Politics

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, in Rivers State, has said despite the number of aspirants vying for the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket, they must be willing to rally around and support whoever emerges candidate in the forthcoming primary ...

Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, has cautioned the North against thinking it would produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. Igbokwe said the North should perish the thought of a Northerner succeeding ...

    Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has tackled former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole over allegation that he (Fayemi) asked him to rig party primaries in favour of his aspirant. Oshiomhole, alleged that ...

Russia may sever ties with prominent global bodies as Vladimir Putin continues to isolate his nation from the West following the invasion of Ukraine. Moscow’s Foreign Ministry yesterday sent a list of international organisations to parliament, with orders to review ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has dismissed a suit seeking to declare Prince Dotun Babayemi as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the July 16 governorship election in Osun State. The court consequently affirmed Senator Ademola ...

Amid fuel scarcity that has gripped the nation’s capital in the past week, it has emerged that top politicians of political parties procured fuel in most petrol stations in Abuja ahead of their primaries. Many Abuja hotels have also been ...

Police in Bauchi State, have arrested three people over the death of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Bauchi Local Government Area, Alhaji Musa Hussaini Gwabba. The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Umar Mamman Sanda, in a statement by ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has withdrawn from the race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He announced his withdrawal from the contest in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ngige’s announcement followed a valedictory ...

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says it will welcome APC national leader Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other aspirants willing to contest elective positions in 2023 on the party’s platform. SDP acting national chairman Supo Shonibare, who stated ...

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele was on Thursday, spotted at the Presidential Villa Abuja, where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Although the meeting held behind closed doors, Emefiele failed to disclose his mission in ...

  Two members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) have resigned to focus on their presidential ambitions. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, resigned a few hours after a ...

The Federal Government has directed serving ministers in the cabinet, heads of government agencies, ambassadors and other political appointees with political ambitions in 2023 to resign from the government. The circular, dated May 11, 2022 with Ref. No.SGF/OP/l/S.3/Xll/173, was issued ...

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to run for president in 2023, barely 48 hours after disowning a nomination form procured for him by a northern group. Mr Jonathan had on May 9 rejected presidential expression of interest and ...

After successfully raising about N83 million from Nigerians, Adamu Garba has reportedly withdrawn from the presidential race scheduled for next year. According to Peoples Gazette, Mr Garba said that even though he had withdrawn from the exercise, it won’t be the ...

Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuiba, has resigned from his position ahead of the APC presidential primaries.   His resignation was announced during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday May 11.   President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered ...

  Bukola Saraki, has officially welcomed singer Olubankole Wellington popularly known as Banky W, to the Peoples Democratic Party. Saraki, who is also a presidential aspirant in the forthcoming 2023 election, made this known on his Twitter page on Tuesday. ...

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has restated his position that the South-East should be allowed to produce Nigeria’s President in 2023, insisting that it would ensure peace, justice, fairness and sustainable national development in the country. Similarly, former secretary to the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that all members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) running for elective offices to submit their letters of resignation on or before Monday the 16th of May, 2022. The Minister of information and Culture, Lai ...

  Governor of Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi has stated that if elected president, he would establish an All Progressives Congress (APC) school to groom leaders within the party. The Ekiti governor is one of the presidential hopefuls of the ruling party. ...

  Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected a presidential nomination form, saying it was bought without his consent. The form was for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that defeated Mr Jonathan in 2015 after he had been in ...

Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has stormed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as part of consultation on his presidential bid. Saraki arrived at Obasanjo’s penthouse residence located within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, ...

The APC N100m nomination form has been purchased for Goodluck Jonathan. A group under the aegis of ‘Fulani group’ purchased the N100 million nominations and expression of interest forms for ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. Recall that on April 22, 2022, protesters ...

Ahead of the 2023 governorship race in Kano State, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has anointed his deputy, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, as his successor, triggering opposition from some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Ganduje anointed Gawuna as ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has condemned the trend where Nigerian politicians display posters of their candidates for the forthcoming presidential election in the grand mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Waring against such practice. The Commission, in a ...

There was a mild drama as the senator representing Lagos West, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, broke down in tears after he was presented with nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest for Ogun West senatorial ticket. Adeola, popularly ...