Politics

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has threatened to take the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to court for including his name in the alleged list of looters…

The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the list of alleged ‘looters’ released by the Federal Government as hollow and laughable. The party said the list was an extension of the Federal Government’s media trial and challenged it…

Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, LRA, has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari administration about what Nigerians can do. He warned that Nigerians can shut down the government as a result of herdsmen…

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Thursday described former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu as “an exceptionally visionary politician who has invested in many people’’. The minister spoke at the 10th Bola Tinubu…

Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has criticized the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for apologizing to Nigerians. Fani-Kayode, writing on his Twitter page on Friday morning, held that the PDP had nothing to be sorry about.…

• Shouting match at APC NEC meeting A scheduled meeting between the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress and the party’s caucus at the House of Representatives was unceremoniously called off on Wednesday. The…

The National caucus of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the constitution of an Elders’ Council instead of the traditional Board of Trustees (BoT). The Elders’ Council is to consist of 50 members top party…

Professor Mahmud Yakub, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission said up to 80 political parties may be on the ballot in Nigeria’s 2019 election. According to him, INEC had received over 100 additional applications for…

A youth wing of the Peoples Democratic Party has advised Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central, to dump the All Progressive Congress. A joint statement signed by the National Coordinator of the PDP National Youth…

Tinubu: decision good for APC, democracy President has scored another goal, says Okorocha Advocates of tenure elongation for All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun and National Working Committee (NWC)…

Former Vice-Presiden Atiku Abubakar flagged off the race for the 2019 presidential election in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, on Tuesday. Speaking at an event chaired by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, Abubakar pledged his commitment…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has explained that its apology to Nigerians is to renew the people’s trust in its rebranded party. The party in a statement on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbodiyan, said as a responsible party…

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) has suspended 205 staff over various unwholesome roles in the 2015 general elections. INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, disclosed this in his keynote address at national…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a committee to advise it on the position of President Muhammadu Buhari that the extension of the tenure of the national working committee (NWC) be cancelled. The decision to extend the…

The senate has reintroduced the bill to amend the electoral act. It passed first reading after the short title of the bill was read by the clerk of the senate on Tuesday. The development comes after the reintroduction of the bill…

•Amid allegations of inducement, pro and anti-Buhari legislators intensify lobby • Senators confident, say two-thirds of the whole not required to pass bill • Restraining order: Executive, legislature, others know fate April 25…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 25 for judgment in the suit by Accord Party (AP) challenging the legitimacy of the attempt by the National Assembly to reorder the schedule of the 2019 general elections released by the…

The Chairmen of 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State on Sunday unanimously endorse the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term in office. Rising from a meeting with the…

Lawmakers may have dumped their agreement with party chiefs to pull the brakes on their plan to override the President’s veto of the Electoral Amendment Bill reversing the order of elections, The Nation learnt yesterday. Unless the…

The three lawmakers representing Lagos East, West and Central senatorial districts yesterday passed a vote of confidence in and endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term. They said the giant strides of his administration…

President Muhammadu Buhari should worry about his performance record and not assume he is being sabotaged, writes Olawale Olaleye Presidential spokesperson, Mr. Femi Adesina, last week, treated an already wearied voting population to…

Imo State governorship election contender ahead of 2019, Senator Godwin Ifeanyi Araraume, has urged his supporters and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ignore the speculation about his plan to leave the party, saying he…

Several Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are angry with the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun for allegedly working to scuttle their return to the Red Chambers next year.…

•APC governors meet President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be holding all the aces in his battle of wits with the National Assembly on the sequence of elections in the country. Fifty-four Senators have signed to abort plan by the…