Politics

In measured tones, All Progressives Congress’ Yemi Osinbajo and Peoples Democratic Party’s Peter Obi tactically turned the vice presidential debate held in Abuja yesterday into a sparring match as they expressed…

The campaign organisation of Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) has asked Oby Ezekwesili, Kingsley Moghalu and Fela Durotoye to boycott the presidential debate slated for…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the opposition is disappointed that President Muhammadu Buhari refused to die after his illness. Mohammed said this in Kaduna when he visited Nasir el-Rufai, governor of…

An FCT High Court in Maitama on Friday declared a former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, the winner of the presidential primary election of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) conducted on October 6.The party had declared…

The African Action Congress has written a letter to the Chairman of Channels Television, Mr. John Momoh, threatening to sue him, the Broadcast Organisation of Nigeria and the Nigeria Elections Debate Group if its Presidential…

Advocates of a new electoral law may have lost their battle. President Muhammadu Buhari has returned the Electoral Bill to the National Assembly, stating why he did not sign it. And yesterday, the Independent National…

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…