Politics

Being with you at this special event today, I am visited by two competing emotions. I continue to feel a profound sense of loss at the premature, unfortunate departure of this great son of Oyo […]

Former minister of state for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro and other staunch supporters, on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, inaugurated a presidential campaign movement for Bola Tinubu. The movement was tagged “The South-West Agenda […]

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has asked the military to change the strategy used in the fight against insurgency. Speaking when he paid a sympathy visit to Babagana Zulum, […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the corruption allegations levelled against him could have sent him into political oblivion but God did not allow that happen. Speaking at a book presentation in Abuja on Tuesday, Jonathan […]

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has insisted that he will never decamp to the All Progressives Congress (APC), no matter what. He, however, described two former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members, John Bazia and Michael […]

Former Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, on Thursday night rejected the results of Monday’s general elections, saying his party is unwilling to accept the “fictionalised and flawed” results declared by the Electoral Commission (EC). At […]

Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Office of the Vice President, has decried the attempt by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to twist a 2015 tweet by Vice President Yemi […]

Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says if given a second chance, he will not lead the ruling party . In a statement on Monday, Oshiomhole said he remains proud […]

The Ngwa are Igbos. The Ikwerre are Igbos. They are offsprings of the same father. So the statement attributed to His Excellency, Barrister Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State was shocking. He said an illustrious […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says it is too early to talk about his interest in the 2023 elections. There are reports that the former president is being persuaded to run at the end of President […]

David Apasera is the candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) in the December 7 Ghanaian presidential election. The 58-year-old served as Member of Parliament between 2000 and 2009. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES‘ Editor-in-Chief, […]

An emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Mr Yekini Nabena, the […]

By Clifford Ndujihe & Omeiza Ajayi Less than 27 months to the 2023 presidential polls, leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are in a pitch battle for the soul of the party. They […]

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State is currently trending on social media after his commissioner for information and communication, Kingsley Fanwo stated that many people have asked the governor to contest the 2023 presidential race. […]

The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday described the ruling All Progressives Congress as a party on its way to extinction. The opposition party alleged that there were underground moves by leaders of the APC to […]

A recent visit by the Chairman of the Caretaker/ Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Mai Mala Buni, and some APC governors to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has elicited debate over the […]

THE debate on which zone produces Nigeria’s president in 2023, which is not new, has gained gravitas with the defection of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the […]