Category: Politics

Governors Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) (left); Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe); Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi); Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti). Second row L-R: Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) during a briefing of the Progressives Governors’ Forum after a meeting in Abuja…yesterday. […]

As part of efforts to deliver credible, transparent elections and enhance voters’ participation, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, disclosed that 176,846 polling units (PUs) would be available for the 2023 general elections, a 56,872 increase or approximately 41 per cent boost over the previous 119,974 units. A breakdown of the distribution, as announced […]

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has called for the creation of an additional state in the South East. He made this known yesterday at a public hearing on the review of the constitution held at Imo Concorde Hotel, Owerri. The hearing was chaired by Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Ahmed Idris Wase. The […]

Will transaction politics hold sway in the lead up to the election of Governor Willie Obiano’s successor on November 6, 2021? This poser becomes relevant when viewed against the backdrop of recent court and shock attacks on the platforms of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governing All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state. The […]

Group urges President, party to intervene in revalidation Former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Broadcast Media and Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Ibrahim Sharada, has been suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The member representing Kano Municipality Federal Constituency was suspended from all party activities both at […]

SWAGA insists it is South-West’s turn to produce next president Says only traitors will compete with ex-governor The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), yesterday, said it was in support of power shift to the South-West in the 2023 presidential election, adding that if Tinubu gets the ticket of his party, it will support him. Secretary-General […]

Senator Liyel Imoke, a former governor of Cross River State as well as former Minister of Power and Steel, in this interview with select journalists, said Governor Ben Ayade’s defection to All Progressives Congress (APC) did not alter the strength or cohesion of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Recently your successor, Governor Ben […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the All Progressives Congress will decide who succeeds him as president and not himself. He said this on Thursday while fielding questions from journalists of Arise TV during an exclusive interview. The President said, “About succession, what this admin can do is to make sure APC lasts beyond this administration. “We […]

President Muhammad Buhari has said no one has the power to decide for the ruling All Progressive Congress on zoning. “You cannot sit there in Lagos, for instance, and decide on the fate of APC on zoning,” he said during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday. “Therefore we should allow the party to decide.” […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has raked in N315 million from the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms to aspirants jostling for the party’s governorship ticket for the November 6 Anambra State Governorship elections. At the close of sales and submission of nomination and expression of interest forms yesterday, it was gathered […]