Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence systematic hardware and software upgrade of all its smart card readers nationwide by next week. The commission disclosed this through Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, its…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed non-sensitive electoral materials across the sixteen local government areas ahead of the July 14 governorship election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC),…

Rabiu Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress who is increasingly becoming estranged from the ruling party, has said President Muhammadu Buhari will be defeated in 2019. He identified the Peoples Democratic Party as…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that since he is not god, he should stop intimidating Nigerians ahead of 2019 elections. He said that the President was…

PRESIDENTIAL aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, has told the party that if he is given the presidential ticket, he will run President Muhammadu Buhari out of office in next year’s election. He…

Segun Oni’s campaign organisation says its members have been ostracised since their principal lost to Kayode Fayemi in the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Ekiti. Oni who came second in the primary had directed…

Bola Tinubu, Bisi Akande, chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have expressed support for Kayode Fayemi, the party’s candidate for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti state. Ahead of the election, Segun Oni, a…

Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has debunked reports making rounds online that he has been picked as the running mate of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the 2019 presidential election. Peter Obi who described the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has lampooned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its comments on the election of its new national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. The opposition party had on Wednesday asked the Independent…

Ex-Nigerian footballer and sports administrator, Segun Odegbami, on Wednesday said he would be contesting for the governorship of Ogun State in the coming elections. Mr Odegbami confirmed that he would contest in the forthcoming Ogun…

The Peoples Democratic Party has cleared 11 aspirants for its Osun State governorship primary scheduled to hold on July 17. But the party said it would prefer that aspirants meet and agree on a consensus candidate among themselves.…

Segun Oni, the runner-up in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti state governorship primary, may, indeed, still be heading to court to challenge Kayode Fayemi’s candidacy. TheCable had on Monday night reported that a suit was…

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has expressed worry about the low rate of collection of the newly-printed PVCs of new registrants across the country. Yakubu made the remark on Tuesday while…

Bola Tinubu and Bisi Akande, chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday called on Segun Oni, runner up of the party’s governorship primary election in Ekiti state, to come out publicly to dissociate himself from a…

PoliticsNGR has obtained footage of APC National leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu ridiculing former president, Olusegun Obasanjo at the just concluded APC Convention. Tinubu described Obasanjo as an Analog ‘busybody’ adding that he was not…

Many have questioned his electability: to some, the only thing that the former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, would be bringing to the 2019 presidential election is ‘slayage’ and swag. To others, Duke has only jumped on the…

Ambition, it is said, is a great man’s madness, but Adebayo Adelabu, the Deputy Governor, CBN, begs to differ. The fun-loving man seeks to affect no madness; he only seeks to serve his people in Oyo State in more appreciable capacity. The…

Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Saturday declared that time will determine his position in the affairs of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Saraki noted that although he does not want to dwell on the issue of whether…

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Sunday asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop interfering in the affairs of the ruling party. He spoke in Abuja at the venue of the national…

Adams Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo state, has been sworn in as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), administered the oath of office on…

Bolaji Abdullahi has retained his position as the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He polled a total of 2002 votes to defeats his opponents. Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa and chairman of the party’s national…

The national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ongoing at Eagle Square in Abuja. A total of 6,800 delegates were to elect candidates for 60 positions but some aspirants withdrew from the race on Saturday when the…

Rabiu Kwankwaso, senator representing Kano central, has spoken on his absence at the ongoing convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja. TheCable had reported that while members of the rule party converged on…

The Peoples Democratic Party has described the national convention of the All Progressives Congress as a charade, a mockery of democracy and assault on the sensibility of Nigerians. The party also alleged that the open intimidation and…