Politics

The Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has mentioned that Governor Ayodele Fayose has the liberty to attend his inauguration slated for October 16, 2018, being the current leader in the state, Daily Post reports. At a press conference addressed by the ...

South Africa’s finance minister, Nhlanhla Nene has resigned after he was embroiled in a corruption scandal. Nhlanhla Nene adnitted meeting members of the Gupta family, who have been accused of corruption and President Cyril Ramaphosa said he accepted the resignation ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC ineligible to field a candidate in Zamfara come 2019. img src=”https://lailasnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2019_-INEC-blocks-APC-from-fielding-candidates-in-Zamfara-lailasnews-600×400.jpg” alt=”2019_ INEC blocks APC from fielding candidates in Zamfara lailasnews” width=”600″ height=”400″ class=”aligncenter size-medium wp-image-84375″ /> According ...

Maria Ude ‘Nwanyi Afikpo’, a Nigerian lawmaker who represents Afikpo North East Constituency in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, who was once accused of initiating a ponzi scheme which some of her followers on social media allegedly lost money to,  is now enmeshed ...

              Senate President, Bukola Saraki has accused the National chairman of the ruling party APC, Adams Oshiomhole, of igniting a civil war in the party by his actions. In a statement released yesterday, Saraki said ...

A policeman is currently on the run after allegedly shooting dead a police sergeant in Osun state during the elections. The deceased, identified as Owai Owai a.k.a ‘Temple’ was among the police officers deployed to secure Osun governorship election last ...

  The National Assembly on Tuesday adjourned plenary over the death of a serving colleague, Honourable Olufunke Adedoyin of Kwara State. Plenary by both the Senate and House of Representatives was adjourned in line with the practice of the National ...

  The National Assembly came alive again on Tuesday following resumption of plenary by the lawmakers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the premises of the assembly was busy with lawmakers and national assembly workers seen going about ...

  Nollywood actor and politician, Yul Edochie has said that  the widow of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s, Bianca Ojukwu deserved an automatic ticket at her party and it’s an abomination that she lost at the party’s primary election. According to ...

  The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and two other senators, Ben Murray-Bruce and Dino Melaye, on Monday have sued the inspector-General of Police and claiming N500million, over an alleged harassment they suffered during the protest they staged alongside other leaders ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose’s threat to dump the party and he is being urged not to make such decision. Fayose on Monday threatened to dump PDP, over what he described as ...

  The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the proposed defection of Governor Ayo Fayose and the party stated that he will not escape prosecution even if he joins the party at the expiration of his tenure. Reacting ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has warned candidates and political parties not to start campaigns yet, Premium Times reports. The chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Monday in his speech at the workshop for election professionals from the Commonwealth ...

Former Minister of Education and presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili, says former Vice-President and PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, cannot effect the change Nigeria needs to progress if he is given the ...

Remi Sonaiya who was the presidential candidate for KOWA party in the 2015 election, was annoyed by the comment of a Nigerian man who obviously does not believe in the dream of former Education minister, Oby Ezekwesili, to become president in ...

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, says PDP will do everything possible to ensure they take over power from APC come 2019.   Governor Wike who is a chieftain of the party, said this after a closed-door meeting with the party’s ...

The Emir of  Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, has said that if proactive steps are not taken, Nigeria may still remain the poverty capital of the world for many years to come.   The former Governor of the Central Bank of ...

A lady has shared her opinion regarding politics in Nigeria. Hima Airrykah is of the opinion that a majority of Nigerians lack political awareness and, as a result, fail to cast their vote, then end up complaining that votes were rigged. She ...

This weekend, during the APC convention that held in Abuja, street pop star, Small Doctor was one of the musicians who performed at the event.   While performing his smash hit song ‘Penalty’, Small Doctor inserted President Buhari’s name into ...

General Sani Abacha’s Ex-CSO, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, emerged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Party of Nigeria after polling 3,564,262 votes to beat Dr Imuetinyan Igbinnosa and Chief Isiaka Olorunnimbe, who scored 2,183,856 and 1,400,755 votes, respectively.   Chairman of the Presidential Primary Elections Committee and Ekiti PPN ...

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 ...