Politics

  Court adjourns Obi’s petition against Tinubu   The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to Friday, May 19, 2023, the pre-hearing of the petition against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. ...

  The immediate past chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has called on Northerners to desist from politics and embrace agriculture as a business. Ogbe said politics has never ...

  Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to details of a call between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Recall that Blinken during a call with Tinubu on Wednesday assured the Nigerian President-elect of the U.S. ...

  The Kogi State House of Assembly has suspended nine mebers. The Assembly equally suspended nine Local Government Chairman in the state. This is ongoing. We will bring you details shortly.

  A court in western India found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation on Thursday for a speech he made in 2019, and sentenced him to two years in prison. The criminal defamation case was filed against Gandhi by ...

  Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has accepted his defeat in the March 18 governorship election. The incumbent governor was defeated by the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Dauda Lawal Dare. The governor in an audio message to the people ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday suspended former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; former president of the Senate, Pius Anyim; Prof Dennis Ityavyar and Aslam Aliyu. The suspension, which takes effect on Thursday, was arrived at after an ...

  The Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, says he is going to pay the hospital bills of his supporters who were injured during the violence recorded in last Saturday’s elections in the state. Rhodes-Vivour, who had ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the All Progressives Congress (APC) won 38 out of the 40 seats in the Lagos House of Assembly polls in the State.   Mrs Adenike Tadese, INEC’s Head of Department Voter Education ...

  STATES WINNER PARTY VOTES Abuja Abia Adamawa Akwa Ibom Umo Eno Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 354,348 votes Anambra ———- ——– ——— Bauchi Bala Mohammed People’s Democratic Party (PDP) 525,280 votes Bayelsa Benue Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia All Progressives Congress (APC) ...

  The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has formally filed his petition to the elections tribunal to protest the outcome of the February 25 poll. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chief Spokesperson of the ...

The senator representing Enugu East Senatotial District, Chimaroke Nnamani, has announced his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party after he lost his senatorial bid to the Labour Party. Nnamani also expressed appreciation to his constituents for the unalloyed support over ...

  The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has admitted that the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on 25 February were not perfect. Mr Adamu made this ...

  PETER Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, has insisted that he won the election in which Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress was declared winner. Speaking on the Morning Show of ...

  THE Appeal Court on Monday, reserved judgement to decide on the case by Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the decision of an election petition tribunal which nullified his victory in the Osun governorship election. A three-member panel led by Justice ...

  The Labour Party has appointed Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, as the new acting chairman of the River State chapter of the party days to the governorship and state assembly elections rescheduled for March 18.   A statement signed by ...

  Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has described the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as the hero of the just-concluded election. He said his active participation stopped the North from retaining power after President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike spoke during ...

  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the same faith ticket featuring two Muslims, Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress caused the party’s defeat in the state in the February 25 presidential election. ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given reasons it postponed the governorship election by one week. The exercise, which was initially scheduled for this Saturday, will now take place on March 18. The National Commissioner & Chairman Information ...

  Few days to Saturday’s election, the Ebonyi State Police Command has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Bernard Odoh, wanted in connection with the murder of the traditional ruler of Omege Umuezokoha in ...

  Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, had a post-election press conference with the media on Thursday, 2nd March 2023. This was the first speech by Peter Obi since Saturday’s election and Wednesday’s announcement ...

  Akin Alabi has continued to enjoy his political seeds. The lawmaker who has just been re-elected for a second term in office representing the Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, this afternoon met with hundreds of ...

  The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure has dissolved the party’s State Executive Council in Rivers State for alleged anti-party activities and corruption in the management of party’s funds. Abure, in a statement on Tuesday, said the ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the name of the embattled leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, from the list of election winners. This comes after the electoral body declared him as the winner ...

  A former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, has condemned the reported threat against voters of Igbo extration in Lagos. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, George expressed displeasure at the audacity ...