Politics

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 ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has restored the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orohwedor as the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Delta State. The appellate ...

  Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, has rebuked those criticizing the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential running mate, Kashim Shettima’s outfit at the annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Fani-Kayode said those criticizing Shettima’s outfit are behaving ...

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, today met the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London. The meeting was held a few hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of Labour Party, ...

Defeated governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, says he is confident the Osun Election Petition Tribunal will upturn the victory of his challenger and declare him winner of the July 16 election won by Ademola Adeleke. Mr Oyetola made the ...

  Professor Jerry Gana has said the Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike will one day become the President of Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain advised Wike not to work against the platform in protest of the outcome of the ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has paid the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, a courtesy visit at he Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia. Soludo and Obi met behind closed-doors after which Obi lauded ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday struck out a suit seeking nullification of the submission of the name of Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the July 26 election. The ...

  Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has defended the same faith ticket of the party, insisting it is the choice of the presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Admitting that no real Christian would be pleased with ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has  met with the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko. The trio also met on Monday night with top politicians like former ...

  Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s tweet mocking Obi-dients has been reported to twitter. The Governor in an update revealed that supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has reported his tweet to Twitter. Reall El-Rufai appeared ...