidates…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the presidency of "attempting to blackmail" Peter Obi, its vice-presidential candidate for the 2019 general election, claiming that Obi's accounts had been frozen. The party also…

Buruji Kasahmu, senator representing Ogun east, has accused Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of attempting to plunge the party into crisis ahead of the 2019 elections. He said…

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met on Friday at the PDP Campaign Office in Port Harcourt to discuss key issues ahead of the 2019 General elections. The party’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku…

Although he had been involved in political and military activities that have had far-reaching effects on Nigeria’s political development, it was not until that black Friday of February 13, 1976, that General Ibrahim…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign Organisation (PPCO) has asked the national assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari and pass the electoral act amendment bill. Buhari had rejected…

A Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has ruled in favour of prisoners voting during the election. The ruling was announced on Friday after five prisoners filed a suit asking the court to direct the…

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, says God deserves money. He said this in reaction to criticisms that trailed his attack on some influential politicians who allegedly refused to donate…

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) says by refusing to sign the electoral amendment bill into law, President Muhammadu Buhari is willing to plunge the country into crisis. In a letter to the…