Politics

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, yesterday kicked off his campaign with promises to deliver the Fourth Mainland Bridge, Light Rail and a minimum of a thousand…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has finally been issued a visa to the United States, TheCable can report. A family source disclosed this to TheCable on Saturday and…

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of playing politics with the palliative monetary incentive to market women and traders. He specifically…

No fewer than eight aides of the Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, have tendered their resignation letters as the 2019 elections approach.Those who tendered their resignation letters were;  Amosun’s Chief of Staff, Tolu…

A faction of the All Progressive Grand Alliance on Friday emerged in Abuja with a call on the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, to resign for single-handedly endorsing President Muhhamadu Buhari for the 2019 elections.The…

The British Government has said it would not interfere in Nigeria’s 2019 general election. Britain, however, urged the Nigerian Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure that free, fair,…

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council on Friday named eight persons as its spokespersons. A statement by the Director, Media and Publicity of the council, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, listed the…

The ban on electoral campaigns for the governorship polls scheduled for March 2, next year, was formally lifted last Sunday. Although the campaigns are yet to gather momentum in most states, there is palpable anxiety in many…

INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who spoke at a capacity-building workshop for journalists, jointly organised by INEC, European Centre for Electoral Support, European Union and European Union Support for Democratic Governance in Nigeria,…

Governor Nyesom Wike has reportedly resigned as PDP campaign zonal coordinator, few weeks after he was appointed alongside other prominent leaders of the party and Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who was named the Director-General of the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced that its campaign for 2019 elections will kick off in Sokoto state on Monday. Senate President Bukola Saraki, director-general of the party’s campaign council, said this at…

Dapo Abiodun, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state, has announced Noimot Salako-Oyedele as his running mate in the 2019 polls. A statement issued by his campaign…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that it will disqualify the presidential and vice presidential candidates of some political parties over violation of Electoral Act on the age stipulation of…

A civil rights group, Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM), has sued the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to court over alleged suspicious contents in the tax declaration of Presidential candidate of the…

A video of Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari threatening APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole and members of the National Working Committee NWC of the party, is currently trending online. Although no one knows when the…

The Nigeria Police has replied the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, over his perceived romance with the ruling party. The PDP National Chairman, Mr…

•I’m not leaving APC, Buhari my candidate — Okorocha•Defections rock Ogun APC; Gbajabiamila protests Ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for the voluntary withdrawal of candidates for governorship and state legislative elections, there…

Mr. Monday Danjem, Registrar, University of Jos (UNIJOS) on Thursday said that the diploma held by a Plateau lawmaker, Ibrahim Baba-Hasssan, was not an authentic certificate by the university.The UNIJOS registrar disowned the…

Mutterings over a widening gulf in the Presidency with associates of President Muhammadu Buhari and those of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo pursuing stealthy separate political aspirations have surfaced.While the two camps remain…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he is ready for a debate with him ahead of the 2019 elections. Abubakar told Buhari this on…

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday gave a damming verdict on the post-primary election crisis rocking the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC): the situation is irreconcilable. Okorocha told the…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday expressed confidence that the party would win the forthcoming general elections, giving assurances that the main…

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…