Politics

The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Monday dismissed the suit filed by former Ekiti State Governor Segun Oni challenging the eligibility of incumbent Kayode Fayemi, to contest the July 14 governorship…

The federal government says though it is the constitutional right of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support a candidate for an election, his endorsement, however, does not guarantee victory. The…

Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Lagos state, says he will free Lagos state from Alphabeta Consulting. According to Agbaje, Alphabeta Consultingreceives a particular —…

Olisa Agbakoba, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked the national assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari and pass the electoral act amendment bill, 2018. He said the bill would improve the…

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, at the presidential villa, Abuja. The governor arrived the villa around 12:30pm and went straight to the president’s…

Reuben Abati, former senior special adviser to former president Goodluck Jonathan, says indigenes of Ogun state should vote for Buruji Kashamu, senator representing Ogun east. Speaking at the flag-off of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari seems to have Kano in the bag ahead of the 2019 presidential elections next year. Although in absentia, The All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Candidate unofficial rally in two Local Government Areas in…

A faction of the Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has presented Buruji Kashamu as the gubernatorial candidate of party in the state. The development is coming after the party’s leadership…

The PDP Presidential candidate Abubakar Atiku‘s sons’ apartment in Abuja was reportedly raided the by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over the weekend. The building also houses an apartment occupied by Chiemeka Orji, son…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, has faulted the party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus, for describing him as an All Progressives Congress (APC) agent. In a…

Senator Godswill Akpabio has criticised Governor Udom Emmanuel for not performing. Akpabio said his successor had failed to initiate and complete any project since he handed over to him. The senator spoke at the weekend…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu says the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to reject assent to the Electoral Act is a `show of leadership’. Ibekaku-Nwagwu, a…

Despite the odds stacked against him, singer, Banky W (Olubankole Wellington) is determined to bring his political dreams to fruition and has kicked off his political campaign. Earlier in the week, he was on the campaign…

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday urged his supporters in Kwara State not to be afraid of federal might which he said supporters of the All Progressives Congress were relying on to win the…

Nseobong Okon-Ekong and Ojo Maduekwe write that aside the issues that are pointers to a likely flawed 2019 elections, there are also flashpoint states which if left unchecked could lead to a breakdown of law and order…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fired back at the Chairman of all Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for attacking the former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and PDP presidential…

Injury prone Nigerian footballer, Isaac Success, 22, has revealed how a change of diet, including his favorite Jollof rice, helped him regain his form in the English premier league. . In a chat with DailyMail’s…

The senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Chief Victor Umeh, on Friday, said the restructuring plan outlined by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was not…

The Director, Strategic Communications of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has said that the gang-up against President Buhari’s re-election bid by a class of retired military…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to make full disclosures to Nigerians on all he knows about former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The position came amidst speculation…

Chief Chekwas Okorie is the National Chairman of the United Progressive Party (UPP); in this exclusive interview with ADOYI M. ABA and PATRICK ANDREW, he speaks on why the party has decided to go with  President…

With the National Assembly threatening to veto President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the controversy seems to be growing. President Buhari insists that signing the Bill will undermine…

Progressive senators will stand against any plan by the National Assembly to veto President Muhamadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the recent amendments to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018, Senator Gbenga Ashafa…

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he will never be neutral in choice of a president for Nigeria in 2019 election in the face of alleged glaring incompetence and brazen impunity. He stressed that only…