Category: Politics

Aggrieved members of All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Magnus Abe have lambasted the Minister of Transportation and leader of the party in Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, for writing to the State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), that the APC will not participate in today’s election. The Abe faction had conducted primaries for the Local Councils elections and the chairmanship and […]

says Buhari, governors, stakeholders to decide Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has not decided to zone the presidency to the southern part of the country. It said that issues relating to zoning of the exalted seat of president of the country and key elective positions of […]

Posters of the immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, were sighted in conspicuous areas of Abuja on Tuesday, fueling speculations that he might soon declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. Our correspondent sighted some of the posters at the Wuse area of the nation’s capital and at the national secretariat of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has finally resolved to hold its South-West Congress in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Monday, April 12. The party stated this via a message tweeted by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan @OfficialPDPNig, on Thursday. Ologbondiyan said, “After extensively discussing the issues of concern in the South – […]

The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to organise a South West stakeholders meeting towards resolving the crisis in the zone, ahead of its zonal congresses. The PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said the NWC had scaled […]

The former senator, who represented Kaduna Central at the Eighth Senate, Shehu Sani, has warned Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to be careful in his dealings with northerners, especially their elite, saying that most of them are hypocrites that would pull him down in his presidential ambition. Sani, while shedding light on his recent tweet to Tinubu […]

Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has set off a fresh controversy in Rivers chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following his recent remarks suggesting the party’s 2023 governorship election ticket has been zoned to the riverine area. Amaechi, in his ongoing tour of the 23 local government areas of the state to boost the morale […]

APC group flays Bello, others’ ambition, opts for national chairmanship The earlier North Central decides whether it wants the presidential slot or the national chairmanship position of the two leading political parties ahead of the 2023 general election, the better. Otherwise, the region stands the risk of not getting anything tangible on the platforms of […]

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would continue to register political parties as long as they meet the stipulated requirements. Head of Department of Election and Party Monitoring, Aminu Idris, stated this, yesterday, at a roundtable on modalities for measuring political parties’ performance in Nigeria organised by Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), with […]

The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Monday dismissed four remaining petitions against Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy/running mate, Philip Shaibu. A three-man panel headed by Justice Yunusa Musa held that the petitions lacked merit. The petitioners challenged Obaseki’s qualification to contest the last September 19 governorship election, which […]