Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari ‎has polled 1,226,181 votes at the end of the direct primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the 312 wards in 27 Local Government Areas of Borno State. The party’s Chairman in the state, Ali Bukar ...

  Seyi Makinde has emerged the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, SaharaReporters has just learnt. Makinde emerged after winning the governorship primary election of the opposition party held at the Liberty Stadium in Ibadan. ...

  Mahmood Halilu Ahmed, President Muhammadu Buhari’s in-law popularly known as Modi, is set to announce his withdrawal from the ongoing governorship election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State. Modi, who is the younger brother of the ...

The United States Institute for Peace and the International Republican Institute have said Lagos, Rivers, Anambra, Adamawa, Ekiti, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna, may erupt in electoral violence during the 2019 elections. The institute in a report co-sponsored by Fund For ...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications, from the race for the party’s governorship ticket in Oyo State. APC’s governorship aspirant screening committee initially cleared Shittu despite the emergence of evidence he did not ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Isiaka Oyetola, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the Osun State governorship election. Joseph Afuwape, IENC’s Returning Officer, made the declaration on Thursday night after the results of the ...

President Buhari today in New York called on Africans in the Diaspora to come up with suggestions on how to curtail the menace of corruption on the continent.   Addressing participants at the High Level Media Launch on “Illicit Financial Flows ...

The opposition party, PDP has demanded the cancellation of the re-run gubernatorial election in Osun State.   According to a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, ‘PDP demands the cancellation of the re-run gubernatorial election in Osun State. We demand ...

The Gombe State Zonal office of EFCC arraigned the duo of Senator Saidu Umar Kumo (Garkuwan Gombe) and Hon. Nuhu Poloma before Justice Nehizena Apolabi of the Federal High Court Gombe on five counts charge bordering on conspiracy and Money Laundering.   The duo were alleged to ...

Davido shared the photo on his Instagram page and wrote ” Security agents harassing PDP voters”

Yesterday, President Buhari attended a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary general Antonio Guterres at the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.  

As he shared on his twitter handle.    

Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara State governor, has approved the employment of 1,850 basic and senior secondary school teachers in the state to fill teacher shortages in sciences subjects and create fresh employment in the state.   He approved the employment ...

There are arrangements being made for the first solo trip of the United States first lady Melania Trump, to Africa. She will be visiting some African countries such as Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt in October, with plans to emphasize child welfare in ...

  Iyiola Omisore, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Osun State governorship election, is ready to work with the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of Thursday’s election rerun, SaharaReporters can report. According to Omisore, the decision was ...

  Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday expressed readiness to participate in All Progressives Congress, APC direct primaries slated for Saturday 29 September. Ambode, who will contest the party’s ticket to earn himself a second term with two former commissioners, Babajide ...

Two persons have been arrested for flying a drone over the house of a former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba.   The young man and a lady were arrested for flying a drone over Osoba’s house located within Ibara GRA, ...

Borno state governor, Kassim Shettima, has dissolved the state executive council with immediate effect. The governor announced the dissolution of his cabinet in a statement issued by Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa, Secretary to the State Government, last night.   The commissioners ...

The Adeleke family have rejected the outcome of the meeting senate president Bukola Saraki, had with SDP candidate in the Osun state governorship election, Iyiola Omisore, yesterday September 24th.   Saraki had met with Omisore and had an agreement for ...

  Hundreds of Liberians took to the streets of the capital Monrovia Monday to demonstrate over the disappearance of newly printed bills worth nearly $100 million. The cash was officially destined for Liberia’s central bank after arriving in the country ...

  Ahead of the Osun State rerun election slated for Thursday, September 27, 2018, Abdusalam Abubakar, former Head of State and members of the Peace Committee, have met with Professor Mahmood Abubakar, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). ...

  One month after he embarked on a trek to express his dissatisfaction with the present administration, Isa Mohammed Munlaila, is said to have returned and subsequently showed his solidarity with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On August 23, 2018, ...

  Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has said the Federal Government deserves commendation from Nigerians for the conduct of last Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. He stated this on Monday during an interview with journalists at the ...

Garba Shehu, President Buhari’s aide, has joined the growing list of victims of the flood witnessed in some parts of Nigeria recently.   Taking to Twitter to share photos of the destruction the flood unleashed on his farm, Garba Shehu wrote; Dear ...

  Iyiola Omisore, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, has denied multiple claims by loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he has agreed to work for the party ahead of Thursday’s ...