Politics

INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has described the nation’s current Electoral Act as problematic and must be addressed through a new legal framework. Yakubu made this known during the 12th National Delegates Conference of the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions ...

Nigerian singer, Davido has reacted to the Court of Appeal ruling which nullified his Uncle Senator Ademola Adeleke’s victory at the Osun State governorship polls. The Court of Appeal which sat today nullified the judgment given by a Tribunal few weeks ...

A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the ruling on the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal which favored Senator Ademola Adeleke. Few weeks ago, the Tribunal which satsin abuja nullified the victory of Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the elections and ...

A bill for the creation of four additional first class Emirates has been passed by the Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday. This was during their sitting which also saw the approval of the amendment of the local government and chieftaincy ...

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has stated that the evil he feared in PDP has befalling him since he joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okorocha had his certificate of return withheld by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ...

Femi Fani-Kayode FFK, has reacted to the presidency comparing Miyetti Allah to socio-cultural groups like Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The comparison was made by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in an interview with Channels ...

Senator Ademola Adeleke has been granted a bail of two million naira by the Abuja High Court where he appeared just a day after he was arrested by the Nigeria Police. One of his lawyers, Nathaniel Oke (SAN), stated that Senator Ademola ...

Davido has stated that he has given up on democracy as news surfaced that his uncle Senator Ademola Adeleke has been arrested and arraigned in court today. Taking to social media, the singer shared a message to show support for the ...

Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El Rufai has advised the President Buhari to deal with overambituous APC members who are already scheming ahead of the 2023 elections. According to El Rufai, the internal crisis rocking the party is due to the members ...

” Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has accused his colleagues in the Senate of rejecting technological advancements, which he considers as a confirmation they are still living in the Stone Age. The senator representing Bayelsa east, said Nigeria has become the laughing stock in ...

  A former wife of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo has alleged that he has hired assassins to murder her and her son, Juwon. In a press statement released by Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo,she claims Obasanjo wants them dead ...

Governor El Rufai of Kaduna State has revealed how godfatherism could come to an end in Lagos State. This was made known when he spoke at an event in Ikoyi titled: “An evening with His Excellency Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have insisted that the Trader-Moni policy of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was a vote-buying scheme that lacked budgetary backing. Atiku and his party ...

  The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has replied those criticising the Federal Government for borrowing funds. Addressing reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, he asked such people to provide an alternative to sourcing for funds. “Those who ...

  Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, stormed the Abuja division of the Federal High Court in pursuit of his certificate of return as senator-elect for Imo West senatorial district. The governor, who was accompanied by some of his aides and lawyers, ...

  The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, and former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, have settled the perceived political differences between them. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Festus Keyamo, disclosed this in a statement sent to Channels ...

  Farther than subside, the controversy over whether former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential poll is a Nigerian by birth, is still raging. A man, who claims to be ...

  Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has debunked rumours he was leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) to join Accord Party. Besides, he has no problems with workers as he has paid salaries for 38 months since his government ...

  The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari loves the people of the South-East more than all his predecessors in office. The council’s President-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said this in an interview with journalists in Abakaliki, Ebonyi ...

Senator Shehu Sani has revealed the reason behind the fight between Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker Yakubu Dogara and Bola Tinubu. Just few days ago, Tinubu launched an attack on the National Assembly leadership which he accused of budget padding. This ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are desperate to remain in power at all costs, so as to continue to exploit Nigerians, protect APC corrupt leaders, cover their ...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the statements made by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on insecurity in the country. APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, described the remarks by Secondus as ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wants Nigeria to ponder on whether or not there really iss a Commander-in-Chief in the country. Prince Uche Secondus, Chairman of the party, gave the poser in Abuja on Friday while addressing a world ...

  Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has berated President Muhammadu Buhari as he begins a 10-day private visit to the United Kingdom. Buhari, yesterday, embarked on a private trip to the UK. He is expected back to the country on ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Presidency’s jittery reaction to the media interview granted by a top official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), confirming the existence of a central election results transmission server in the commission, ...