Politics

Tonye Cole, the co-founder of Sahara Group, says Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), is working to weaken the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Cole spoke on Thursday during an interview with Adesuwa […]

President Bola Tinubu has had a phone conversation with John Mahama, who is projected to win the Ghanaian presidential election. According to a statement issued by his spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, the Nigerian president spoke with […]

Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti state, says the 2024 presidential election in Ghana should be a model for political actors in Africa. Fayemi congratulated John Mahama, president-elect and candidate of the National Democratic Congress […]

Namibia has elected Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as its first female president following a disputed election. Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, would become the first woman to rule the southern African country governed by the South West Africa People’s […]

Bode George, a former deputy national chairman (south) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Bayo Onanuga, the presidential spokesperson, will face repercussions for insulting former President Olusegun Obasanjo. BACKGROUND Obasanjo, speaking at the Chinua […]

The endorsements of President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, ahead of the 2027 Lagos governorship election have sparked widespread debate, with significant political players weighing in, Daily Trust reports. On Tuesday, the Coalition of Nigerian […]

Nigerians have expressed mixed feelings after British-Nigerian politician, Kemi Badenoch, emerged as the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting. Badenoch, a Member of Parliament representing North […]

Kamala Harris targets the Rust Belt while Donald Trump heads to the biggest US swing states Sunday in a frantic last push, less than 48 hours before Election Day in the historically close campaign. Seventy-five […]

The Peoples Democratic Party announced late on Tuesday that its planned National Executive Committee meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed to 28 November 2024. The move is to allow the party to focus […]

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has led to the emergence of two national chairmen, following a split within the ranks of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The split within the party’s […]

Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, says he is disappointed in Nigerians for their seeming laid-back disposition to the economic hardship sweeping through the country. The former governor of Rivers bemoaned the rising cost of […]

Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, says he is bothered about President Bola Tinubu “singling him out” in a statement on the crisis in Rivers state. Arsonists have torched three LGA secretariats in Rivers at the […]

Jimmy Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Tuesday — the first-ever US president to reach the century mark and another extraordinary milestone for the one-time peanut farmer who found his way to the White House. […]

ABUJA – The 2023 Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has criticised the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) under President Bola Tinubu, stating that the party’s unpopular policies have […]

THE Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has vowed to mobilise and join forces with Nigerians against the practices of unitarianism in Nigerian politics. Afenifere stated this in a communique issued after its monthly meeting held at […]

A coalition of accredited civil society organizations, CSOs, has rejected the results of the Edo governorship election held on September 21, expressing concerns about the election’s transparency and integrity. The coalition, which includes notable organizations […]

The electoral commission, INEC, has commenced the final collation and announcement of results for the Edo governorship election. The final collation is being done at the INEC headquarters in Benin, the Edo State capital. Thousands […]

Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City, Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale, Linus Aleke, Kuni Tyessi in Abuja The 2,249,780 voters in Edo State that have collected their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) out of the 2,590,603 […]