Politics

  Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the Senate Minority Leader, has faulted President Buhari following the rising insecurity in the country, asking the president to resign immediately. Abaribe who is of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the call when the Senate ...

A lotto turf war between Chief Kessington Adebutu, popularly known as Baba Ijebu and Senator Buruji Kashamu has snowballed into a probe of Adebutu’s Premier Lotto company by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to a report by Premium ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Osagbovo Iyoha, has warned the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to stay away from Edo South Senatorial District and forget any idea of holding a political rally ...

Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Dr Collins Chiji today announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chiji who made the announcement during the plenary session of the house also announced ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has uncovered 23 polling units at private homes in Akwa Ibom State. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Mike Igini, disclosed this during his appearance on Sunrise Daily. He explained that the ...

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and his Deputy Chief Edward Onoja have been inaugurated for a second term. The inauguration took place on Monday inside the Glass House, Government House, Lokoja. State Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah administered the oat ...

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State, Charles Ezekwem, has resigned his position. Ezekwem equally resigned as a member of the PDP in the state. Ezekwem in a letter dated January 25 and was cited by The ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Alhaji Aliyu Datti Yako has been declared the winner of the Saturday rerun of Kiru/ Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State. Yako defeated the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation,  ...

The Kano State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rabiu Sulaiman-Bichi, has decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Not formal yet, Mr Sulaiman-Bichi said he will be making it official soon. His defection comes two days after the Supreme ...

  The Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Okey Onyekanma, has resigned his position. Onyekanma announced his resignation in a letter read by the Speaker of the House, Chiji Collins, during plenary on Tuesday at the legislative ...

The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has said members of the Peoples Democratic Party were plotting to overthrow the administration of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.). Uzodinma, who addressed members of the All Progressives Congress who were ...

  The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as duly elected Governor of Kano State. NAN reports on Nov. 22, the court of appeal in Kaduna reaffirmed Ganduje as the duly elected governor of Kano state. The appellate ...

The planned protest by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced in Abuja with the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi and Senator Dino Melaye leading other party chieftains. The protest tagged #SaveOurJudiciary ...

Greece will elect its first woman president on January 22 after leading opposition parties on Thursday approved the government’s nomination of top judge Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou. Main opposition leftist leader Alexis Tsipras said Sakellaropoulou was an “exceptional judge” and a defender ...

  Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has reacted to reports that Governor Hope Uzodinma has launched a probe against him and other past Governors of Imo state. The new Governor of the State made the announcement during ...

A video currently making the rounds on social media is believed to be that of former Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha and his family members celebrating the sack of Emeka Ihedioha as the  Imo State Governor. Recall it has ...

The entire Russian government is resigning, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced. This is coming after Vladimir Putin proposed sweeping reforms that could extend his decades-long grip on power beyond the end of his presidency. Putin thanked members of the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday said it was surprised at the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Imo State governorship election. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement described the judgement as yet another ...

The Supreme Court has sacked governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State. The apex court, in a judgement by a seven-man panel of justices that was led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, held that Ihedioha who ...

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has secured a second term after sweeping to victory in an election dominated by the island’s relationship with China. Ms Tsai secured just over 57% of the ballot – a record 8.2m votes – well ahead ...

Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has warned ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan to desist from running for president in 2023. Seun warned him not to bother trying to run for president as Nigerians suffered terribly under his regime. He gave the warning on ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party to concentrate on strengthening the main opposition platform before the 2023 election cycle. “Our preoccupation at this point in the @OfficialPDPNig should not focus on elections, but ...

Uche Nwosu, governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) during the 2019 general election in Imo state, has returned to the the All Progressive Congress (APC). Nwosu, son-in-law to Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo, had defected from the APC ...

Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Saturday said that the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki’s) late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. ...

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has said the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, stays suspended from the state chapter of the party. The Obaseki-led faction of the party in the state, in November, ...