Politics

The All Progressives Congress (APC) guber candidate in Abia State, Chief Ikechi Emenike, at the weekend, unveiled his running mate, a clergywoman, Rev. Gloria Akara, from the oil-rich area of Ukwa East Council in Abia […]

Nigerians Vote For Values, Agenda, Not Party Major-General John Gbor, the 2019 Presidential candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), is a former Commandant in the Nigerian Army Education Corps. In this interview with Leo […]

The 2023 Presidential election is scheduled to hold on February 25, 2023, according to the timetable from the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. The parties are gearing up for the exercise, particularly the three leading […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, Saturday assured Southeast residents that the police would surmount the security challenges ahead of the 2023 general elections. Baba, represented by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr Isaac […]

Since Nigeria returned to democratic governance in 1999, several factors including ethnicity, religion, zoning and other sentiments, have always influenced the candidate and political party that wins the presidential election. As politicking ahead of next […]

The offences are as many as the charges. That the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dropped the ball was exemplified by its loss of the Presidency in 2015 after 16 years on the pinnacle […]

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 […]