Category: Politics

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has said he is considering the possibility of heeding calls on him to contest the 2023 presidential election. He stated this during a chat with State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office in the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He also said competence and capacity should […]

Extensive and intensive pressures are being mounted on the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary planning Committee (CECPC), just as some stakeholders are mobilising to ensure there is no imposition of candidates during the forthcoming national convention of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign (APCLAC), led by Mr. Ismail Ahmed, recently […]

EDO State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has denied receiving the congratulatory letters written by the duo of former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, and the candidate of the APC in the last Edo State governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Obaseki, who spoke to his supporters along Ring Road, Benin, on Tuesday, said […]

set to contest 2023 presidential election condemns ‘reckless foreign borrowing‘ Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in the 2019 presidential elections, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has canvassed electoral reforms that will enable Nigerians abroad to vote from their countries of abode. Moghalu, who made […]

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki (middle); Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu (left) and Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie, (right), during a rally to celebrate the governor’s Supreme Court victory in Benin City…yesterday ‘Ruling end of godfather syndrome, freedom for Edo people’ Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, led citizens of the state, party […]

Stakeholders demand 1963 Constitution, state police, others Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has advocated the scrapping of the current National Assembly system due to its wastefulness, urging the legislative arm of government to embrace unicameral legislature. According to him, “we recommend, most enthusiastically, a return to the 1963 Republican Constitution. We will resolve many fundamental […]

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said that a national public hearing to alter the provisions of the 1999 constitution will hold on Thursday through Friday this week. He made this known on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the Special Assistant (Press) to the Senate President, Ezrel Tabiowo, “the 2-day National Public Hearing on […]

What did he go to Imo State for? That was the convergence of queries among political actors across the country, shortly after the news of killing of the Madagali, Adamawa State-born former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak wafted into social media. The confusion and controversy, which trailed the demise of the former […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State is set for local government primaries across the 377 wards in 57 councils. No fewer than 338 chairmanship and over 1, 200 councillorship aspirants have appeared before the Screening Committee in the last two weeks. The Appeal Committee is headed by former Deputy Governor Olufemi Pedro. The […]