Politics

Court jails APC chieftain 1-year for vote buying in Lagos The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced Wahab Hammed, a ward Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Surulere Local Government Area of the state, to ...

A group of seven opposition political parties on Wednesday formed a new coalition in a bid to strengthen democracy in the country The movement tagged the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties was formed in Abuja at a meeting attended by ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja directed all intra-party litigants to withdraw their court cases. The directive in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, after the party’s National Working Committee’s (NWC) ...

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, on Tuesday, said the state has been grounded economically by an alleged cabal, which hijacked the government of ailing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu   It, therefore, demanded that  Akeredolu should transmit power to his deputy, Mr ...

COP28: Peter Obi lied, FG sponsored 422 delegates, not 1,411 – Information Minister The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said the Federal Government sponsored 422 delegates to the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, not 1,411. Peter Obi ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has criticized the proposed N27.5 trillion budget for the 2024 fiscal year by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly as deceitful, adding that it has no mechanism for economic recovery Tinubu, on Wednesday presented the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the just concluded Kogi State Governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye has announced his decision not to seek legal redress following his electoral loss. Melaye said his decision was hinged on the fact that ...

Protesters today again stepped out on the streets of Kano over the sacking of Governor Abba Yusuf by the Appeal Court.   Two weeks ago, the appeal court panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on ...

Edo state deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has vowed to defeat the anointed candidate of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the forthcoming governorship election in the State. Shaibu said he would defeat Obaseki’s anointed candidate because he has the backing of the people of ...

  Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that President Bola Tinubu inherited an administration that was almost comatose. However, the Governor expressed optimism that Nigeria would be better off in the long run. He pleaded with Nigerians to be patient with the ...

Hotel cancels Shaibu’s booking to declare governorship ambition Ahead of Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu’s formal declaration of his governorship ambition today (Monday), Eterno Hotels in Benin City has cancelled his booking to use the hotel. The hotel, located ...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has given the lie to insinuations suggesting that he would contest against his boss, President Bola Tinubu, in the 2027 presidential election The former Rivers State governor vowed that having worked ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday visited the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, at his residence in Abuja, the nation’s capital The photos were posted on the X page of the ruling party on Friday. No ...

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has stated that the administration of President Bola Tinubu took over a “dead economy” bequeathed by its predecessors Soludo made the remark during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday while analysing the ...

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Desmond Akawor, has resigned His resignation letter surfaced on Friday barely a few hours after President Bola Tinubu appointed him Federal Commissioner—representing Rivers State in the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and ...

Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Abba Moro, has emerged Senate Minority leader. Moro, a two term Senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was nominated by the opposition party in the red Chamber and was subsequently affirmed. He ...

Ogege Kemelayefa, the candidate of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in the 11 November governorship election in Bayelsa State, has said she is PROUD of the 14 votes she scored in the election. The total number of votes cast in the election was ...

Trump boasts about his ”excellent health” on Biden’s 81st birthday Former President Donald Trump had a backhanded 81st birthday present for his successor Monday. The 77-year-old Trump released a glowing letter purporting to be from his personal physician crowing about his “excellent” ...

Edo Guber: Shaibu dares Obaseki! Throws in his hat again It’s going to be a long rideeee, but the he also has the right to be Governor now.  Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has dared his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki, by declaring ...

Protest rocks Plateau as Appeal Court sacks Governor Mutfwang A massive protest erupted in Jos, the Plateau State capital, yesterday after the Appeal Court, Abuja nullified the election of Governor Caleb Mutfwang, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and named his ...

Appeal Court sacks Kano Governor, Abba Yusuf The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, nullified the election of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, held that Governor Yusuf was ...

Liberia: George Weah concedes election defeat Liberia President George Weah has conceded election defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight race, ending a presidency marred by graft allegations but helping to ensure a smooth transition of power in the once volatile African ...

Appeal Court sacks Zamfara Governor The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara and declared the March governorship election in the state as inconclusive. The court, on Thursday, also ordered a rerun in three local ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar believes the merger of Nigeria’s opposition parties will help in forming a stronger front against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku, who was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, ...

Swear by the Quran that Kogi Election was FREE & FAIR – Melaye challenges INEC chairman Dino Melaye has asked INEC chairman to swear by the Holy Quran if truly he agrees that the just held Kogi Governorship election was ...