Politics

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers has suspended a former Deputy National Secretary, Victor Giadom, over alleged acts of gross infractions of the party’s Constitution. Livingstone Wechie, the Media Adviser to the Acting Chairman of APC in Rivers, Igo ...

Drama ensued at the Government House in Ondo on Saturday night as a team of policemen led by Commissioner of Police Bolaji Salami stopped the Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi from exiting with official vehicles. Ajayi, who has been at loggerheads ...

Amid the fanfare that greeted Governor Godwin Obaseki’s pitching tent with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for re-election in Edo State, his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu has also led his supporters in defecting to the PDP. ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has granted the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki a waiver to contest the party’s governorship primary in the state. This was announced by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, shortly after the governor joined the ...

The much-awaited day finally came as Governor Godwin Obaseki formally joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after his recent resignation from the All Progressives Congress. He was received by the leadership of the party led by the state Chairman of ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has asked the 15 political parties participating in the September 19 Governorship Election in Edo state to ensure that their primary elections are conducted within the next 10 days as earlier indicated in their ...

Victor Gaidom, deputy national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has nullified the disqualification of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, from the party’s governorship primary election in the state. Gaidom declared himself as the national chairman of the APC ...

It’s about to get hotter! Governor Obaseki today visited Nyesom Wike. The Rivers Governor received his embattled Edo counterpart Godwin Obaseki at the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt. Details of the meeting were sketchy but there were speculations it ...

The Obaseki faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State yesterday faulted the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki from the party’s June 22 governorship primary, branding it “totally unacceptable” and falling “short of acceptable moral and legal standards ...

The Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress has cleared Pastor Osagie-Ize Iyamu to participate in the party’s primary election in Edo State scheduled for the 22nd of June while disqualifying the embattled incumbent Governor over discrepancies in his academic ...

  Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo has made fulfilled his promise of ending flooding in West Legon, Ghana. The actor had announced on twitter that he will be working on the drainage, and yesterday came back on the same platform, to ...

It’s celebration in Kogi state as the Tribunal today upheld Senator Smart Adeyemi’s election as Senator for Kogi West senatorial District, dismissing a petition by Dino Melaye and his party,  PDP. The three judges of the tribunal were unanimous that ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has stopped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from conducting its Governorship election. According to the ruling, the court on Monday granted an order, restraining the APC and its national ...

The Imo State Government has arraigned the Imo State Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party’s New Media Centre, Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, for terrorism for accusing Governor Hope Uzodinma of “secretly approving Rural Grazing Reserves for Fulani herdsmen”. Nwaogwugwu was also said ...

The coast is now clear for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to contest for the governorship ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party on Thursday night granted him a ...

The wanted Eleme Local Government Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth leader, Princewill Osareojiji, who has a N5m bounty placed on his head by the Rivers State Government, has accused a serving Commissioner in Governor Nyesom Wike’s cabinet for his current ...

Former Senator Dino Melaye has placed a curse on himself and other Nigerian leaders, saying anyone who has held a political office in the past and present have failed and God will judge them all including himself. He stated this ...

UK’s former foreign secretary David Miliband warned that while coronavirus had yet to hit many of the vulnerable countries helped by his International Rescue Committee, it could become “rampant” within weeks without drastic preventative measure. A world free from coronavirus ...

Kanye West is officially voting for Donald Trump in November’s Presidential Election. The 42-year-old rapper made the declaration in the May issue of GQ magazine, defiantly stating: ‘We know who I’m voting on… I’m not going to be told by ...

  The Court of Appeal in Abuja has voided the April 11, 2019 judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), which purported to sack Ifeanyi Ubah as Senator for Anambra South senatorial district. A three-man panel ...

The scheduled hearing in the appeal by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has been put off by the Court of Appeal, Abuja. The court had, last week sent notices of hearing to parties in ...

Muhammad Musa Fagen-Gawo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Jigawa bye-election after polling 48,318 votes. He is a a son to the deceased member representing Garki/Babura Federal constituency, Fagen Gawo. The presiding officer Professor, Ahmad Shehu Kutama, ...

Amidst rebellion by some members against the leadership of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been scheduled to hold in Abuja on Tuesday, March 17 at 3pm. The ...

A Federal High Court In Kano has set aside a ruling of the FCT High Court suspending the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. Justice Lewis Allagoa on Thursday ordered the police and Department of State ...

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Jabi has ordered suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, pending the determination of a substantive suit. The Judge, Danlami Senchi, gave the order following an ...