Politics

All quarrying/mining activities and borehole drilling have been suspended in parts which experienced a tremor in Abuja. This was announced by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister Muhammad Bello.   The suspension of the mining activities was in reaction to ...

Kwara State incumbent governor, Alhaji Abudulfatah Ahmed has picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senate nomination form.   Alhaji Abudulfatah Ahmed has declared his intention to contest for the Kwara South Senatorial seat under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Senior ...

Over 3,700 card readers have been destroyed by flood at the Edo State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), prompting the commission to consider relocating the state headquarters.   According to The Nation, workers usually had to scamper ...

Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has picked House of Representative member and husband of former MBGN, Chinenye Ochuba, Kunle Akinlade, as his successor.   Akinlade will now fly the APC governorship flag of the state in the 2019 election.   ...

There was commotion and firing of gunshots at the PDP National Secretariat earlier today as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar submitted his presidential nomination form.   Officers of the Nigeria police force and some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed at the party ...

Following her successful lobbying of Donald Trump earlier this year, Kim Kardashian West returned to the White House today for another high-level meeting to ask for a pardon. The reality television star sat down with Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, ...

Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, says  defecting politicians would not be shielded from prosecution by the anti-graft agency. Speaking during a parley with editors in Lagos on Wednesday, Magu said there is no hiding place ...

Popular Nigerian comedian, Bovi has slammed his colleague, Igodye for criticizing former Governor of Delta state, Emmanuel Uduaghan.   Igodye took to his Instagram page to write on Uduaghan, he wrote; IF YOU CAN RENT 1000 KVA GENERATOR FOR 1,536,000,000 ( ...

The presidency has alerted members of the public that the son of the president, Yusuf Buhari, who was being impersonated on Instagram by unscrupulous elements, is not signed up to any social media platform.   Femi Adesina, the president’s Special ...

A pro-Buhari group, Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors Network (NCAN) on Wednesday has  purchased the APC Presidential nomination form President Muhammadu Buhari, Premium Times reports. The group’s action comes barely 24-hours after the formal announcement of dates for the APC primaries and fees for forms for ...

  Members of the Not-too-Young-to-Run movement in Gombe State, have complained at its conference that some state governors are preventing them from vying for public offices, by increasing the price of nomination forms. The National Leader of the movement, Hamza Lawal, ...

  The Bishop on the Niger, Anglican Communion, Onitsha, Anambra State, Rt. Rev. Dr. Owen Nwokolo has warned politicians not to drag the country into another civil unrest due to their unimpressive actions and utterances in recent times in the ...

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, Nigeria youths have been enjoined to constitute themselves into a formidable force and use their votes as weapon to stop those that have held the country to ransom since 1999. Besides, they were urged ...

  The Police Headquarters in Abuja has paraded the informant who allegedly gave the police false information to conduct a search on the home of elder statesman, Edwin Clark, in Abuja.   The suspect, identified as Ismail Yakubu, is resident ...

Its a known fact that former Kogi West Senator, Smart Adeyemi and his successor, Dino Melaye are sworn political enemies.   Both men don’t see eye to eye. However, Senator Smart Adeyemi’s wife, Yemisi died a few days ago and Dino Melaye decided ...

Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has apologised to elder statesman, Edwin Clark over the raid of his house on Tuesday.   The IG sent a delegation of senior police officers, led by DIG Habila Joshak (DIG DOPs), alongside some commissioners of ...

Once again, fomer vice president Atiku Abubakar responded to the current VP, Yemi Osinbajo on his idea of ‘Restructuring’ and why its a necessity for Nigeria.   Osinbajo in a letter written to Premium Times described Atiku’s idea of restructuring as ‘understandably vague’. ...

Rapper MI Abaga is of the opinion that women make better leaders than men.   He said the reason for this is that women are trained to be responsible from a very young age, whereas it isn’t always so with ...

The ruling party APC has announced that presidential aspirants for the 2019 election in its party will pay N45 million to obtain the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination forms while state governorship aspirants are to pick up the forms for ...

Former Governor of Cross River State and Presidential aspirant, Donald Duke, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Social Democratic Party (SDP).   Donald Duke who is expected to run on the party’s platform, declared his decision at the national secretariat of the SDP on Tuesday ...

Nigeria’s former Senate President David Mark, on Tuesday declared his interest in the Presidency and also picked up the presidential form to contest in the 2019 presidential election under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.   The former military governor of Niger State who promised to turn the ...

  Former Governor of Kano state Ibrahim Shekarau has finally announced that he is leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This was disclosed by the media aide to the former Kano governor, Sule Ya’u Sule, in an interview with NAN ...

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, will today honor the invitation by the police for questioning over one of his numerous publications.   Recall that the police had written to FFK last month asking him to appear for questioning in Abuja. ...

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s ex-aide, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, who was arraigned before a federal judge in Lagos, disclosed that the N1.6 billion traced to him by EFCC was money donated for a church project in Otuoke, Jonathan’s hometown. According to Jonathan’s ex-aide, the launching for the church ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has authoritatively mentioned that President Muhammadu Buhari is healthier than most Nigerians and so he is fit to rule the nation.   He said the two indices and experience of the President could ...