Politics

A constitutional lawyer, Mr. Johnmary Jideobi, on Tuesday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the eligibility of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to contest the 2023 presidential election. The plaintiff, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/751/2022, maintained that ...

Chief Dele Momodu has resumed back to work after taking a political break. The media mogul was a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but lost like others to Atiku on Saturday. Announcing his resumption ...

The Senator representing Lagos West, Olamilekan Adeola, has been dragged to court over his decision to seek reelection to the Senate through Ogun West. Adeola, who has been representing Lagos at the National Assembly since 11 years ago, is seeking ...

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has paid a visit to Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, at his Abuja home. This is coming after Governor Wike lost the primary election to Abubakar ...

  Peter Obi has emerged as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Peter Obi joined the Labour Party after resigning from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He clinched the ticket after his rival, Pat Utomi stepped down for him. ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s name is misisng on the list of presidential aspirants expected to be screened by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State last Friday declared that Jonathan is eligible ...

  Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, wife of the former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has won the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ticket for Anambra North Senatorial zone. Ebelechukwu, popularly called Osodieme, defeated her husband’s former Chief of Staff, ...

  Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has again emerged as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Abubakar defeated 12 other candidates in a keenly contested presidential primary held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Saturday. ...

Former Governor of Edo and ex-national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has clinched his party’s Edo North Senatorial ticket ahead of the 2023 general elections. Mr Oshiomhole scored 309 votes to pick the APC ticket while ...

Babajide Obanikoro on Friday lost his bid for a second term to represent Eti-Osa 1 Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives under the All Progressives Congress. Obanikoro, son of a former minister of state for defence Musiliu Obanikoro, lost ...

The All Progressives Congress has postponed its special convention for presidential primary for the 2023 general elections from May 29 to June 6. National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, announced this in a statement hours after the Independent ...

Teslim Folarin has emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State. Mr Folarin emerged candidate after polling 954 votes in the primaries held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium on Thursday in Ibadan. Folarin, a former Senate leader, ...

Lai Mohammed’s son, Folajimi has lost the ticket to represent Ikeja State Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly. The Minister’s son who is representing the constituency for the second time, failed to secure his re-election ticket in ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday bowed to pressure from political parties seeking the extension of the June 3 deadline for the conduct of primary elections by approving an additional six days extension. The electoral umpire, however, clarified that ...

  Former governor of Anambra State and erstwhile presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, has formally joined the Labour Party (LP) to contest the 2023 presidential election. According to report, Obi registered as ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, would not have won the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he had chosen to remain in the party. Mr Wike ...

A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Friday cleared former President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2023 Presidential contest. The development is coming hours to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential primary elections scheduled for Saturday in ...

Senator Aishatu Binani has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State. In a historic victory, she floored five men to clinch the party’s ticket in the just concluded governorship primary election in the State. ...

Idris Abiola-Ajimobi, son of late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ibadan South-West II State Constituency. The former governor’s son emerged as the consensus candidate at the party’s primary held ...

One of the aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that to lead the country as President, he does not need the strength of a wrestler or that of Christiano Ronaldo. ...

Famous Nigerian musician, Martins Okechukwu, also known as J Martins, has withdrawn from the Federal House of Representatives race to represent Arochukwu/ Ohafia in Abia State. The singer hoped to represent his constituency in the House of Representatives in 2023 ...

The Plateau State Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the abduction of a female aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC). The female aspirant, Hon. Na’anyil Magdalene Dakogol, was aspiring to represent Qua’an Pan South State Constituency of Plateau in the 2023 ...

  No fewer than three People’s Democratic Party (PDP) delegates for the gubernatorial primary election in Niger State have been reportedly shot dead by some unknown gunmen. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence ...

Activist and convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju has lamented that Popular singer and aspirant on the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Banky W was eventually not given the PDP ticket to represent Eti-Osa federal constituency, Lagos. This is coming days ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) governorship primary in Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu emerged winner after two other aspirants – former Commissioner of Energy, Mr Wale Oluwo and former Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Energy, Mr ...