Politics

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…

A total of 40 presidential candidates of the nation’s registered political parties on Tuesday in Abuja launched a new alliance under the auspices of the Patriotic Forum of Presidential Candidates (PFPC). The Chairman of the…

*Buhari, Oshiomhole, governors in Osun as Oyetola takes over from Aregbesola At a packed stadium, All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday announced the resolution of the progressives  to…

The Yoruba leaders across party lines will hold a colloquium in Lagos on Monday, December 3. In a statement by the Political Adviser to former Deputy National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief…

National leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has restated the support of South West for President Muhammadu Buhari. He spoke after the swearing in of Chief Gboyega Oyetola as the new governor of Osun State. “We are…

At exactly 12:55pm, Oyebola Ojo, chief judge of Osun state, administered the oath of office on Oyetola Gboyega, the new governor of Osun. Oyetola, who won the governorship election under the platform of the All…

Yesterday, Dbanj and US singer Ari Lennox paid a courtesy visit to Babjide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State APC governorship candidate. The governorship aspirant has not hidden his plans to incorporate entertainment into governance as he…

Aggrieved party members should be free to seek legal redress, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The All Progressives Congress (APC) recently barred members from taking the party to court. In a statement by…

The immediate past governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has ruled out an imminent move to the Senate saying it was a demotion for him to go to the legislative house after being a governor.While noting that it was not…

FORMER Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, says it is disgusting that some Nigerians were so gullible to believe that the President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB, in Aso Villa, Abuja, is different from the authentic…

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has restated his commitment to deliver five million votes to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Ganduje promised this yesterday in Kano at a grand rally to formally welcome a former…

Festus Keyamo, the spokesman of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, says the Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya did not debate, yet he won the presidential elections. Keyamo said Buhari’s campaign war room will be the ones to…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the emerging report that some of its Governors from the South East, South South and North East geo political regions were working for the All Progressives Congress, APC, to…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a live debate with its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on critical sectors ahead of the 2019 presidential election. The PDP in a…

Few months to the 2019 general elections, a coalition of Christian leaders under the aegis of National Christian Elders Forum has asked Nigerians not to vote for the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic…

FIFTEEN of the  205 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials suspended in connection with the alleged N23billion poll bribe have been cleared. About N3,046,829, 000 was traced to some of INEC…

THE naira has remained stable at both the official and parallel markets despite huge campaign spendings by political parties, The Nation learnt yesterday. The stability of the local currency was linked to measures…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to embark on real campaign and not to beg, insult and force voters. He advised them to base their campaigns on issues ahead of…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhomehas disclosed that former US President Barack Obama’s 2015 video broadcast ahead of the election, violated Nigeria’s sovereignty. Ozekhome who reacted to former President Goodluck…

Deploying his typically creative mind, the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, is introducing an entirely different campaign strategy for President Muhammadu Buhari’s election in Lagos, writes Olaseni…