Category: Politics

• Say commission must reinvent self ahead of 2019 polls • Party’s committee to produce consensus presidential candidate • Buhari, El-Rufai, Ambode, others get nomination forms Few months to the 2019 general elections, Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday passed a vote of no confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, […]

Thirty five days to his leaving office, outgoing Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Sunday says his handover note is ready for the scrutiny of people making enquiries about his government. Fayose had snubbed the request by the Transition Committee set up by Incoming-Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for certain records of his tenure, claimeing […]

Caption: President Muhammadu Buhari (middle) and representatives of Nigerian youths in 36 states of the Federation, during the signing of the Not Too Young To Run Bill at the State House, Abuja. Photo: Philip Ojisua – say such monetisation of politics automatically excludes many good aspirants – It is only for the serious minded – […]

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and one of his predecessors, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, have continued to exchange banters for and against the sensitive issue of restructuring, with the latter insisting that Nigeria is long overdue for political and economic restructuring. Earlier on Tuesday, in an open letter to the editor of Premium Times, Osinbajo […]

As part of the build up to the September 22 governorship poll in Osun State, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Olalekan Badmus, on Tuesday expressed optimism that Governor Rauf Aregbesola would hand over reins of governance to the party’s standard bearer, Mr Gboyega Isiaka Oyetola, saying the coast had beeen cleared […]

– flays Aregbesola for tempering with LGs A former Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, has warned against rigging in the September 22 governorship election in Osun State, saying, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) will resist any action that will tamper with the victory of its candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore, at the polls. Adesiyan, […]

The General Overseer in charge of The Way of Holiness Chapel (TWHC) Pastor Johnson Falade, has predicted that it has been revealed to him that the 2019 general elections would be free, fair and devoid of violence. Falade, who is also a senior lecturer at the Department of Linguistic Studies, Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) […]

– accuse former party of nepotism Ahead of the September 22 governorship election in Osun State, three members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state House of Assembly on Saturday defected to the Action Democratic Party (ADP). The three defectors – Tajudeen Famuyide (Ilesha-West), Debo Akanbi (Ede North) and Abdullahi Ibrahim (Iwo) – […]

A group, Re-elect Buhari Movement, has said that most of the people condemning President Muhammadu Buhari, who is seeking a second term in office, are doing so because his administration has enacted policies that are addressing the concerns of the common people in the country. According to the group, politicians and even some category of […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that in view of his overwhelming supporters in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the party would have no option than give him the ticket to contest the forthcoming presidential election. He therefore appealed to his supporters to follow him to the national headquarters of the party when he […]