Politics

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike maintains he is still a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite threats of expulsion from some chieftains of the party Wike, the immediate past governor of ...

Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the impoverished country It comes after regional leaders met in Jamaica on Monday to discuss a political transition in Haiti. Mr Henry ...

The Nigerian Senate has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi for three months over his allegation that the Federal Government was operating two budgets The suspension followed the amendment of prayers by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim to the motion raised by Senator Solomon ...

The former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has praised President Bola Tinubu for performing well since getting to office despite the economic hardship experienced by Nigerians across the country According to Buhari, there isn’t much anybody can do to help the country ...

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced Wednesday that she is exiting the Republican presidential race and urged presumptive nominee Donald Trump to “earn” the support of voters who backed her “The time has now come to suspend my campaign. ...

The widow of the late former governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has slammed her husband’s niece, Funke Akeredolu Aruna, for supporting the incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, ahead of the governorship election in the state In a post ...

Erstwhile Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has said President Bola Tinubu is not the cause of the hardship in the nation and should be absolved of any blame Ambode spoke at the Chapter Eight of Akinjide Adeosun Foundation’s 2024 Leadership ...

Idahosa supporters storm ABUJA, as they seek fresh APC governorship primaries again in Edo Protesters, yesterday stormed the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja to express displeasure over the outcome of the party’s just-concluded governorship primary in ...

Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress governorship primaries in Edo State   Okpebholo polled 12,433 votes to defeat 11 other aspirants who contested the re-run election, which was initiated after the first contestant was ...

Senator Bassey Otu, the governor of Cross River State and chairman of the Edo State All Progressives Congress’s (APC) governorship direct primary election, has announced that a fresh primary will be conducted in the 192 wards across the 18 local ...

  The ruling All Progressives Congress on Thursday clarified the reason Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State was replaced with his Cross River counterpart, Bassey Otu, as Chairman of the Edo governorship primary election. Addressing a press conference in Abuja ...

Nollywood actor, Olaiya Igwe has made a u-turn about his support for APC Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, days after apologizing to Nigerians In an interview with Kola Olootu, he set the record straight that his apology doesn’t mean he ...

The deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has emerged as the winner of the parallel People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primaries in Edo State. Shaibu won the primaries with over three hundred and one votes. Meanwhile, the Governor Godwin Obaseki ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has condemned the “humiliating” arrest of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure Obi, in a string of posts on X, described as “pinnacle of rascality”, the manner at ...

The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, who was arrested by the police, been released on bail in the early hours of Thursday Police release Labour Party chairman, Julius Abure Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin, Edo State ...

The National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has declared as inconclusive, last Saturday’s Governorship Primary Election in Edo state The decision was taken late Tuesday after an emergency meeting of the NWC.   Addressing newsmen ...

Armed thugs have invaded Lushville Hotel and Suites, Gapiona Avenue, Government Reservation Area (GRA), Benin, the collation centre of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the governorship direct primary election   They disrupted the collation exercise and attacked some stakeholders, ...

If you want to put in your money, then put your NAME on it. India’s top court has struck down a scheme that allowed people to make anonymous donations to political parties, calling it unconstitutional. Electoral bonds were launched by Prime ...

The Lagos State Police Command has clarified that the restriction on vehicular movement for the state by-election on Saturday will specifically apply to only the Surulere area of the state   The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this clarification ...

Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, met with President Bola Tinubu in Paris on Monday, January 29 Daniel Bwala disclosed this in a post on ...

Ifeanyi Ubah, the senator representing Anambra South senatorial district, has indicated interest in contesting the state’s governorship position in 2025     Ubah, stated this in a chat with journalists in his Nnewi country home.   He said: “I repeat, I ...

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has appointed Edison Ehie as his new chief of staff   Mr Ehie is the former speaker of the defunct four-member faction of the Rivers House of Assembly. In a statement on Sunday, the Secretary ...

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State said he would not have been standing tall in the state without the support of President Bola Tinubu   Fubara said this on Sunday during a special thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, ...

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin, (OPHD) have arrested three suspected gun runners in Zamfara State It was gathered that one of the suspects, Aminu Ibrahim, is alleged to be the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ward chairman in ...

Ahmed Usman Ododo has taken the oath of office as the fifth democratically-elected Governor of Kogi State Ododo was sworn in by the Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Josiah Mejabi, at the Muhammadu Buhari Civic Centre in Lokoja, the State capital. ...