Politics

The National Assembly joint committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday gave a harmonised final figure on the budget of INEC for the 2019 general election. The committee, after considering the initial…

The ‘Not Too Young To Run’ movement has dissociated itself from the formal declaration by Bukola Saraki to run for president on the platform of the opposition party, PDP. Mr Saraki, the senate president, formally made his intention…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday said he would not defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) anymore, even if he failed to secure the party’s presidential ticket. Atiku stated this in Minna while addressing…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the recent gale of defections in the All Progressives Congress could not upset what he called the ‘super structure’ of the party. Buhari, who was addressing the party leaders during the National…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted indirect primary for all elective positions apart from the presidential election. The decision was taken at the 6th national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja on…

Senate President Bukola Saraki has declared his intention to run against President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Buhari is seeking a second term on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Thursday at a…

The Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has declared her interest in the Yobe State 2019 governorship election. Ibrahim’s ambition to occupy the Yobe State Government House, was disclosed by her Special…

The Concerned Citizens of Ikeja (CCI), has asked James Faleke, the House of Representatives member representing Ikeja federal constituency of Lagos, to return to Kogi where he comes from and contested for the deputy governor’s seat…

Former Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has given the quest to advance the cause of peace and development in the Niger Delta as the reasons why he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uduaghan, who was governor on…

Over 10, 000 tricycle operators loyal to the Kwankwasiyya Group and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday in Kano destroyed and openly burnt their red caps and formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).…

A former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has said  no fewer than 15 Igbo billionaires had been mobilised to fund the senatorial race of the widow of late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu. He said the Igbo…

The Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday filed his defence to the petition by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and outgoing Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola. The defence team,…

The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has inaugurated a 63-member committee to handle the September 22 Osun State governorship election. The Governor of Kano State, Abdulahi Ganduje, was named the…

The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and a presidential hopeful in next year’s general elections, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has stated that Nigerian elites have perpetuated political fraud against the country…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has agreed to adopt direct primaries to conduct elections that will produce Presidential, Senate, House of Representatives, Governorship and State House…

The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan has formally announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).Uduaghan, a founding member of the PDP…

A group, the Concerned Citizens of Ikeja, yesterday, advised the lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Abiodun Faleke not to seek a third term in the lower chamber. In a statement by…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has slashed the price of nominations form for house of representatives aspirants. According to the opposition party, the form’s selling price has been reduced from N2 million to N1 million…

•Tinubu, Onoja, Akpabio, Elechi, others plan battle for 2019 The new shape of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national caucus emerged yesterday. There are new faces, such as former Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and…

Mr Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, has secured the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State. This approval was contained in a letter signed by the president and…

Zeus Polls, an independent Europe-based pollster, has reportedly predicted that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, may likely win most states in the 2019 gubernatorial elections. Zeus Polls had…

Jonah Jang, former Governor of Plateau State, has formally announced his decision to join the 2019 presidential race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Flanked by his wife and supporters, Jang made the…

Former Kano State Governor and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said he and other people that dumped the PDP to support President Muhammadu Buhari in 2014 against the then President…

Ahead of the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the governors and state chairmen are opposed to direct primaries – the party’s antidote against imposition of candidates. They prefer indirect primaries. Key stakeholders…