Politics

  The leadership of the Labour Party has taken a swipe at the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for leaving the masses with nothing to celebrate on the country’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary. This was contained in a release issued ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said political parties in Nigeria are not allowed to receive campaign and electioneering donations from abroad. “Section 225 of the Nigerian constitution makes it clear that no registered political party in Nigeria shall ...

Worried by the danger posed to his ambition in next year’s presidential election by the camp of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) flag bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has offered the governor a new deal. Both ...

Obideints have defied police order and are currently holding a rally in Lekki. The supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, known as the ‘Obidients’ were seen in mass as they marched at the Lekki-Epe Expressway, ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, nullified the nomination of Governor Isiaka Oyetola of Osun as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the July 16 governorship election. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, nullified Oyetola and his deputy governorship ...

The Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, cleared the air on a viral photo allegedly of the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu. The photo showed an old man who looked ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised the alarm that the coming election will either make or break Nigeria. This is just as he warned that politicians may wreck the country if religious leaders are not watchful. He, therefore, appealed to ...

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has promised that he and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, will lead Nigeria to its best future. Tinubu disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the ...

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has denied endorsing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, describing it as absolutely false and malicious rumour. The Governor in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Projects, Crusoe ...

The results of a survey conducted for Bloomberg News have shown that 72 per cent of its respondents will vote for former Anambra state governor Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) at the 2023 general elections ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his running mate Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed met with ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday night. The meeting was Obi’s second visit to Jonathan in the month of September. However, after ...

  The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, dropped his seemingly perennial foul mood when he met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. They met during the inauguration of the Body of Benchers Complex in Abuja. Wike alongside his allies ...

The Supreme Court has upheld the nomination of Osun Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the last governorship primary. In a judgement on Thursday, a five-member Justices headed by Justice Amina Augie ...

  The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, was absent on Thursday as the presidential candidates of other political parties were physically present for the signing of the now-customary peace pact. However, Tinubu’s running mate, Kashim Shettima, ...

  Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State; Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, all believed to be loyal to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, including Wike, on Wednesday, boycotted the inauguration ...

  Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, known as MBS, has become the kingdom’s prime minister, a royal decree said on Tuesday. Saudi King Salman ordered the cabinet reshuffle, giving his son the post which has traditionally held by the king. MBS, ...

  THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says the 422 member-list released at the weekend is not conclusive. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity of the council said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. ...

  Political economist Pat Utomi has dared Bola Tinubu to go for a medical checkup and make the result public, claiming the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate is unfit. He threw the challenge on Monday while fielding questions on ...

There was heavy presence of security operatives at the Osun State High Court on Monday morning as the governorship election tribunal commenced sitting. Governor Gboyega Oyetola is challenging the result of the July 16 guber election as announced by the ...

The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has clarified his position on the group’s support for the Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, stating why the group will not support the All ...

  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former President Goodluck Jonathan has asked Nigerians not to vote for killers.   He gave the advice on Sunday, September 25, during a special interdenominational service in Uyo to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the ...

The Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign council has explained why Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha’s names were ommitted from its 422-man list. A statement by its spokersperson, Festus Keyamo, on Saturday, said the ...

Following weeks of anxiety and serial postponements, the presidential campaign council list of the flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was released with several notable names of party chieftains missing. The 422-man list has names of ...

Frontline 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi prayed for his supporters on Saturday as they gathered in Abuja. The former Governor of Anambra State is the flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP). Popularly known as Obidients, his followers shut down some ...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has vowed not to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for any reason, but remain to fight against injustice within the party. He made this declaration at a stakeholders’ of the meeting of the ...