Politics

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…

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…