Politics

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State has said former House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, is yet to inform the party of his defection. Chairman of the party, Alhaji Hamza Akuyam, while reacting to reports of Dogara’s ...

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Malla Buni, ...

Former attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election for the October 10, 2020 guber poll. Eight aspirants – Jegede, Banji Okunomo, Bode Ayorinde, Boluwaji Kunlere, Sola Ebiseni, ...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden labeled Donald Trump on Wednesday the first racist to become U.S. president. The Trump camp quickly rejected the label. Biden, who was vice president under Barack Obama, the first Black U.S. president, fielded a question ...

The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has said the ex-national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, is disappointed because Governor Godwin Obaseki refused to be used in his ...

Kanye West said he wants Jay-Z as his running mate in the upcoming US presidential election. He said this before his first rally in South Carolina. Speaking to a local blogger he explained how he realized Jay-Z should be his ...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has been declared the winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State. Akeredolu, who is also the incumbent governor of the state defeated his closest rival, Chief Olusola Oke and six ...

Kanye West said “I almost killed my daughter” as he broke down in tears at a campaign rally. The rapper detailed his heartbreaking discussion with Kim Kardashian about aborting their daughter North, according to Us Weekly. Kim’s husband, 43, appeared ...

Kanye West is reportedly holding his first presidential campaign event in South Carolina on Sunday, July 19. The event will be held at the Exquis Event Center in North Charleston and is “for registered guests only.” According to a statement, ...

Kanye West has Photoshopped his face onto the side of Mount Rushmore in the latest taste of what his presidency could look like. The 43-year-old rapper, who announced he was running for the US presidency earlier this month, took to ...

Fighting erupted inside and outside of Taiwan’s parliament again on Friday over the disputed nomination by President Tsai Ing-wen of a senior aide to a top government watchdog post. The main opposition party labelled the appointment cronyism. The Kuomintang (KMT) ...

Former Defense Minister of Gabon, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been promoted to Prime Minister, making her the first woman to hold the role in Gabon’s history. The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, appointed the country’s first woman Prime ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) National Campaign Council for Edo governorship today held a crucial meeting behind closed doors at the Government House in Rivers State. A statement by the Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, today quoted ...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to Mrs Florence Ajimobi, wife of Late Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The APC national leader was accompanied by ...

The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ese- Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Samuel Olorunwa Ajayi, today July 10, resigned from his position as chairman as well as being a member of the ruling party. This comes ...

A media aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Salihu Tanko Yakasai has mocked Dino Melaye, former Kogi West Senator. Yakasai said the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has relegated Melaye from a Senator to a cheap clown. He ...

As the crisis in the Ondo State House of Assembly continues, the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Mr Jamiu Maito has resigned. Maito’s letter of resignation was read by the Clerk of the House, Mr Bode Adeyelu, during the plenary ...

The leadership of the Ondo state House of Assembly has suspended two lawmakers for unruly behavior. The affected lawmakers are the Deputy Speaker of the house, Iroju Ogundeji, and another member of the House, Adewale Williams. Ogundeji is one of ...

Senator Dino Melaye has released a new track to mock suspended EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu. He said he had warned the President about him and many ”Magu” in his Government, but now the President can see for himself. Watch the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ‘finished’ the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for the Edo governorship election, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, describing him as a barefaced treasury looter, who has no moral rectitude to speak ...

Members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have commenced the process of removing the deputy governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi. The members of the Assembly are currently deliberating in the Assembly on the allegation of gross misconduct against Ajayi.   ...

New resigned Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Sunday Abegunde, as promised to work against the re-election of Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. Shortly after tendering his resignation letter yesterday, he granted an interview in Yoruba language on Crest FM, during which ...

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC), would do everything to win the governorship election scheduled to take place in Edo State on the 19th of September. Ganduje who revealed this on ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recommended that politicians should consider virtual campaigns where applicable for the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States as well as other pending elections. The recommendation is contained in a document titled, ...

Former National Vice Chairman North West of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Inuwa Abdulkadir, is dead. Abdulkadir was a member of APC’s national working committee that was dissolved recently. The late Inuwa Abdulkadir was also a former Minister of Youth ...