Politics

Donald Duke, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has picked Junaid Mohammed as his running mate for the 2019 poll. Duke, a former governor of Cross-Rivers state, announced this via his Twitter handle.…

Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, has promised to lead a strong campaign for the victory for President Muhammadu Buhari and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governorship candidate of the the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the…

Legal Icon and chairman of the Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, Professor Ben Nwabueze, SAN, has cautioned against the boycott of the 2019 elections to avert a costly mistake. Some groups in the South-East including the…

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West, are expected to meet soon to deliberate on the offer of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, slot offered the zone by the party’s Presidential…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that its presidential candidate for the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, if elected in 2019, would jail “all looters” of public treasury under the President Muhammadu…

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (ACC), has picked Rabiu  Rufai as his running mate. Malcom Fabiyi, director-general of the Sowore Campaign, announced this in a statement on Monday..…

Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, has accused the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of hijacking the party’s governorship primary election in the state. Speaking while swearing in Mosunmola Dipeolu,…

Ibrahim Magu, acting-chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked Nigerians to be vigilant in 2019. Speaking in Gombe state on Monday, the anti-graft czar said vigilance is important whether…

Hundreds of protesters  yesterday marched on the business district of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in a protest against Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s alleged plan to corral traditional rulers into the politics of next year’s…

A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe, on Monday, commended the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for promising to give the South West, the Secretary to Government of the Federation…

Over 200,000 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members and supporters of former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defecting Atiku’s loyalists who are members…

A former governor of Old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, on Monday urged Nigerians not to “gamble” with the idea of returning the People’s Democratic Party to power in 2019.Musa told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone from Kaduna that…

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, which vacated a stay order made by a Rivers High Court against the conduct of All Progressives Congress congresses in the state.Delivering…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s choice of former Anambra State governor Peter Obi as a running mate for the 2019 election is causing bad blood between him and the Southeast political leaders.…

Spokesman of the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation,Festus Keyamo, has blasted the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and challenged the former Vice President to campaign on his…

Just like we had in the case of former Minister Finance, Kemi Adeosun, who was reported by Premium Times to have forged her NYSC certificate, the 2019 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Razak Atunwa,…

Spokesman of the family of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Prince Emmanuel Kanu, has said his brother has no interest in the ouster of President Muhammadu Buhari from office and has therefore not…

The Social Democratic Party(SDP) yesterday affirmed ex-Governor Donald Duke as its presidential candidate. It said Duke was validly nominated at the party’s October 6 national convention and his name already submitted to the…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will return elected in 2019 without hitches, Leadership Newspapers Publisher Sam Nda-Isaiah assured at the weekend. He said the good work being initiated under the ruling All Progressives Congress…

Chief Gbenga Daniel, Director General,  Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, says the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) will go to the South West, if Atiku wins the presidency. Daniel, a…

The Arewa Youth Integrity Forum (AYIF), a group of youth in the north, has asked Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to distance himself from Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation.…

The APC factional state chairman, Oki, in an interview with newsmen in Lagos, gave his warning against the background of a directive issued by the state Assembly to the effect that the Private Sector Participation (PSP) involved in…

Following the disaffection expressed by some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost out in the just concluded primaries, the party hierarchy may have begun behind-the-scene manoeuvres to stop more party chieftains from…

A fast-paced plot is unfolding in the Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to sack embattled Governor Akinwunmi Ambode before the expiration of his single term on 29 May, 2018, Saturday Tribune learnt from…