Politics

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…

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…