Category: Politics

A group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), APC Nigeria4Nigeria Youths Alliance (APCN4NYA) has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the party from the North are morally bound to support the presidential bid of the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu come 2023. That is the highpoint of the […]

Banners inscribed with ‘Ibikunle Amosun for President’ have surfaced around Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, as the race to Aso Rock in 2023 gradually picks up. Amosun, 63, is a former Ogun governor and currently an All Progressives Congress senator representing Ogun Central. One of the banners was hung on one side of the NNPC […]

Begins selling nomination forms for Osun poll on 22 November The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a Screening Appeals Panel to examine the complaints arising from the screening of aspirants for the governorship election in Ekiti State. The party disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Organising Secretary, Austin Akobundu on […]

We are only acting on security reports, there is no cause for alarm, party says Dozens of armed police officers Wednesday positioned themselves in strategic areas at the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja following a tip-off of a possible protest by aggrieved members against the party’s national leadership. The […]

APC National Secretariat, Abuja yesterday • Party scribe insists it’s a precautionary measure • Marafa dares APC, says expulsion threat empty • I will not leave APC for Ganduje, Shekarau vows • Party merely postponing evil day, says Etta • Group gives 21-day ultimatum to shut secretariat over non-payment of N12.9m advert debt For the […]

Minister of State for Transport, Senator Gbemisola Saraki (left); former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Kawu Baraje, at the ninth memorial of former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, in Ilorin…yesterday Lauds PDP’s performance in Anambra governorship poll Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has […]

The row between governors and the National Assembly over the adoption of direct primary clause in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is not over. Governors are mounting pressure on the Senate and House of Representatives to reverse the decision, it was learnt yesterday. The targets of the pressure are Senate President Ahmed Lawan and House […]

The Association of Arewa Community in Igboland has called for support for the emergence of an Igbo person as president of Nigeria in the 2023 General Elections. Its National President, Alhaji Mohammed Umaru, who made the appeal at a news briefing on Sunday in Umuahia, described the Igbo people as “accommodating”. Umaru harped on the […]