Politics

When “news” filter out that recently released jailbird, and former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Chibi Dariye, was preparing to contest for the Senate seat of Plateau Central in the 2023 election, on the platform […]

Former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State Otunba Oladele Ajomale yesterday lamented the collapse of ideological politics in the country. He said there is no demarcation among the existing political parties, […]

Civil society groups and representatives of the indigenous inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed deep concern over the continued socio-economic exclusion of indigenous peoples of Abuja in all schemes of things. A […]

A female presidential aspirant, Patience Ndidi Key, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja to nullify the June 5, primaries that produced Kola Abiola as the People’s Redemption Party (PRP)’s presidential candidate. Key, in the […]

Buba Galadima is a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), a party with former Kano State Governor, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, as its presidential flag bearer. In this exclusive interview […]

Four days after the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, met and agreed on a framework for the resolution of the differences between them, the […]

AbdulKareem AbdulRasak, the Kwara chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), says members of the union are not allowed to support political parties in the 2023 elections. AbdulRasak said this on Monday […]

As the search for peace in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continues, the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has now given a condition for his resignation if the stakeholders are adamant on […]

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Osun election has submitted a 1,250 page petition, challenging the results of the July 16 governorship election. The governor is contesting the […]

Ahead of next year’s general election, an Igbo group, Omaluegwuoku Progressive Initiative, has organised a town hall meeting to canvass support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. At […]

Fifteen candidates of different political parties emerged from the governorship primaries held in Bauchi State recently. They are Hassan Kalid of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Auwal Adamu of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), Governor […]

Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has unveiled, a female, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, as his running mate for the 2023 governorship election on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fintiri said this at the unveiling […]

The Labour Party (LP) yesterday inaugurated a 24-member Caretaker Executive Committee for Lagos State. Led by the party’s Lagos Chairman, Mr Olukayode Salako, the exco will drive the party’s affairs ahead of next year’s general […]

The dominance of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), which has been at the helm of affairs in Delta State since the return to civil rule in 1999, is being threatened by internal wranglings within the […]

The feud between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike deepened yesterday. The Board of Trustees (BoT) rejected Wike’s supporters’ demand for the resignation of the National Chairman, […]

There has been an uproar by CAN over the Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket of APC. Do you support CAN’s position on this? No. I am not in support of CAN on this. The Bible said in […]

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has declared a three-day public holiday in the state to enable residents to complete their voter registration before the July 31 deadline. The governor’s Special Adviser on Media and […]

Dr. Wale Bolorunduro, who served as Osun State Commissioner for Finance during the first term of ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday, announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party. Bolorunduro, an ally of Aregbesola, had […]

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Nicholas Kalu in Abuja reports that the clamour for the creation of an Electoral Offences Commission is once again on the rise as Nigerians prepare to elect new leaders. […]