Politics

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 ...

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 ...