Politics

A video of Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari threatening APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole and members of the National Working Committee NWC of the party, is currently trending online. Although no one knows when the…

The Nigeria Police has replied the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, over his perceived romance with the ruling party. The PDP National Chairman, Mr…

•I’m not leaving APC, Buhari my candidate — Okorocha•Defections rock Ogun APC; Gbajabiamila protests Ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for the voluntary withdrawal of candidates for governorship and state legislative elections, there…

Mr. Monday Danjem, Registrar, University of Jos (UNIJOS) on Thursday said that the diploma held by a Plateau lawmaker, Ibrahim Baba-Hasssan, was not an authentic certificate by the university.The UNIJOS registrar disowned the…

Mutterings over a widening gulf in the Presidency with associates of President Muhammadu Buhari and those of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo pursuing stealthy separate political aspirations have surfaced.While the two camps remain…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he is ready for a debate with him ahead of the 2019 elections. Abubakar told Buhari this on…

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday gave a damming verdict on the post-primary election crisis rocking the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC): the situation is irreconcilable. Okorocha told the…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday expressed confidence that the party would win the forthcoming general elections, giving assurances that the main…

The federal government Thursday expressed reservations over moves to grant the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, United States of America’s visa, fearing it might be deemed to…

The Chairman of the National Peace Committee, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has revealed that all heads of political parties are to sign a peace accord ahead of the 2019 elections. According to him, signing the…

Abiodun Akinlade, the preferred candidate of Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, for the 2019 governorship election in the state, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Allied People’s…

Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has warned the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and candidates of other political parties not to be deceived by…

Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday called on the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to arrest the former governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, for allegedly forging a police report he presented before an…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s son Olujonwo yesterday spoke on his decision to back President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid. A peep into future of youths informed his support for the President, he said yesterday.…

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will deploy one million electoral officers for the 2019 elections, its chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said yesterday. The  election will cost the commission N85…

Donors to political parties were put on notice yesterday that the law will keep an eye on them. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu said the agency would monitor donations…

MUTTERINGS over the attitude of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar towards South East party leaders have been squashed following secret meetings between the candidate and the aggrieved leaders,…

Joshua Lidani, senator representing Gombe south, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ahmed Lawan, senate majority leader, made the announcement on the floor of the…

Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, to categorically state whether he will do just one tenure, to convince them that his six-year policy…

The godfather has bared his fangs. And the wound is mortal and mortifying. The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, otherwise the godfather of Kwara State politics, has ordered one of his favoured political godsons, the…

*Concerned Lagosians Raise Fears About Jimi Agbaje’s Governorship Ambition Run Unlike the Juniper tree that grows across neighbourhood lawns and feeds the residents poisonous berries, Coca Cola Nigeria has offered its…

Renowned oil magnet, Prince Arthur Eze, yesterday, announced his support for the second term bids of President Muhammandu Buhari and Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi. To that end, he announced the donation of N1…

IMO State governor Rochas Okorocha, yesterday said he would support his son-in-law Mr. Uche Nwosu, for the governorship race in Imo, should he (Nwosu) join another political party.Okorocha disclosed this  at the…