Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected five bills transmitted to him by the national assembly. The bills are Nigerian Film Commission bill, Immigration Amendment bill 2018, Climate change bill 2018, Chartered Institute of Pension Practitioners bill 2018 and Digital Rights and ...

  Buba Galadima has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan shot himself in the foot by not taking Muhammadu Buhari to court following the outcome of the 2015 presidential election.   Galadima who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily opined ...

  Three young men pictured below reportedly rode their bicycles all the way from Biu local government area of Borno state to Abuja just to celebrate President Muhammadu Buhari and senate leader, Ali Ndume of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ...

  All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday denied meddling in the proposed Kano State supplementary elections. He also refuted the unfounded reports that he relocated to Kano, the state capital, for the polls. The former Lagos State ...

  Rivers State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Minister of Transportation and factional leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Chibuike Amaechi, to stop daydreaming about governing the state for a third ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it would not remove its Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, Obo Effanga, saying that it does not take directive from anybody. INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, stated ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said on Monday that they had assembled over 400 witnesses to testify at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, where they would ...

Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha has debunked recent allegation by the governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, that he has already  withdrawn N17 billion from the state treasury, and dared the incoming governor to probe  him. Governor Okorocha said Ihedioha has every right to Investigate even the food he and ...

The Ogun State Governor-elect, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has explained how he won the Ogun governorship election while narrating his experience in the just-concluded polls in the state. He stated that if men were to be God, he would not have ...

  Two rival former leaders of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Oyo State chapter, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, popularly called Tokyo, Alhaji Lamidi Mukaila, also known as Auxiliary, met on Sunday, behind closed-door at the Akobo residence of ...

  The All Progressives Congress has rejected the Independent National Electoral Commission’s decision to resume collation of results in Rivers and Bauchi states ahead of supplementary elections declared in six states. The commission had fixed March 23 for supplementary elections ...

  The Presidency has cautioned against a lot of the hate spewing, incitement to violence and the polarizing statements by so-called political leaders as a number of states brace up for supplementary elections prescribed by the Independent National Electoral Commission ...

Bashir Abubakar and President Buhari   The removal of Bashir Abubakar, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Muhammadu Buhari, was not an act of witch-hunt, according to Sunday Sun. A reliably source told Sunday Sun that Abubakar was not ...

  The National Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress  (South-South), Chief Hilliard Eta, has said his party is not responsible for the non-issuance of the Certificate of Return to the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, by the Independent National Electoral ...

  A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Solidarity Group, today, trekked into Minna, Niger State capital in solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari. Malam Sani Ahmed arrived the Minna City gate at about 10:am after a sleepover at Pogo ...

  The head of media committee for Babajide Sanwo-Olu Campaign Organisation, Olusesan Daini has said Funke Phillips was on the committee during the campaign. He told The Guardian on Friday that Phillips, accused by an ex-BBC Pidgin journalist Ruona Meyer ...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced that the State Government will set up a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to ensure that the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) personnel who killed Dr Ferry Gberegbe, PDP Khana Collation Agent are brought ...

  An ally of Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, Chidi Lloyd has apologised for insulting President Muhammadu Buhari. Lloyd had accused Buhari of turning against members of the All Progressives Congress  (APC) in Rivers state. Magnus Abe, senator representing Rivers south-east, had ...

Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu and Hope Uzodinma   The governor-elect in Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has said that Governor Rochas Okorocha should hide his face in shame rather than blaming him and the National leadership of the party for ...

The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alh. Atiku Abubakar was in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Thursday for a private meeting with his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku who arrived Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, ...

  The coalition of Imo state All Progressives Congress, APC, known as Allied forces, Thursday applauded Imo citizens for casting their votes against the wish of governor Rochas Okorocha, at the just concluded governorship/House of Assembly elections in the state. ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will today, Thursday, March 14, present Certificates of Return to the newly elected members of the National Assembly. According to a statement by the electoral umpire, the event will take place at Africa ...

  The resident national electoral commissioner (REC) of Akwa Ibom state, Mike Igini says those accusing him of committing electoral fraud are people who tried unsuccessfully to take him abroad for a secret meeting. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in ...

Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has no right to withhold his certificate of return. Speaking on Wednesday when some of his supporters marched to the government house to protest the conduct of the ...

  Former First Lady, Justice Fati Lami Abubakar, took a swipe at the political development in the country and declared that Nigeria is ripe for a woman president. In a chat with Vanguard in Minna, Niger State, Justice Fati Abubakar, ...