Politics

Dino Melaye weeps, sustain knee injury as he loses PDP primary in Kogi State.   Musa Wada, a younger brother of the immediate past Governor Idris Wada, who also contested for the ticket, scored 748 votes to clinch the party ...

David Lyon on Wednesday September 4, emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Bayelsa state.   The Bayelsa politician polled 42,138 votes to defeat his closet rival, Diseye Nsirim who scored 1,533 votes in the direct ...

Musa Wada has emerged as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer for the governorship election in Kogi state after defeating his older brother Capt. Idris Wada and 10 other candidates in the primary election.   Musa polled 748 votes to defeat his closest opponent Abubakar ...

Senator Douye Diri on Wednesday September 4, emerged winner of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Bayelsa State.   The Senator representing Bayelsa Central at the national assembly, defeated 19 other aspirants to emerge the PDP candidate for the forthcoming ...

The Supreme Court has struck out the suit seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election over alleged perjury.   The suit was filed by Kalu Kalu, Labaran Ismail and Hassy El-Kuris, all legal practitioners. Delivering judgment, ...

Tuface Idibia went all out against African politicians as he berated the state of the education and value system in the continent.   The singer stated that the entire education and value system needs to change in Africa. Also taking a ...

Shamsuddeen Dambazau, the son of former Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau has been sacked as the member representing Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency by an election petition tribunal which sat in Kano on Friday August 30.   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was ...

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Yola has dismissed the suit challenging the emergence of Elisha Abbo as the senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District.   The suit was filed by Sen. Binta Masi of All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost ...

Comedian, I Go Dye, has written an open letter to President Buhari, asking for the release of the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. In the letter, I Go Dye reminded President Buhari of when he overthrew the government of ...

A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has granted an interim order restraining the All Progressives Congress from adopting direct primary for the rescheduled August 31st governorship primary.   Justice E. G. Omukoro granted the order upon hearing a ...

Former Governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu, who was arraigned before a federal high court in Lagos on charges of laundering N7.6bn when he was governor between 1999 and 2007, claims that he ran the state with his own money while denying ...

Governor Emeka Ihedioha on Monday August 26, denied claims of one the arrested FBI suspects, Chika Odionyenma sponsoring his 2019 political outing which got him elected as Governor of Imo State.   The Imo Governor’s Special Assistant on New Media, Izuchukwu Akwarandu ...

John Dumelo has secured the ticket to contest for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Ghana’s 2020 parlimentary election on the platform of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).   The Ghanaian actor became an NDC flagbearer ahead of the 2020 election, following ...

  Dino Melaye has reacted to the judgement of the Kogi state National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal annulment of his February 23rd election as Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district.   The tribunal in a unanimous decision, annuled his ...

The Oyo State House of Assembly has confirmed Seun Fakorede, a 27-year-old, as commissioner for youth and sport.   Governor Seyi Makinde had sent Fakorede’s name to the Assembly alongside that of Professor Raphael Afonja, and Faosat Joke Sunni in ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo Olu has sworn-in thirty-eight new commissioners and special advisers.   He encouraged them to play their part towards the achievement of a greater Lagos and also expressed his gratitude towards Rt. Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa ...

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said he will offer his resignation following a blistering attack on coalition partner, Matteo Salvini.   Conte said Salvini had been “irresponsible” in creating a new political crisis for Italy for “personal and party ...

The APC while condemning the shameful assault on former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany says the opposition party, PDP owes the country an apology for its support to IPOB in the past.   In a statement signed ...

President of Gabon, Ali Bongo, made his first public appearance 10 months after suffering a stroke almost 10 months ago.   The 60-year-old who came into power in October 2009, stepped out walking with the aid of a walking stick as ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Buhari Presidency is rotten and reeks of incurable corruption, festering up to every level.   In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party says the shocking revelations of multi-dimensional sleazes, ...

Shehu Sani, the former Senator representing Kaduna Central countered Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s call for abolition of zoning in the Presidency, during his Sallah visit to the first Executive Governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa on Monday August 12.   ...

Governor Godwin Obaseki on Monday August 12, announced that he has settled with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole.   The Edo State Governor made the disclosure at a mass organized at St Paul Catholic Church in Benin to mark ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai warned against zoning of the Presidency between the North and South region of Nigeria in a prologue titled ‘Defeating a Determined Incumbent – The Nigerian Experience’, written in contributiion to a book by the Director-General of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, ...

In Tunisia, gay sex can face a penalty of up to three years imprisonment Lawyer and activist Mounir Baatour could become Tunisia’s first ever gay president. This is despite Article 230 of Tunisia’s 1913 Penal Code that says people convicted of sodomy face ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kogi State chapter on Thursday August 8th, suspended the Deputy Governor of the state, Simon Achuba over alleged anti-party activities before, during and after the 2019 general elections.   According to the APC, the suspension ...