Politics

• Shouting match at APC NEC meeting A scheduled meeting between the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress and the party’s caucus at the House of Representatives was unceremoniously called off on Wednesday. The…

The National caucus of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the constitution of an Elders’ Council instead of the traditional Board of Trustees (BoT). The Elders’ Council is to consist of 50 members top party…

Professor Mahmud Yakub, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission said up to 80 political parties may be on the ballot in Nigeria’s 2019 election. According to him, INEC had received over 100 additional applications for…

A youth wing of the Peoples Democratic Party has advised Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central, to dump the All Progressive Congress. A joint statement signed by the National Coordinator of the PDP National Youth…

Tinubu: decision good for APC, democracy President has scored another goal, says Okorocha Advocates of tenure elongation for All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun and National Working Committee (NWC)…

Former Vice-Presiden Atiku Abubakar flagged off the race for the 2019 presidential election in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, on Tuesday. Speaking at an event chaired by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, Abubakar pledged his commitment…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has explained that its apology to Nigerians is to renew the people’s trust in its rebranded party. The party in a statement on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbodiyan, said as a responsible party…

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) has suspended 205 staff over various unwholesome roles in the 2015 general elections. INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, disclosed this in his keynote address at national…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a committee to advise it on the position of President Muhammadu Buhari that the extension of the tenure of the national working committee (NWC) be cancelled. The decision to extend the…

The senate has reintroduced the bill to amend the electoral act. It passed first reading after the short title of the bill was read by the clerk of the senate on Tuesday. The development comes after the reintroduction of the bill…

•Amid allegations of inducement, pro and anti-Buhari legislators intensify lobby • Senators confident, say two-thirds of the whole not required to pass bill • Restraining order: Executive, legislature, others know fate April 25…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 25 for judgment in the suit by Accord Party (AP) challenging the legitimacy of the attempt by the National Assembly to reorder the schedule of the 2019 general elections released by the…

The Chairmen of 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State on Sunday unanimously endorse the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term in office. Rising from a meeting with the…

Lawmakers may have dumped their agreement with party chiefs to pull the brakes on their plan to override the President’s veto of the Electoral Amendment Bill reversing the order of elections, The Nation learnt yesterday. Unless the…

The three lawmakers representing Lagos East, West and Central senatorial districts yesterday passed a vote of confidence in and endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term. They said the giant strides of his administration…

President Muhammadu Buhari should worry about his performance record and not assume he is being sabotaged, writes Olawale Olaleye Presidential spokesperson, Mr. Femi Adesina, last week, treated an already wearied voting population to…

Imo State governorship election contender ahead of 2019, Senator Godwin Ifeanyi Araraume, has urged his supporters and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ignore the speculation about his plan to leave the party, saying he…

Several Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are angry with the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun for allegedly working to scuttle their return to the Red Chambers next year.…

•APC governors meet President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be holding all the aces in his battle of wits with the National Assembly on the sequence of elections in the country. Fifty-four Senators have signed to abort plan by the…

There are indications at the weekend that the search for a consensus northern presidential candidate for 2019 election had been deadlocked. The Nation investigation shows that barely four days before the next summit of the group,…

Is he seeking to strengthen his political base ahead of 2019 like a certain former Vice-President, or just making his social media debut? Time has never been more ripe, in both instances. Speculations have been flying around since…

Some governors have indicated interest in the 2019 senatorial election after their tenure. Currently, there are 15 ex-governors in the Senate, and political pundits are of the opinion that some of the governors only go to the upper…

An end to the persistent feud between the presidency and the National Assembly appears to be around the corner with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the lawmakers setting up an 11-man inner caucus standing committee to…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released timetable for the recall of Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district. Augusta Ogakwu, secretary of the commission, disclosed this on Friday.…