Category: Politics

By Banji Ayoola Senator Tayo Alasoadura, who represents Ondo Central Senatorial District in the Senate, has kicked off his reelection campaign with a charge by the state government on members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to begin a door to door campaign statewide to ensure the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. While openly endorsing […]

A confidence vote was on Thursday unanimously passed on Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, by the state House of Assembly, for his laudable policies and programmes in his first 100 days in office, even as he presented a whopping N156 billion debt profile. .It was at a special plenary sitting at the Assembly’s complex, […]

Ahead of the general election, an election observer coalition, the Situation Room, has expressed concern over what it described as scary message coming from the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The minister had on Monday raised the alarm, accusing some unnamed opposition parties of planning to cause mayhem during the forthcoming elections, […]

Ezekwesili expresses concern over insecurity, vowed to tackle menace if elected President The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against taking sides in the general elections. In its New Year message, the association urged government not to involve the military in the polls, to prevent voter intimidation. It […]

Activities for 2019 general elections are in top gear in Enugu State. In some public places, joints and eateries, residents talk about the exercise and what the outcome could be.The city is awash with campaign posters and billboards. The airwaves are not left out, as they are saturated with competing jingles of candidates and political […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of All Progressives Congress (APC) with Khadija Abdullahi-Iya of Alliance for New Nigeria, ANN (second-right); Ganiyu Galadima of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN (right); Peter Obi of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP (second-left) and Umar Getso of Young Progressives Party, YPP (left ) during the Vice-Presidential Debate in Abuja…yesterday PHOTO: NOVO ISIORO […]

Members of the House of Representatives have begun moves to return the country to a parliamentary system of government. A bill aimed at amending the 1999 Constitution to achieve the goal was presented on the floor of the House on Thurs day during a plenary presided over by Speaker Yakubu Dogara. About 71 members of […]

APC Reps will thwart such moves  – Gbajabiamila Chairman Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Walid Jibrin, has urged the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto and pass the amendments on the Electoral Act into law. He spoke with newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia. He said that the continuous […]

As the countdown to the 2019 general election continues, the capability and capacity of Nigeria to conduct credible, free and fair poll is becoming an issue as heated arguments about political schemes and attempts to manipulate the process continue to rage. The recent verbal exchange between the two dominant political parties, All Progressives Congress (APC), […]

Lagos State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to ensure eradication of gridlocks on roads if elected governor in the 2019 elections. “I have come up with five levels of plans called the five pillars. The first one is traffic management and transportation, we are going to be heavy […]