Politics

Adams Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo state, has declared his intention to contest the position of national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oshiomhole made the declaration on Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its governorship primary election in Ekiti to Saturday. The party had earlier fixed the election for Friday after the last exercise ended on an inconclusive note. In a statement…

JUSTICE Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Abuja will today deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege challenging his suspension from…

Elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southwest have dropped the direct primary plan to pick the party’s candidate for the July 24 Ekiti State governorship election. Majority of the aspirants at a stakeholders meeting…

A fetish sacrifice( okaka ebo ti n k’agun laya) was found at the entrance of All Progressives congress, APC state Secretariat this morning following the violence at the primary election in the state over the weekend. Meanwhile, the…

MINISTER of Communications Adebayo Shittu yesterday accused Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi of being afraid of him (Shittu). He said Ajimobi was afraid because of going to jail if he succeeds him in office, owing to mismanagement…

TENSION yesterday continued to build up in Imo State, after the ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state,  as commissioners appointed by Governor Rochas Okorocha insisted that the congresses should be…

Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and steel, walked out of the meeting which Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and some party leaders held with the governorship aspirants of the APC in Ekiti state, on…

The much expected governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party came to an end on a peaceful note on Tuesday with the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola, emerging the candidate of the party.He defeated his closest…

The atmosphere at the Greater Eagle Hall, Ado Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state, is tensed up at the moment as Dayo Adeyeye and Kolapo Olusola, the two aspirants seeking the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14…

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Ogun State, Aremo Segun Osoba and a select group of APC leaders from the South West are locked in a secret meeting at the Lagos State…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has scheduled another governorship primary election in Ekiti state for Friday. Bolaji Abdullahi, spokesman of the party, disclosed this to reporters in Abuja on Tuesday. The primary election…

Abiodun Olujimi, an aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party ((PDP) governorship election in Ekiti state, has stepped down for Dayo Adeyeye, a former minister. Olujimi announced this shortly before the commencement of voting at Dove…

Not less than 22 All Progressives Congress’ governorship aspirants have signed a petitioned to the National Chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, as well as leaders of the party, stating fresh conditions for a repeat of the…

Ali Soyode, an industrialist and founder of Europe’s first ethnic media and satellite Television, BEN TV, has declared intention to run in the 2019 presidential election. Mr Soyode, who made the declaration on Monday in Abuja, said…

The crisis rocking the Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a different dimension on Monday as police sealed the party’s secretariat. The protesters, who claimed to be sympathetic to the aspiration of…

Chief Henry Ajomale is the chairman, Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC). Ajomale, in this interview with select journalists, speaks on the state of affairs in the party, the  congresses, President Muhammadu Buhari,…

The Bishop of Lagos Diocese, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Rev. Ephraim Ademowo, yesterday hailed Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for his infrastructural renewal drive. The eminent cleric noted that the governor’s…

Unless either of the parties backs down, a showdown is imminent between the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 27 governorship aspirants in Ekiti State. The aspirants are demanding the sacking…

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is being pressured to prematurely halt the ongoing continuous voter registration exercise by powerful political interests, SaharaReporters has gathered. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood…

Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo states, says the “funny politics” witnessed at Saturday’s ward congress of the All Progressives Congress  (APC) across the country must stop. Delta, Imo and Oyo were some of the states that had cases…

•Ekiti gets candidate this week THE All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday urged those aggrieved as a result of weekend’s ward congresses to approach the appeals committee set up by the party. Its National Publicity Secretary,…

The Segun Oni Campaign Organisation has called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress to investigate the alleged compromise of the Tanko Al-Makura-led committee which supervised Saturday’s primary in…

Oluremi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District on Sunday urged the federal government to declare public holidays for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), ahead of the December 2018 deadline.Mrs Tinubu,…