Politics

  President Muhammadu Buhari will today between 5pm and 8pm unveil what his presidential campaign council called ‘The Next Level’ to Nigerians at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.   The INEC Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2019 general ...

Former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has expressed shock that businessman Femi Otedola endorsed Sanwo-Olu Babjide, the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Lagos State, The Punch reports. Otedola, who is the Chairman of Forte ...

  As candidates for the February 16, 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections officially commence campaigns today, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned them against making  inflammatory statements.   According to reports, today marks the start of full electioneering ...

  Blood bath was averted on Friday, November 16, 2018 at Old Bakana as gun men alleged to be sponsored by a PDP serving Commissioner in Nyesom Wike’s government from the area opened heavy gun fire on Pastor Tonye Cole ...

  Senate President Bukola Saraki says he spent between N200 million and N400 million in each of 30 states on the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.   The senate president said this while addressing members of the Peoples ...

  A presidential order to release detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, topped the requests of the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria ...

  A man has narrated how he was used as a political thug during one of the elections conducted in Bayelsa state. According to the man named George, he decided to share the story to urge youths from being used ...

  A fight broke out between two Hausa men in the northern part of Nigeria following a tense argument about president Muhammadu Buhari.   In a trending video posted online (watch below), the younger man (in black shirt) was telling ...

Nigerian rapper, Ruggedman has written an open letter to celebrities telling them they have a responsibility to demand better governance for their fans.   Taking to his Instagram page to air his views on Nigerian politics, Ruggedman said it is their duty ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday again gave assurances of his determination to lay a foundation for free, fair and credible elections in the country.   He was responding to a speech by a delegation of Imams and senior Islamic ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has identified the names of 1,224 deceased persons in its 2019 general elections voters register in Adamawa State.   Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Kassim Gaidam disclosed this on Friday during ...

    Professor Ben Nwabueze has reportedly said he will not die until Atiku Abubakar who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) becomes president of the country. Nwabueze reportedly said this on Wednesday, November 14 when the former ...

    Armed men allegedly attacked and killed several members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Ipo Omademe in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers state.   According to reports, the publicity secretary of PDP Rivers State Chapter; Hon ...

  Senate President Bukola Saraki has asked Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to quit politics.   Saraki made the statement in Ilorin on Wednesday, on the sidelines of a remembrance ceremony held on behalf of ...

  Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar stormed the venue of the Igbo elders, religious and traditional rulers just as they were about rounding up.   He came with a message  “Whether I am president or ...

  Ahead of Saturday’s By-elections, a police helicopter was seen hovering around Omu-Aran Town, in Kwara South creating panic among residents.   According to eyewitness report, the police aircraft hovered for about 20 minutes before landing in one primary schools. ...

A resident of Abuja, Musa Wakatu has climbed a telecommunication mast in protestagainst Atiku Abubakar over an alleged land encroachment by his American University of Nigeria (AUN). The elderly man climbed the mast at Nicon Junction in Maitama area of the ...

Imo APC governorship candidate Uzodinma Hope, was on Sunday arrested by a Special Presidential Investigation Panel For Recovery of Public Property, over an alleged breach of contract.   Imo APC governorship candidate Uzodinma who represents Imo West Senatorial District in the Senate, was arrested over ...

  The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, challenged those who lost out in the recent party primaries to emulate the comportment of President Muhammadu Buhari who lost three presidential polls before the 2015 ...

  National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, challenged those who lost out in the recent party primaries to emulate the comportment of President Muhammadu Buhari who lost three presidential polls before the 2015 success. ...

  A federal high court in Lagos has revoked the bail granted Orji Uzor Kalu, ex-Abia state governor, for failure to appear before it.   Kalu is facing trial for an alleged fraud of N7.65bn. His trial was stalled last ...

  President George Manneh Weah has praised his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for advancing the cause of global peace through the maiden edition of the Paris Peace Forum which convened on Sunday, November 11, 2018 in Paris, France.   The ...

    A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward executive for Egwedu-Atta, Njaba local government area of Imo State, Mr Herbert Nwaneji has been brutally murdered, and his body dumped around the boundary of Atta and Nkume (both in Njaba LGA). ...

  The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has denied collecting money from anybody to favour them at the recently held primaries of party, saying if it has to do with money, the governors, who ...

  There were strong indications that the immediate past Governor of Ekit State, Ayodele Fayose, and the National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, may have begun a subtle political battle ahead of 2019 general ...