Politics

  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 ...

The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has replaced his Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi, as the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Tambuwal assumed the position on Thursday at the National Economic Council meeting in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, after Fayemi transferred ...

  At its regular weekly meeting held today Tuesday 20th September 2022, the Commission approved the final list of candidates for national elections (Presidential, Senatorial and Federal Constituencies) pursuant to section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and item 8 ...

Ten lawyers have filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court Lagos to stop the supporters of Peter Obi from conducting a rally tagged “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally” on October 1 or any other date, in Lagos State. The lawyers ...

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has dissociated itself from call by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State that Dr. Iyorchia Ayu should resign as the PDP National Chairman, saying we disagree with the governor’s statement. ...

The embattled chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Ibrahim Bilal, has finally resigned from office few weeks after his purported impeachment by some members for the state working committee of the party in Adamawa State. Though Bilal, however got reinstated ...

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has called for the immediate arrest of the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, SAN, for making what the group described as an incendiary, very dangerous, toxic and absolutely unthinkable statement that ...

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has apologised to Christian clerics over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. He also appealed to them to help talk to their followers about the need to forgive and give the ...

Minister of State, Labour and Employment and spokesman of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo has alleged that the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was planning to organise what he called fake assassination attempt on himself. ...

Vice President Kamala Harris enthusiastically reaffirmed her support for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid on Sunday even as a growing number of their fellow Democrats cast doubt on the commander-in-chief’s 2024 ambitions. During a wide-ranging interview on NBC News’ Meet ...

  Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 elections, Festus Keyamo, has said that he didn’t sue then-Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, over alleged certificate forgery. “I never sued Tinubu. No. I sued the House ...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State on Sunday suspended a serving lawmaker and former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Dare Kadiri, indefinitely, for alleged anti party activities. Kadiri popularly called Maba was reportedly suspended indefinitely ...

The Senator representing Kogi west, Smart Adeyemi, says he is proposing a bill to prohibit the nomination of candidates of the same religion on a joint ticket. If passed into law, a presidential candidate would not be able to choose ...

This is hilarious sha, lol. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has suspended its presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu from the party. In a statement issued Saturday and signed by the party’s Deputy National Chairman (Politics) Dr. Bamidele Ajadi, the party accused ...

Veteran Nigerian actor, Dele Odule, has said he might quit his acting career for real-time politics if that is the only way to fight for the right of his people in Oru Ijebu. Dele Odule spoke in an exclusive interview ...

  Presidential candidates are to pay N10 million to erect billboards and posters in Kogi state. This follows the passage of the State’s Signage Agency Establishment Law by House of Assembly in Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports ...

  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed the date for the release of the final lists of presidential and governorship candidates. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, released the dates on Thursday during ...

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday dismissed speculation that its Presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the party national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, are at loggerheads over his choice of Governor Simon Lalong and Festus ...

  Loyalists of former Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, have unveiled their governorship candidate under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The candidate is Barrister Biyi Otegbeye, an indigene of Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun. The group also ...

Singer Brymo has finally reacted to backlash from critics over his support for All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The singer has been facing heavy criticism on Twitter over his choice of presidential candidate in the 2023 ...

  Loyalists of former Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, have unveiled their governorship candidate under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The candidate is Barrister Biyi Otegbeye, an indigene of Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun. The group also ...