Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, not to invite Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, before Saturday. The police had asked Adeleke to …

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, today said he will shake his former Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu, as the incoming governor of the state, after 2019 gubernatorial election in the state, adding that by then, he would have become the…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the review of the timetable for the conduct of the 2018 primary elections of the party. By the original schedule, presidential primaries were to…

The Mandate Movement, a group within the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is rooting for emergence of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the next governor, has reportedly reached out to another aspirant, Dr Femi Hamzat.…

Jimi Agbaje, Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015, has confirmed he will run again in 2019. Speaking with NAN on Wednesday, Agbaje said he initially didn’t want to, but his supporters convinced…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke sat for its examination in 1981. WAEC made the…

Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Kayode Fayemi, has set up a 37-member Inauguration Committee, charged with the responsibility of organising a hitch-free ceremony to usher in the new administration on October 16, 2018. The Committee is to…

Rep. Umar Bago (APC-Chanchaga) says he will support the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor. Abubakar Bello of Niger with 100 cars. Bago, who stated this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in…

PRESSURE was, yesterday, mounting on the Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwnumi Ambode to drop out of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship contest in the face of increasing differences between him and the grassroots of the…

The controversy trailing the amendment of the Electoral Act by the National Assembly appears to have been laid to rest. The National Assembly joint committee on Electoral Matters yesterday adopted a comprehensive Electoral Act…

Saturday’s governorship election in Osun state is unique not because it goes into history as the first to be contested by 48 candidates but for the fact that unlike most two-way horse race, there are four strong candidates. Political…

The Ekiti governorship election petition tribunal will continue its sitting in Abuja. The decision to relocate the tribunal from Ekiti state followed a request made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the panel. When…

A group, Grassroot Movement for Buhari/Osinbajo on Tuesday, declared it’s resolve to obtain West African Examination Council, GCE, form for the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen. Ademola Adeleke. The group,…

The Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAM), on Tuesday announced its support for one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The aspirant is the Managing Director of Lagos State…

Orji Kalu, former Abia governor, on Tuesday pleaded with Ibrahim Babangida, former military head of state, to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid. Kalu, who met with Babangida in Niger state, told journalists that he…

Ahead of the 2019 elections, the leader and chairman of all Africans in China, Emma Ositadimma Ojukwu, has maintained that wife of the late Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca, is qualified to represent Anambra…

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) says some security agencies are working to provide cover for lawmakers who want a change of leadership at the national assembly. CUPP is the umbrella body of the parties that formed an…

•Body’s decision final on gov’s fate Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode will today know the fate of his bid for a second term of office as the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, meets with the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it was not banning the use of smart phones around the polling unit areas, but the moment a prospective voter entered voting cubicle to cast his or her vote. The Chief Press…

Some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress  (APC) in Ikeja federal constituency of Lagos state have rejected James Faleke. Faleke, member representing the constituency in the house of representatives, is positioning himself…

Senate President Bukola Saraki says the current administration is trying to implement his blueprint on commercial farming. A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Saraki said this when he appeared before the…

Adams Oshimhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday made light remarks about his height in comparison with President Muhammadu Buhari’s, saying it’s an indication that the party “has everything — the long…

President Muhammadu Buhari led top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Osogbo, capital of Osun state, for the rally of the ruling party ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Isiaka Oyetola, a former chief of staff…

Sen. Joshua Dariye, who is currently serving a 14-year jail term over financial misdeeds while serving as Plateau governor, has picked an APC nomination form to contest next year’s election.“Yes, Sen. Dariye has picked a nomination form…