Politics

An ex-aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Doyin Okupe, has said that the Governor of Anmabra State, Prof. Charles Soludo, is indulging in political delusion, saying his latest comment on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, ...

  Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has advised supporters of politicians not to kill themselves while demonstrating support for their candidates. Kukah stated that opposition politicians are friends fighting for their piece of the national cake and ...

  Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike on Wednesday apologised to former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. Wike apologised to Oshiomhole at the inauguration of the Rumuepirikom Flyover in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the ...

  Ivanka Trump has decided to bow out of US politics and not actively join her father’s bid to retake the White House in 2024, saying she has chosen “to prioritize my young children and the private life we are ...

  Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has signed an Executive Order 22, banning political parties from the use of buildings in residential areas as campaign offices without approval. According to the Order, such approval must come from the Rivers ...

  Former US President, Donald Trump, has announced he will run for the 2024 Republican nomination for president. Trump is seeking to return to the White House after he had lost his bid for re-election to Joe Biden in 2020. ...

  Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Monday tackled the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, in a lengthy opinion piece. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor said Obi knows he cannot win the 2023 presidential elections ...

  Child rights activist, Amb. Wale Ojo-Lanre, has sued the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for N50m as damages for allegedly involving an underage girl-child in his political rally in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked claims that it had commenced investigations into allegations of criminal forfeiture against the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had come under serious attack lately following the ...

  Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II on Friday asked Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi if he would remain clean if elected in 2023. The revered monarch, who told Obi that his reputation preceded him, said there were ...

  The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has visited Apostle Johnson Suleman. Obi visited the cleric today, Friday, November 11, 2022. This development was revealed by Apostle Suleiman who posted a photo on Twitter showing him and ...

  Former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Thursday said ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has been drafted to resolve the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Suswam said the crisis within the PDP was a “family affair,” hence Jonathan has ...

  The United States Government has clarified that it has no criminal record/s against the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The US offered the clarification while responding to a petition filed by some ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Chijioke Edeoga as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for Enugu State. Recall that Evarest Nnaji, popularly referred to as Odengene had approached the Abuja court to challenge the May ...

  A Pennsylvania state lawmaker who died of cancer last month was reelected by a crushing margin, news reports quoting preliminary results said. Tony DeLuca, a Democrat who represented a Pittsburgh suburb in the lower house of the state legislature, ...

  Again, Court Nullifies Zamfara PDP Gov Primary   The Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, on Tuesday, nullified the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that produced Dauda Lawal-Dare as the governorship candidate ...

  The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has ordered the immediate distribution of additional batches of uniforms, kits, accoutrements and anti-riot equipment comprising bullet-proof vests with armored plates, ballistic helmets, long and ...

  Prince Ned Nwoko has lambasted Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, describing him as a nuisance to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nwoko, PDP Delta North senatorial candidate for the 2023 elections, made the remark on Monday at the Asaba ...

  Sam Bassey, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River, and community leaders in the Biase Local Government Area have pledged support for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sandy Onor. They made ...

  Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has warned that events in his party, PDP, might get messier in a matter of days or weeks. The politician who has been quiet over the crisis PDP has been facing, says ...

  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said he cannot abandon his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike because he has proved to be a trusted and dependable ally. Ortom stated this at a ...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has increased the number of his Special Assistants on Political Unit Affairs from 100,000 to 200,000. He announced the increase while inaugurating the second and last batch of the initial 100,000 assistants from the Rivers ...

  The Osun State Election Petition Tribunal has admitted the alleged forged school certificate of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the July 16 governorship election of the state, Senator Ademola Adeleke. Counsel to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and ...

  The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has declared that mentioning the name of the deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Funke Akindele, (in his presence) is an insult. He said ...

  Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Buba Marwa (Rtd) on Thursday said drug barDrug Barons Assassinating NDLEA Operatives -Marwaons are assassinating operatives of the agency in the renewed fight against drug abuse in the ...