Category: Politics

The Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Mr Abok Ayuba, has been impeached by eight of the 24 members of the legislature. The unusual sitting on Thursday morning, presided by the Deputy Speaker, Saleh Yipmong, elected Yakubu Sanda (APC-Pengana) as the new speaker. It was learnt that the eight members gained access to the House as […]

Four Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors are in Ondo State to woo former Governor Olusegun Mimiko back to the party. A large number of Zenith Labour Party(ZLP) members are at the residence of Mimiko in Ondo town to welcome the PDP contingent led by Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde. Other Governors in the team are Nyesom […]

A former Senate President Dr. Olubukola Saraki has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will soon be hit by massive defections as a former Governor and some bigwigs are set to dump the party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) The APC however said the former Kwara Governor must be engrossed by his imagination, […]

Edo chapter promises peaceful exercise The Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal is yet to give its decision on a motion filed by the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus. Secondus had through his counsel, Tayo Oyetubo, urged the court to suspend the October 30 and October 31 national […]

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan • We have gone far with Electoral Act amendment, says Senate spokesman Governors are mounting pressure on senators and House of Representatives members to reconsider their position on direct primary mode of picking candidates by political parties, it was learnt yesterday. The governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum […]

•Let electoral umpire function, ZLP candidate Okonkwo tells politicians Despite fresh threat to disrupt the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will go on with the poll as scheduled. The commission said it would move into the state next week for the final lap of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has given the North the option of producing its presidential candidate in 2023 despite the emergence of a northerner, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, as the consensus chairmanship candidate of the party, it has been learnt. This was confirmed by a former acting National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, during a […]

It would take more than political sagacity and understanding of political arithmetic to predict the outcome of the forthcoming Anambra State gubernatorial polls, which comes up in three weeks’ time. Careful observation shows that forces at play are adopting curious strategies, even as some shadowy non-state actors raise apprehension that the ballot might not hold. […]

APC insists on going ahead with states congresses amid protests PDP Northern governors in marathon meeting to decide Ayu, Shema’s fate for national chairman Consensus arrangement suffers setback as stakeholders shun meeting, to reconvene today I have no plan to return to APC, says Obaseki Save Nigerians your lamentations, PDP tells APC Barring last minutes […]

JOSTLING for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national chairmanship and other slots zoned to the North got keener, weekend, with party leaders from the region scheduling a meeting for Wednesday to harmonise positions. Currently, no fewer than nine aspirants from the three zones of the North have indicated interest to lead the PDP. They include […]