Politics

Ahead of the 2023 governorship race in Kano State, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has anointed his deputy, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, as his successor, triggering opposition from some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Ganduje anointed Gawuna as ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has condemned the trend where Nigerian politicians display posters of their candidates for the forthcoming presidential election in the grand mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Waring against such practice. The Commission, in a ...

There was a mild drama as the senator representing Lagos West, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, broke down in tears after he was presented with nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest for Ogun West senatorial ticket. Adeola, popularly ...

The Progressive Project (TPP), an umbrella body of support groups backing Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for president, has allegedly picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) expression of interest and nomination forms for the vice-president. Kabiru Gaya, senator from Kano, picked the ...

Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church has picked the All Progressives Congress, APC, expression of interest and nomination forms for the Presidency which costs N100m. Bakare picked the forms in Abuja today. In September 2019, the clergyman ...

Shina Peller has officially joined the race for the 2023 elections declaring his intention to contest the presidential seat on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as well as a senatorial slot in Oyo. Mr Peller, who ...

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, says his presidential aspiration is not an act of betrayal of his erstwhile political associate, Bola Tinubu. He spoke on Wednesday when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme. Fayemi, the current Chairman of ...

    Former Lagos State Governor and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday in Abuja described the increasing number of aspirants vying for the party’s presidential ticket as a plus for Nigeria’s democracy. Tinubu said ...

Business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, has joined the race for Ondo South Senatorial District on Wednesday when he picked the N20 million expression of interest and nomination forms of All Progressives Congress, APC at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. Ibrahim, the ...

Nigeria’s transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has promised to build the world’s largest rail in the Niger-Delta region if elected president. “If I don’t become the president of Nigeria, forget it (Lagos-Warri-Calabar railway project). Nobody will do that project. You know ...

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has formally declared his intention to contest for president in 2023 on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress. He made the declaration on Wednesday in Abuja. Fayemi promised to ensure youth empowerment ...

President Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a night meeting yesterday. The meeting held at the residence of the president in Abuja. It isn’t yet clear what the subject of the meeting ...

Adams Oshiomhole, the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will declare his presidential bid today. This is according to his media aide, Victor Oshioke, who says his principal will announce his intention to contest the presidency on ...

Two leading All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirants, Bola Tinubu and Rotimi Amaechi met in Lagos on Tuesday. According to Tinubu’s spokesman, Tunde Rahman, both presidential aspirants met at the private wing of the airport in Ikeja. In a tweet, ...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan is expected to pick the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the Presidency this week. A source told Vanguard that the Senate ...

Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, a Catholic Priest and governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sought support as he joined the 2023 governorship race in Benue. In 1992, Benue had a civilian governor and Catholic ...

Akinwunmi Ambode Campaign Organisation has vowed that the former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, would send the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, out of office in 2023. The chairman of AMCO and former Commissioner for Energy and Mineral resources, Wale Oluwo, ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has received his N50 million governorship nomination and expression of interest forms from James Faleke, lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency. Faleke had earlier in the day picked the forms from the APC Secretariat in Abuja. ...

    The Peoples Democratic Party, on Friday in Abuja, disqualified two of its 17 presidential aspirants. The Chairman of the Screening Committee, Senator David Mark, disclosed this to journalists shortly after the conclusion of the exercise at the Legacy ...

James Faleke today led a delegation to pick up APC Presidential and Governorship nomination forms for Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Lagos Governor, Sanwo-Olu. He shared the photos on social media while displaying the forms. Tinubu’s form costs N100m, while that ...

The comments on the 2023 Nigeria elections made by the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II are trending. The monarch, who received Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at his palace, said many aspirants were only seeking positions to amass wealth. ...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has become the first to pay APC’s N100m nomination fee. The Governor made the payment for the purchase of the forms to contest the 2023 Presidency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress ...

  The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday visited the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, as well as some political office holders in the state as the presidential primary of the ...

Reno Omokri, a former media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has debunked reports that his former boss would soon declare to run for the 2023 presidential elections. Reports had earlier emerged that Jonathan, whose poster surfaced in some parts of ...

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, on Thursday in Abuja, faulted the N100 million nomination forms by the All Progressives Congress for aspirants contesting the 2023 presidential election, saying any person who spends that money ...