Category: Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill, stating that signing it into law would cause trouble among the political parties in the country. It was gathered that the letter of rejection of the bill, which is before the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, will be read on […]

Says President’s refusal to sign the bill into law part of APC ‘conspiracy’ to deny Nigerians free fair, transparent elections in 2023 Nigerians should reject APC in 2023, but not repeat the 2015 and 2019 mistakes of voting the party  into power Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has stated that the National Assembly lacks […]

• Buhari returns, mum on the decision as Reps set to veto the bill • NASS ties passing of 2022 budget to amended electoral bill • CSOs charge NASS to override President before Christmas • Lawan: Senate will continue to support Buhari • Governors, national lawmakers in last supremacy battle The waiting game over the […]

An ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Mohammed Saleh, and some supporters of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, under the aegis of The Disciples of Jagaban, on Saturday began mobilising support for Tinubu’s rumoured presidential ambition. They also sensitised voters in the north to the need to register and vote in 2023. Saleh, […]

Electoral officials collect results at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on March 10, 2019.(Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP) • NASS May Override President • I Bet My Life, Buhari Will Not Sign Any Electoral Act — Galadima As the constitutional window closes today […]

Senator urges party to elect presidential candidate at convention Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu on Thursday urged the National Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni and members of the planning committee to postpone the party’s national convention slated for February. In a a letter to […]

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has declared that only the Peoples Democratic Party can rescue Nigeria and place it on the path of economic prosperity and sustainable development. He stated this when he received members of Atiku Support Group, led by Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who were on a courtesy visit at the Government House, […]

President Buhari and Tinubu Meets northern alliance, says consultations ongoing All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu, says he will not reject calls to contest for the Presidency in 2023. Tinubu stated this in Abuja on Tuesday after a meeting with members of the Northern Alliance Committee. While refusing to officially declare his ambition, he said […]

President Buhari on Sunday hosted the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, at his official residence, State House, Abuja. Photo/ facebook/MuhammaduBuhari Ahead of the 2023 poll, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally dropped the hint that he would aspire to succeed […]

A former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande has explained the reasons behind his smooth relationship with ex-Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Akande, in his autobiography, ‘My Participations’, said he and Tinubu used to argue over political discretions. He added that Tinubu trivially assumed that the political culture of Lagos could […]