Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed the endorsement of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Abubakar, who is Buhari’s main opponent in 2019, visited Obasanjo on Thursday afternoon alongside…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will be backing Atiku Abubakar, his former deputy, ahead of the 2019 presidential election, haiving described him as "President-to-be" following a meeting between the two men in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun…

The political atmosphere was at its peak at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on Thursday. Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, who played host to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, also…

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar is  visiting his erstwhile principal, President Olusegun Obasanjo today very reliable sources disclosed last night.The visit to Obasanjo would be the first time the…

The speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly Hon Kola Oluwawole and his deputy Mr Sina Animasun has been impeached.The duo were impeached this afternoon by 14 members of the house.Subsequenly Mr Adeniran Alagbada representing Ise…

The senate has approved N234 billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 elections. The lawmakers approved the amount at plenary on Thursday. The 10-week recess of the national assembly had…

Some Christian clerics in Plateau state say they have on a 40-day prayer for the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari. The group under the aegis of the National Inter-Faith and Religious Organisations for Peace (NIFROP) is also…

Indications emerged on Wednesday that Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and the entire All Progressives Congress structure in the state may decamp from the party on Thursday (today). Elders of the party at a meeting on Wednesday…

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State have protested alleged imposition of House of Representatives and House of Assembly candidates by the state’s executive of the party.…

Barely few days after the Social Democratic Party (SDP), elected the former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, as its presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, mother of all crises has hit the party over his choice.…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday said that the personal attacks by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as well as other officials of the Buhari-led Presidency, against the character of…

The last appears not to have been heard about the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2010 which President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to thrice this year as senators at plenary Wednesday expressed concern about some sections of the Bill…

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has replied the Independent National Electoral Commission, setting the records straight that his party indeed held governorship, national assembly and state assembly…

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday blasted those jubiliating over the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, saying he will not make the needed…

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has congratulated the two female aspirants who won APC ticket to contest for senate seats in Adamawa State. The winners – Binta Masi-Garba, a serving senator and Aishatu Dahiru–Binani picked…

The senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, yesterday responded to the popularity test thrown at him by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai. El-Rufai had on Monday challenged Sani, to a popularity contest by asking him…

The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that he won’t leave the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress, advising the ruling party to bury the notion. The governor made this known while reacting…

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, took on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its calls for the cancellation of Ekiti and Osun State governorship elections, alleging that such position…

The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has begun earnest search for his running mate as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of parties’…

Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the 2019 elections, says he is the best man for the job.  In a statement on Tuesday, Moghalu said Nigeria needs a visionary…

The Sokoto State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Milgoma, on Tuesday dispelled rumor that the party’s 2019 election flag-bearer, Mannir Dan-iya has been substituted. Speaking to journalists in Sokoto over the…

Nigeria’s political season is almost upon us. Already, we know most of those who will be running for different political posts and those whose political ambitions have lost momentum prematurely. Now, while the focus is on the two major…

DELTA Security Watch Organization of Nigeria, NDSWON, Tuesday, said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, committed a travesty of justice by nominating a notorious decampee and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as presidential…

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political victories fit into Arnold Toynbee’s figurative description of a mighty, always-winning America, which the British historian said is like a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it…