Politics

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled the party executives in Zamfara State "at all levels". The decision, announced on Friday evening by Yekini Nabena, acting National Publicity…

Adokiye Amasiemeka Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, is currently a beehive of activities ahead of Saturday's presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Twelve aspirants are seeking the party's presidential…

The national assembly primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held on Wednesday in many states but was moved to Thursday in  Kwara. The reason for the postponement was not given and the venue of the exercise in the…

Jimi Agbaje, a pharmacist, has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship election in Lagos state. As of the time this report was filed, Agbaje had polled 800 votes to defeat Deji Doherty who polled 742 votes.…

Senator Bukola Saraki who is said to be under pressure to step down for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has debunked the report. It was reported that there were speculations that Saraki is under pressure to withdraw from the…

… Calls for unity, lauds Amosun’s achievements The National Working Committee (NWC)’s declared winner of the governorship primary of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said the victory at the…

GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has described those protesting against the result of Osun State governorship election as being mentally unstable.Recall that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of…

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday led the state governor-elect, Gboyega Oyetola, to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting was held at the President’s office inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.…

Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, is under “intense pressure” to withdraw his presidential ambition and support the aspiration of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, to secure the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic…

Shina Peller, son of the late Nigerian magician, Professor Moshood Abiola Peller, has emerged the House of Representatives candidate for lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa federal constituency on the platform of the All Progresssive…

Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro, son of former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has clinched the APC ticket for the House of Representatives Eti-OSA constituency. Ibrahim won the primaries which held in Lagos today…

Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are currently leading a protest against the result of the Osun State…

High-wire, last-minute political horse-trading is likely to see at least three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants step down for Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State, SaharaReporters has been told. Tambuwal is…

•Election Shrouded In Secrecy It appears the gale of violence that marred the National Assembly primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the country on Thursday is repeating itself in the state house of…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the names of 24 governorship candidates for the 2019 elections. Yekini Nabena, national publicity secretary of the party, released the list in a statement on Friday. He said the…

The leadership and key stakeholders of  the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will today persuade some of the 12 presidential aspirants to voluntarily withdraw from the race ahed of the convention which starts tomorrow in Port Harcourt,…

The 2019 presidential election is just about four months away and various political parties have been working round the clock to present a candidate that will challenge President Muhammadu Buhari during the polls. The Peoples Democratic…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Dapo Abiodun the winner of the Ogun State governorship primary. He was declared winner after polling 102,305 votes, against his closest…

The series of permutations, calculations, consultations, conversations and campaigns regarding who would fly the flag the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State formally came to an end at about…

A former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele, has described the outcome of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos as ‘absolutely disgraceful’ and said it shows that the party is…

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that he opted to support the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola,  in the rerun election in the…

Lagos NURTW big shot, Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya popularly known has Mc Oluomo has also waded into the APC ‘crisis’ that flushed Governor Ambode out. According to Oluomo, he and his boys were already supporting Ambode for a 2nd term, but…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) will enforce popular participation of its members in the process of picking candidates for the general election, its Natinal Chairman Adams Oshiomhole, said yesterday. He said no amount of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) warned political parties yesterday that Sunday’s deadline to conduct primaries to pick candidates for the 2019 elections and resolution of disputes remains sacrosanct. INEC…