Politics

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will formally open his presidential campaign on Saturday, following “several months of consultations with critical stakeholders in Nigeria and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),” his…

A gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Mr. Olalekan Dotun Ayorinde has narrated how his party, ANRP, got a total number of 125 votes after spending the sum of N50 million for the just…

There were strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress and governors are considering juicy offers for the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to prevent his defection to the Peoples Democratic…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has declared that he is leaving the  All Progressives Congress (APC)  for good. He told members of OnTiv Professionals Association in Abuja that he would not return to the party for any reason.…

The Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, on Friday vowed that no election would be conducted in the defunct Biafra region during the 2019 general elections. This came from the self-acclaimed President of the BZF, Barr. Benjamin Onwuka.…

A social-political organisation, Igboezue International, Thursday, vowed that it would resist every attempt by President Muhammadu Buhari to deceive people of the zone again.…

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has announced that he is rooting for Senator Ademola Adeleke ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary this Saturday. In a tweet on Thursday, Fani-Kayode expressed…

Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Thursday raised the alarm over alleged plans by the All Progressives Congress to rig the 2019 elections so as to oust him and six other governors of the Peoples Democratic Party. Ishaku raised the…

Abdulmumin Jibrin, a lawmaker from Kano state, led members of the Parliamentary Support Group to the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday. The group is in support of the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari. The president…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Thursday made deft moves to avert an impending exodus of its bigwigs to the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The peace initiative, THISDAY gathered, was being…

The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate for the 2019 general election may emerge on September 30, The PUNCH learnt on Thursday. A preliminary timetable for the party’s primaries, which was prepared by the national leadership…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps will need N310m to feed and administer drugs to dogs that will be deployed in states for the 2019 elections. The Nigeria Police Force will also require N7m to feed 50 horses that would be used…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to boycott the 2019 general election if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies do not show neutrality during the exercise. Uche Secondus, chairman…

The Senator representing Bayelsa East in the Senate, Ben Murray-Bruce, has recommended a new pattern of voting ahead of the 2019 general elections. The lawmaker wondered why Nigerians cannot vote by text since there are over 100…

Mr Wale Ogunade, a constitutional lawyer and President, Voters Awareness Initiative, on says that Politicians took the act of vote-buying in Ekiti gubernatorial election to a higher dimension. Ogunade told newsmen on Thursday in…

Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom may have shelved his decision to leave his ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, following a trouble-shooting meeting he had with the National Chairman of the party, Comrades Adams Oshiomhole, Thursday…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced the inclusion of weekends and public holidays as word days of its personnel in ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). It, however, stated that the…

Senate President Bukola Saraki and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal are in their final days in the All Progressives Congress (APC), as SaharaReporters understands their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be sealed…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the postponement of its Osun State governorship primary election initially scheduled to take place on Thursday due to “unforeseen development.” According to a statement signed by the…

Senate President Bukola Saraki; Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto; Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue; and Abdulfatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara; met with some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ilorin on Wednesday. Nigeria’s…

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met with Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state, and Abdufatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara, in Ilorin on Wednesday. The governors who were elected on the platform of the All…

Suspected political thugs, Tuesday, launched an attack on the convoy of former Deputy Governor (Operations) of Central Bank of Nigeria, Chief Adebayo Adelabu in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adelabu, who recently resigned from the…

As political parties gear up for their presidential primaries slated for between August and October 2018, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said, yesterday, that the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, has the right of first…

Twelve of the aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC party,  all from Osun West, yesterday, rejected direct primary option to elect the party’s candidate. Among the nine aspirants present at the conference where the…