Politics

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. […]

WITH barely few months away to ushering in electioneering campaigns nationwide, going by the comprehensive time table of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), towards the 2023 General Elections, Enugu State and indeed Nsukka Enugu […]

Edward Olowo-Okere, World Bank Governance Chief, has spent the last three years working to improve public services and financial management in low- and middle-income countries. His greatest challenge is corruption, and this is a problem […]

The African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has knocked the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over what he described as his “pretense” over the national grid collapse. The PUNCH reports that Nigeria’s […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Anambra State, Kodilichukwu Okelekwe, has blamed poverty and ignorance as the main reason vote buying thrives during elections in Nigeria. Okelekwe, a senatorial candidate of the APC […]

The camp of the Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, is worried over a suit filed by his rival in the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary, Prince Dotun Babayemi, at the Court of Appeal, Akure. Members of […]