Politics

Rilwan Akiolu, oba of Lagos, says Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will be justified if he is angry over the affairs of the state. Tinubu had rejected the reelection bid of Akinwunmi…

Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, a lawyer and human rights activist, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is qualified to contest the presidential election in 2019. He said the hues and cries over his eligibility having failed to…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to show proof of his vaunted integrity by presenting his academic documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and put to an end…

The battle for Kwara Central senatorial seat in February next year promises to be a tough one for Senate President Bukola Saraki. According to details of the polls released by the Independent National Electoral Commission…

Reactions have continued to trail Thursday’s directive to the South-West by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola urging them to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election bid to pave way for the…

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his latest endorsement by The Economist Magazine, has put to lies the recent claims made by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji…

Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has said that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will disappoint the people of the South East if elected as President. The group also…

Ahead of 2019 general elections, the Diverse, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Rights Movement in Nigeria, has declared support for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party…

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says there is room for legal action if anyone is in doubt of claims by candidates in the 2019 elections. Speaking specifically about the…

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari winning the 2019 presidential election much more brighter with its purported slogan, ‘Corruption is better than…

The INEC in Lagos State says 299 candidates across various political parties in the state are jostling for the National Assembly seats in the 2019 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the INEC…

Governor Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun Central), Tolu Odebiyi (Ogun West) and Senator Lekan Mustapha(Ogun East) made it to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) list for the Senate seats on the platform of All Progressives…

The post-primary crises rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are far from being over. Some aggrieved members are ventilating their anger through street protests. Others are warning the party’s leadership on the…

•PDP candidate paid N10.3m tax •Buhari’s papers ‘with military’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has declared a personal income of N60.2 million in three years, according to the…

More than 84 million Nigerians are eligible to vote in next year’s general election, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu said yesterday. He spoke when he received a delegation of…

The Director of Strategic Communications of the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization, Festus Keyamo, has denied receiving large sums of money from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for President…

Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, has urged the people of south-west to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections to guarantee a return of power to the region in 2023. The minister…

The governor of Imo State Chief Rochas Okorocha, has said that the Acting National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu has sent out a very bad signal to the world.Okorocha reacting to Issa…

Facts have emerged over the alleged plan of the Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun to install Hon. Abdulkadir Adekunle Akinlade as the next governor of the state despite the opposition against the move. It will…

The national leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, rallied against forces seeking removal of the chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, describing Governors Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun and Rochas…

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday explained the crises that rocked some of its state chapters as a result of the primaries to pick candidates for next year’s elections. Party spokesman Lanre Issa-Onilu spoke on…

Osinachukwu Ideozu, senator representing Rivers west, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ideozu was elected as senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015. Ahmed Lawan, senate…

The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has denied reports he is considering leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ekweremadu, currently out of the country, took to his Facebook page to make clarification on his…

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has mastered the art of the “double-edged compliment” as exemplified by his praise for Juventus after Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat by the Italians. But it would have made uncomfortable…