Politics

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 ...

  Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday advised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to focus on the challenge of governing his state, instead of day-dreaming about how the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) can win elections ...

  Former Governor, Seriake Dickson and Sen. Duoye Diri were on Wednesday seen on their knees after the Supreme Court struck out the All Progressives Congress, APC suit seeking a review of the judgement that sacked ex-Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David ...

The Supreme Court has rejected the applications by the Al Progressives Congress and two others for a review of February 13, 2020  judgment in the Bayelsa State governorship dispute. A seven-member panel of the court, led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, ...

The reasons behind the resignation of Hon. Aminu Shagali as Kaduna Speaker have started emerging. The ex-Speaker who has been representing Sabon-Gari Constituency in the Assembly since 2011, officially submitted his resignation letter to Clerk of the House Tuesday morning. ...

A new Speaker has been elected at the Kaduna State House of Assembly, barely an hour the former Speaker, Abdullahi Shagali resigned. The new Speaker is. Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani. Zailani, who represents Igabi West Constituency in the Assembly, was the ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos has said that if the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, declares to run for the 2023 presidential election, it will not be out of place owing to his political record. Disclosing ...

  Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Aminu Abdullahi Shagali has resigned. He resigned his position as the Speaker this morning. Sources from the Assembly said, Hon. Shagali tendered his resignation before the house during the plenary session