Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, as the Secretary/Director-General of the campaign organisation for his re-election bid. This was disclosed by Garba Shehu, Senior…

The Ogun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress  ( APC ), on Thursday resolved to stay – off direct primary as an alternative mode of selecting party candidates for the 2019 general elections where consensus method fails.…

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a meeting with Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Although the reasons for the meeting were not made public, according to NAN, the governor would be updating the president on the latest…

…few states adopt direct primaries Governors of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) appeared to have had their way regarding the mode of primary to adopt for the conduct of party primaries across the country as they rose from their…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the era of imposition is over in Kwara politics and that there is no favoured candidate among the governorship aspirants in the All Progressives Congress (APC).…

Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, is currently at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. Some constituents of the speaker presented him with nomination forms of the PDP for 2019…

Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, says he will win the upcoming election and dance to the government house. He said this at an interactive session organised by the Oduduwa…

Tonye Cole, an All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant in Rivers, says restoring peace and unity to the state would be his administration’s top priority if he wins the election. Cole, one of the four aspirants on the…

Against all odds, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode may have finally settled his protracted rift with his political benefactor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, which will see him emerge the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress…

It is 2018, the year preceding the 2019 general elections and all parties are filling up candidates for all positions in accordance with INEC directives. In Lagos state, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has opted for direct…

Senator Ademola Adeleke, has condemned the police invitation to him over the allegation of certificate forgery, saying the force has become a toll of oppression and intimidation. Adeleke who is the governorship candidate of the…

Cristiano Ronaldo has said it will be difficult for his son to become better than him. The Portuguese star claimed his son will struggle to be as good as him at football. Both are currently on the books of Juventus, Ronaldo Sr…

Some residents of Lagos State took to the street on Wednesday to protest against Tinubu’s refusal to back Ambode The protesters, who stormed the secretariat of the Ikeja Local Government Area in Ikeja, said the incumbent governor…

The re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections has split the camps of former Niger Delta militants. Why some of the ex-agitators have declared support for Buhari on the basis of his performance in the…

The battle on who gets the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State continued on Wednesday with the party leadership mounting pressure on the incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to drop his second term bid and…

Former Information Minister, Professor Jerry Gana, has said the youths mandated him to be in the race for 2019 presidential elections.Professor Gana, who made this known while answering questions from journalists in Minna, Niger State…

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday debunked  reports on some online platforms that he has dropped his reelection bid to back one of his challengers, Jide Sanwo-Olu. He said he is still in the race. He spoke just as Mr.…

•Blasts fellow artiste for supporting ongoing campaign of calumny against embattled Governor Ambode Nigerian British Fuji Music Exponent, Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere (PK1st) has lampooned fellow Fuji Music exponent Alhaji Wasiu…

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…