Politics

The leader of the House of Representatives and chairman of the APC Caucus, Femi Gbajabiamila, in this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Festus Owete and Nasir Ayitogo, speaks on the defections in the House, his relationship with Speaker…

Vanessa Obioha writes that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Adams Oshiomhole pulls no punches as he goes about his new assignment with an accustomed gusto Call him garrulous or obnoxious, one thing is certain,…

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has described the bye-election in Rivers State for Port Harcourt Constituency III State Assembly seat as another sad reality that votes of Nigerians will not be allowed to count at the 2019…

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said he was under immense pressure to contest for 2019 senatorial election. While declaring he will make his stand known in two weeks time, Ngige said the pressure was…

Yusuf Lasun, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, says he will not leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) in spite of losing the party’s governorship primary in Osun. Addressing a news conference on Sunday in Osogbo,…

Ahead of the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), scheduled for next month, some influential stakeholders in the North are worried over the increasing numbers of aspirants on the platform of the party from…

Former governor of Akwa Ibom, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said at the weekend that the takeover of the state by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019 would be as total as the 1940 invasion of Poland by the German dictator, Adolf…

Former special assistant to former president Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Doyin Okupe has said it will take Nigeria 10 years to recover if Atiku Abubakar rules for a day. According to the former presidential aide, the country recovery from…

The All Progressives Congress catalogued a list of career-long infractions by Senate President Bukola Saraki that will make him fail an integrity test, in case he wants to run for Nigeria’s presidency. Saraki provoked this latest…

Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom state, has described is Udom Emmanuel as a mistake that must be corrected in 2019. According to PUNCH, Akpabio, a serving senator, said this at a rally in the Ikot Ekpene area of the…

Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje has challenged his predecessor, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso to launch his presidential campaign in Kano. Ganduje stated this Sunday at an empowerment programme for women held at the Government…

Adamawa State Governor Jibrilla Bindow yesterday insisted that he has no reasons to defect from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said reports on his alleged defection were malicious and…

Senators loyal to Senate President Bukola Saraki have accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of abandoning its mandate of bringing positive change. Isah Misau and Rafiu Ibrahim, senators representing Bauchi central and Kwara…

A coalition of groups, under the umbrella of Concerned Nigerians against Saraki (CNAS), has listed a number of reasons it is against the presidential bid of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. A few days ago, Saraki alluded to his…

All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday spoke on the defection of some chieftains from the ruling party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said the defectors, including Senate President Bukola…

Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state, has parted ways with 252 special advisers and assistants. Abubakar Shekara, director-general, media and public affairs to Tambuwal, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday. He…

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, who reacted to claims by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to lead the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to take back Imo State in 2019 elections, has advised the former Vice President and PDP…

The battle to displace President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s election has intensified in the last few weeks given the gale of defections in both the ruling and opposition parties, which has ratcheted up the political temperature in…

The plot by the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to remove Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki may have suffered a set back due to suspicion and distrust among the party leadership and the lawmakers. Apart…

•Desperate to avoid post-primary crisis Some powerful forces in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are canvassing consensus for the purpose of picking the party’s presidential candidate in next year’s election to avoid a post-primary…

Following the recent defection of Senator Bukola Saraki, from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), there are determined moves by the party in power to ensure he either resigns as Senate…

Son of the late governor of Kwara state, Alhaji Akeem Lawal, has declared his intention to contest in 2019 governorship race under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking when he was received by his supporters and…

Toke Benson is a lawyer, businesswoman and politician. Currently serving as the Assistant Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, she is seeking to represent the Ikeja Federal Constituency in the 2019…

When the cat is away, they say, the mouse will play. This age-long adage appeared to find its full expression in Sokoto State penultimate week in a popularity contest between Governor Aminu Tambuwal and his estranged godfather and…