Politics

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, after the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the coming 2019 presidential election, stated that he is Nigeria’s next president. Ekweremadu also congratulated the other aspirants and ...

Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe who made headlines few months ago after sharing photos of her new mansion, is now trending on Twitter over a rumour of Governor Ambode buying her the mansion.   Though there was no direct allegation, however read the report from SDK ...

One of President Buhari’s aides, Lauretta Onochie has stated that  the former vice, Atiku Abubakar, becoming the president is nothing  but just a dream. Onochie claimed that Atiku the former Vice President ran away from the All Progressives Congress to ...

A former Minister of Information, and later of Environment, John Odey, has died, aged 58.   According to Leadershipng, he died in in the early hours of Sunday, in a Dubai hospital where he is receiving treatment for a cancer related illness. ...

Nollywood actor, Yemi Solade, and a man identified as Papy Eleniyan were involved in a bitter exchange of words on Instagram during the week over his support for Sanwo-Olu Babajide, the APC governorship candidate. Yemi Solade had posted an image ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the opposition All Progressive Congress, APC’s victory in the 2015 presidential election has become a blessing to the party. The then incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, was trounced in the historic election ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari in the early hours of Sunday promised again that he would not let Nigerians down. He spoke at the Eagle Square, Abuja during his acceptance speech after he was affirmed by delegates as the APC Presidential  candidate. ...

A second republic senator, Chief Olorunnimbe Farukanmi and stalwart of the ruling APC, yesterday said the N50,000 minimum wage would have dire consequences on Nigeria’s economy.   According to TheNation, the financial expert said labourers are entitled to their wages, but ...

Shehu Sani has lost his All Progressive Congress, APC, Kaduna central senatorial ticket to El-Rufai’s aide, Malam Uba Sani.   According to reports, Shehu Sani lost the party’s ticket to the Special Adviser to Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai on Political Affairs, ...

Nigerian actress Funke Adesiyan has won the ruling All progressive Congress, APCHouse of Assembly primaries in Ibadan.   The excited Funke Adesiyan wrote on her Instagram page; Yes we did it! I wish to thank Almighty Allah for his mercies. I ...

Former Imo State Chief of staff, Uche Nwosu, has been declared winner of the 2018 APC governorship primary held in the state.   Nwosu was announced as the governorship candidate yesterday at about 3:20am, by the electoral committee headed by Ibrahim Agbabiaka ...

Nigerians have reacted to Aisha Buhari’s blasting the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over the conduct of primary elections in some states. The First lady in a post through her Twitter handle, noted the exorbitant rate of nominations forms and alleged corruption ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has won the PDP presidential primary held in Port Harcourt for the 2019 general elections.   Atiku won the primary election with an outstanding 1,532 votes. He was followed by Governor Aminu Tambuwal who polled 693 votes ...

Yesterday, Pius Anyim, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation under PDP’s administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, held a closed door meeting with President Buhari.   The 57-year-old ex-Senate President met with Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on ...

Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rifai, took to his twitter handle to place a curse on a PDP affiliated twitter handle that quoted him calling APC National chairman, Adams Oshiomole, a woeful governor.   Governor El-Rufai’s reply below

Notable national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party were, on Friday in Abuja, teargassed by the Police officers. The operatives fired tear gas at the protesters in a bid to prevent the protesters from entering the Force Headquarters in Abuja. Senator Dino ...

The Nigeria police force have invited Senate President Bukola Saraki, Dino Melaye, and Ben Murray-Bruce over their protest yesterday.   Saraki, Melaye, Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and other leaders of the party stage a protest ...

Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki led a PDP protest to INEC Secretariat over the Osun Election which has generated so much controversy.   Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the national chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, ...

Senator Ben Bruce, who reacted to report of PDP leaders who are protesting over the outcome of the Osun election at INEC secretariat, alleged that shots were fired and tear gas was also sprayed on the PDP leaders.   Senator Ben Bruce who ...

South Korean ex-president Lee Myung-bak has bagged a 15 years jail term for corruption, becoming the latest of the country’s ex-leaders to be sent to prison.   The 76-year-old CEO-turned-president, who served from 2008 to 2013, was found guilty on charges ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, says if appropriate measures were not taken to replant after the recent flood, their may be shortage of ricein Nigeria in the coming year, NAN reports. Mr Ogbeh disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday ...

Nairabet owner Akin Alabi has won the All Progressives Congress House of Representative ticket for Egbeda/Ona Ara federal constituency. He clinched an automatic ticket after other contenders stepped down for him.   “I have just been declared the winner of the ...

Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro, son of former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has clinched the APC ticket for the House of Representatives Eti-OSA constituency. Ibrahim won the primaries which held in Lagos yesterday, October 4th. Musiliu Obanikoro defected from PDP ...

President Paul Biya of Cameroon will be running for his seventh term in office in the general election which is set to take place on Sunday, October 7, 2018. An ardent supporter of the President decided to show her support by going completely ...

Presidential aspirant, Eunice Atuejide has hit out at top Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, saying she is an extremist and misleads girls.   The businesswoman and presidential aspirant under the National Interest Party, Eunice Atuejide is of the opinion that Chimamanda Adichie ...