Politics

AFENIFERE chieftains led by Senator Ayo Fasanmi and Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola have thrown their weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s bid for second term in office. A meeting yesterday at the home of one of…

National chairman of  All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has accused Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of sponsoring fake news for the purpose of pitching him against wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha…

Russell Brooks, a public affairs officer at the US consulate in Lagos, has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of not comprehending why the country harped on the need for a credible and peaceful election in…

Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) have named five political party to participate in 2019 vice presidential and presidential debates. According to the statement signed…

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a peace accord for the 2019 elections. The accord was organised by the National Peace Committee. Meanwhile, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples…

The Presidency has dismissed the story about the raid “ordered by Buhari-led government” on the home of Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s son as fake news. Malam Garba Shehu, the…

The national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has raised the alarm, alleging plots by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest some key leaders of the…

The Kwankwassiyya Group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano has again suffered a serious set-back, following the latest defection of a staunch chieftain of the Group, Brigadier-General  Idris Bello Danbazzau…

Rev. Samson Ayokunle, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Monday urged Nigerians to avoid desperate politicians by voting only credible candidates in 2019. Ayokunle made the remarks while…

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018. Ezekwesili, who made call at a news…

The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola SAN, on Monday, blamed the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party for abandoned federal government projects across the country.He stated this while inspecting the…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) has replied the All Progressives Congress (APC) stating that President Muhammadu Buhari isn’t a match for its presidential candidate,…

The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Monday dismissed the suit filed by former Ekiti State Governor Segun Oni challenging the eligibility of incumbent Kayode Fayemi, to contest the July 14 governorship…

The federal government says though it is the constitutional right of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support a candidate for an election, his endorsement, however, does not guarantee victory. The…

Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Lagos state, says he will free Lagos state from Alphabeta Consulting. According to Agbaje, Alphabeta Consultingreceives a particular —…

Olisa Agbakoba, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked the national assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari and pass the electoral act amendment bill, 2018. He said the bill would improve the…

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, at the presidential villa, Abuja. The governor arrived the villa around 12:30pm and went straight to the president’s…

Reuben Abati, former senior special adviser to former president Goodluck Jonathan, says indigenes of Ogun state should vote for Buruji Kashamu, senator representing Ogun east. Speaking at the flag-off of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari seems to have Kano in the bag ahead of the 2019 presidential elections next year. Although in absentia, The All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Candidate unofficial rally in two Local Government Areas in…

A faction of the Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has presented Buruji Kashamu as the gubernatorial candidate of party in the state. The development is coming after the party’s leadership…

The PDP Presidential candidate Abubakar Atiku‘s sons’ apartment in Abuja was reportedly raided the by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over the weekend. The building also houses an apartment occupied by Chiemeka Orji, son…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, has faulted the party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus, for describing him as an All Progressives Congress (APC) agent. In a…

Senator Godswill Akpabio has criticised Governor Udom Emmanuel for not performing. Akpabio said his successor had failed to initiate and complete any project since he handed over to him. The senator spoke at the weekend…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu says the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to reject assent to the Electoral Act is a `show of leadership’. Ibekaku-Nwagwu, a…