Politics

  These are the official election results at some polling units that were announced by the INEC presiding officials and they are valid results collated from these units across the country Results gotten from PREMIUM TIMES Lowcost Polling Unit 0016 Lokuwa Ward ...

  A 66-year-old Alhaji Amadu Garkuwa was caught on Saturday, February 23, 2019 in Anguwa Madanaki, Gombe Local Government, Gombe State inducing voters with money. He was subsequently arrested by men of the commission. Among items found with him was ...

    APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu Cast their Vote and Deliver President Buhari with 121 Votes while Atiku Abubakar Got 53 Votes at Unit 047, Ward 3, Alausa-Ikeja. In the Senatorial ...

  Unknown gunmen in military uniform have killed a Government House Photographer, Mr. Reginald Dei, and one other person at Oweikorogha, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area òf Bayelsa State. Dei was killed alongside the Ward Chairman òf the People’s Democratic ...

  Nigerian Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti believes that no one can fix this country. The Grammy Awards nominee made this known today as Nigerians all over the country decide their leader for the next four years. According to him, the President of the ...

See first pictures of Buhari and his wife, Aisha Buhari voting in Daura, Kastina state. President Buhari, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress was accredited just after 8am and voted at 8:07am. He and his wife, Aisha, have voted in the ...

  Here are pictures showing two bullion vans entering the Bourdillon residence of Bola Tinubu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party ahead of today’s elections. The picture which has gone viral on social media, showed some people ...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has revealed that he survived an assassination attempt on his life on Thursday night after soldiers sent by the General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Jamil Sarham confronted ...

Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, has urged Nigerians to come out and vote in Saturday’s rescheduled presidential election. The former vice president made the call in a live broadcast via his social media channels. “My message to you is ...

  Pro – Buhari hackers have succeeded in shutting down on-line Atiku Abubakar support groups, Web sites and social media infrastructure, report alleges. These findings were supported by the interim report of an internal audit carried out by The Atiku Advancement ...

  Read the press statement below; The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over the circulation of fake Dollar notes ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement personally signed by the Acting ...

  Professor Yemi Osinbajo has quashed rumours suggesting that he had resigned his post as Vice President of Nigeria. The Vice President took to social media to debunk the speculations, describing them as ‘Fake News’. He said, “Misleading/FAKE news is on ...

  A group of witches yesterday organised a mini rally after visiting the residents of Okene in Kogi State ahead of the Saturday’s elections. The witches came who endorsed president Muhammadu Buhari for his strides in fighting Boko Haram and ...

Festus Keyamo has echoed President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement against ballot boxes snatchers and advised anyone with the the intention to desist. However, Festus Keyamo is in full support of the statement and even praised the President for it. In a report ...

  The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday in Kaduna reiterated his resolve to privatise the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), if elected President on Saturday. Atiku, who reiterated this while interacting with stakeholders ...

  The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Logara/Umuohiagu ward in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo state, Ifeanyi Ozoemena, has been killed. Ozoemena was reportedly murdered shortly after presiding over a meeting of the party in the ward ...

  Members of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa State were yesterday sworn to an oath of secrecy to be neutral in the conduct of the 2019 elections in the state. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the ...

  The women of Akwa Ibom State have taken to the streets of Oron local government area to protest against the importation of militants by politicians to cause havoc and disrupt the peace and unity of the area for their selfish interest. ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has alerted Nigerians of an alleged plot by the presidency to specially trained operatives to manipulate the card readers during the elections. He told the party’s 84th National Executive Committee ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Uyi Giwa Osagie, the lawyer and treasurer of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, for alleged money laundering. Osagie was arrested on Monday following the arrest of Alhaji Abdullahi Usman, a ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has lifted ban on Political campaigns.   Disclosing this in a statement, the National Commissioner with the INEC and  Chairman, Committee on Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye said that the commission ...

  A gang of political thugs hired to cause mayhem in the just postponed elections were apprehended in the waterways in the early hours of Monday, 18th February 2019, in in Opu-Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The ...

  A young musician is lucky to be alive after he was attacked by unknown hoodlums on Sunday, February 17th (yesterday). It was gathered that Abba Ajasun Waka, a well known Hausa musician for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in ...

  The police in Akwa Ibom state have transferred some hoodlums arrested in the state to Abuja. The thugs were arrested in their hideout in D’Angelo Hotel, Ewet Housing Estate. Police sources said the ‘arrest was made possible by the ...

  According to reports, some hoodlums who were allegedly hired to assassinate the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, have been apprehended. It was gathered that the thugs were nabbed over the weekend in Alor community in Anambra state ...