Politics

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday confirmed the victory of Hope Uzodimma in the Imo State governorship election,…

•Bauchi fixes LG poll for August 19, Kogi election holds October 19 •Jigawa, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Katsina, Kebbi, Benue set for exercise No fewer than 13 states have fixed dates for Local Government elections in…

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has barred the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, from conducting its Congress in the state. The Court gave the order PHC/2282/CS/2024 filed by Hon. David Chiinedu…

The National Assembly is considering amendment to the 1999 constitution to create room for the conduct of local government elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and not the state…

The failure of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to adhere to its constitution by constituting various organs for critical stakeholders’ involvement in decision-making is unsettling some of its leaders. This…

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has declared its intention to field former Governor Musa Kwankwaso as its presidential candidate in…

A former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has called on prominent opposition leaders to form an…

Former deputy governor of Edo State, Rt Hon Philip Shaibu said the decision of the court to nullify the People’s Democratic Party’s governorship primary election has vindicated his earlier statement that the PDP did not…

All Progressives Congress Campaign Council has called on Asue Ighodalo to join it in its campaign to the people of the state while the former deputy governor, Rt Hon Philip Shaibu said he has been vindicated having…

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday reacted to the nullification of the party’s governorship election, insisting that Asue Ighodalo is its flagbearer. Justice Inyang Ekwo of…

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has declared invalid the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate. The primary election…

A group on the platform of Obidient Movement has pledged support for the Edo State All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, has revealed that a recent flood disaster affected over 4000 Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines at their…

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, tackled Mike Ozekhome, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), at a programme in Abuja, on Thursday. Wike, who was an awardee at This Nigeria Lecture and Award, said…

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are preparing for the biggest moment so far in the United States election — the first of two high-stakes debates that could upend the race. Today’s showdown…

The Youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Badagry Division, Lagos State, has condemned Monday’s attack on the party’s chairperson in the state, Cornelius Ojelabi, during a protest at the party…

Shehu Sani, a civil rights activist and social critic, has described the recent meeting of Northern politicians with former President Muhammadu Buhari as a strategic move to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been urged to perish any thought to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. A Tinubu support group under the auspices of Disciples of Jagaban said it made the call in reaction to…

The Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Prof Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has cautioned politicians in Nigeria against using her name and image to fight their battles. The former Finance Minister gave the…

Labour Party has reiterated its support for Peter Obi as its presidential candidate in the 2027 election, dismissing rumours of a potential replacement. In a statement jointly signed yesterday by the…

President Bola Tinubu is in a fix over the crises rocking Kano State with the pronouncement of the Federal High Court, Kano nullifying the reinstatement of Sanusi…

The struggle for the control of Labour Party leadership assumed another dimension last week with the alleged…

The Yoruba Party in the United Kingdom (YPUK) says it will field candidates in the forthcoming general election. In May, Rishi Sunak, the United Kingdom prime minister, announced that he would dissolve the…

No fewer than 74 political parties, under the aegis of Conference of De-Registered Political Parties in Nigeria (CDPPN), have collapsed their organizational structures for the All Progressives Congress (APC)…