Politics

  The Lagos state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has addressed the state following his defeat in Tuesday’s primary. In his address, he congratulated his rival Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other members of the party Ambode lost the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary to ...

  PDP Chieftain Femi Fani-Kayode has called out the Senior pastor of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Kumuyi and his wife, Esther, over their recent visit to President Buhari at the state house Abuja. In a post he shared on ...

Babjide Sanwo-Olu has released an official statement on his Lagos state All Progressive Congress, APC, gubernatorial primary victory.   The Director General, Babajide Sanwo-olu Campaign Organisation, Tayo Ayinde has issued an official statement following yesterdays polls.   See statement below; ‘We ...

Femi Adesina, Spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the corruption ranking of the country is about Nigerians and not the government. He said Nigerians share in the blame of the country’s bad ranking in Transparency International’s (TI) corruption perception ...

  Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, has secured the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the same seat in the 2019 election. He disclosed this on Tuesday, while “thanking God for being returned”. In ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries election which was marred by violence, led to the burning of campaign vehicles of Okorocha’s Son-in-law by Imo youths.   It was gathered that Imo youths from Amaike Community, went off on a rampage as they alleged that supporters ...

The governor of Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will be shocked by the actions that Nigerians will take during the 2019 presidential election. In a statement yesterday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and ...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal has released the phone numbers of the officers to reach out to in distress situation ahead of the All Progressive Congress, APC primaries in Lagos today. The state police spokesman, CSP Chike ...

                   The feud between veteran Fuji music icons, Ayinde Wasiu, popularly known as KWAM1 and Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere, may not be anywhere near ending as Obesere’s management has responded to the insults ...

Nigerian Senator representing Bayelsa East in the red chamber, Ben Bruce, has withdrawn from the senatorial race and he has gone public with this.   In a letter written on the eve of the senatorial primaries of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ben Bruce thanked ...

The PDP governorship primaries in Gombe state which held inside the government house, took a different turn this afternoon after a serving senator, Bayero Nafada, allegedly slapped a commissioner in the state during a heated argument.   The venue for the ...

The security at Tinubu’s residence in Bourdillon, Ikoyi area of Lagos state has been on alert as Ambode’s supporters stormed the area to protest.   Ambode’s supporters stormed Tinubu’s residence with placards to show their support for the Lagos Governor who has been in a ...

Adeniyi Akintola, the last of the seven contestants to have withdrawn from the Oyo State governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he is “sad” and he feels “cheated”, but he has chosen to listen to the advice ...

Nigerian rapper, Olamide, has thrown his weight behind the second term ambition of Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, under the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ambode, who is currently embroiled in internal party crisis on his candidature, had earlier on ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has visited the two survivors of the crash that occurred in Abuja, involving two aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The president, who visited the NAF officers on Sunday, prayed for their quick recovery. He also ...

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”