Politics

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the six North-east states, led by their state governors and National Assembly members, met in Bauchi on Saturday to strategise for what they called a total victory for their…

Olajuwon Obasanjo, the son of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has emerged the new national president of the Buhari Youth Organization (BYO). Immediately emerging president, Olujonwo unveiled the BYO Next Level T-shirt…

The acclaimed largest indigenous ethnic group in Lagos, the Awori, at the weekend, issued a threat that it might withdraw its support for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming general elections, if the…

A former governor of Kaduna State and chieftain of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Saturday said it was wrong for former President Goodluck Jonathan to claim that the entire…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC, led by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, had, on Wednesday, November 21, inaugurated the National Peace and Reconciliation Committee for each of the six geo-political zones in the…

Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay, has said that Nigerians would vote for President Muhammadu Buhari because of his integrity. According to him, the president needs another four…

Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, APC, Akwa Ibom North-West, is a former governor of Akwa Ibom State and the immediate past Minority Leader of the Senate. Akpabio, in this interview, speaks on the state of the nation.Bad…

•Why I am quitting the race–Ahmed The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday admitted that he might forego his senatorial ticket for Kwara South Senatorial District for the incumbent Sen. Abdulrafiu Ibrahim. He…

THE Indigenous People  of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday restated its resolve to boycott the 2019 polls with members marching along some major streets and roads in the South-East and South-South zones.IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary,…

PDP’s Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar who spoke on Thursday in Yola, Adamawa State, during a town hall meeting with residents of Jimeta, disclosed that he regrets joining the All Progressives Congress, APC. Atiku Abubakar who…

The controversy generated by the new book launched by former President Goodluck Jonathan continued yesterday with more Nigerians berating him over some of his claims in the book. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) last…

Ahead of 2019 elections, the Ilorin Emirate Council on Friday endorsed the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Mr. Razak Atunwa. The Chief Imam of Ilorin and  a key member of the Ilorin…

George Akume, senator representing Benue north-west, says the farmers-herders crisis will not affect the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari in the state during the 2019 general election. Akume said this on Friday after…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje, has promised to probe Alpha-Beta, the consultancy firm that has been solely in charge of the management of the state’s internally generated…

......Says you cannot buy character if you don’t have A presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, Thursday, took a swipe at the presidential candidate of Peoples…

Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that he is prepared for the huge task ahead, if elected in next year’s election. He promised to preside over “creative and…

THE Nigerian Election Debate Group, Thursday fixed January 19 for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congrsss, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples…

Mr Donald Duke, the Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) says the PDP “baggage” will not allow for good performance if its candidate emerges as President in 2019.Duke told newsmen on Thursday in Lagos that…

sted By:  Onimisi  Alao, Yola On: November 22, 2018 In: News, News Update, Polit The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told his supporters to vote out…

Segun Sowunmi, spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, and Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transport, had a clash of words at the first 2019 presidential debate. The debate, which was hosted by The Osasu…

Former Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has urged Igbos to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in their own interest. Chime told journalists in Enugu on Wednesday that the president had done a lot for the people to…

Kingsley Moghalu, the presidential candidate of Young Progressives Party (YPP), has said that he will turn Nigeria from a broken country to a nation, adding that he has the physical and intellectual capacities to beat…

President Muhammadu Buhari, and former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, and some other leading candidates for the 2019 presidential elections are missing at the first 2019 presidential debate. The debate, which is…

Last Saturday’s November 17 bye-election for the House of Representatives seat for Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero constituency in Kwara State, was indeed a straight battle between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples…