Category: Politics

A suit challenging the candidacy of Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress has been dismissed by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. A rights advocate and APC stalwart, Ngozika Ihuoma, had dragged Tinubu and the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to court on June 9 for allegedly violating extant […]

Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Sharon Ikeazor, has lamented the escalating violence against women in the political arena as the country prepares to hold elections next year. Similarly, a human rights lawyer, Frank Tietie, has urged the international community to place a travel ban on Nigerian leaders, especially state governors and other senior […]

The Director, Strategic Communications of the National Election Management Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dele Momodu, Tuesday, chided the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, over what he called his less than impressive engagement with his audience at the Chatham House, United Kingdom, on Monday. Momodu said chieftains of the APC were […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that further attack on G-5 Governors will attract the wrath of the Integrity Group as they will not hesitate to strike back. He urged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to caution members of the presidential campaign council of the party and […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is practically impossible to conduct elections and electoral activities successfully in an atmosphere of violence. It said Electoral Commissions in West Africa and beyond have expressed concern about the impact of prevailing insecurity on the conduct of elections, banditry and other forms of armed conflict. Consequently, […]

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right) and Managing Director, Risk, Ethics and Resilience at Chatham House, Alex Vines discuss his vision for Nigeria if elected president in London… yesterday. ‘I don’t do live interviews because I’m marketable’ Tinubu: Why I delegated el-Rufai, Ayade, others to answer questions Atiku Campaign […]

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said those inviting him for debates are only trying to use him to make money because he’s a marketable individual. The former governor of Lagos State said this at Chatham House in London on Monday, barely 24 hours after he snubbed a […]

APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu at Chatham House on Monday, December 5 2023… Credit: Twitter/ BashirAhmaad Responds to allegations of age falsification, family background, academic records Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday vowed to end the security challenges bewildering the country if elected as president in the […]

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party. This comes barely 48 hours after Dogara and some aggrieved northern APC leaders declared support for the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar. This followed several months of political permutations as the […]

There is alleged conspiracy to prevent the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from holding free, fair and credible 2023 general elections. This scheming had provoked stakeholders, who have warned that Nigeria may be set on the path of political crisis. The conspiracy skidded into top gear as politicians, who felt that the deployment of Bimodal […]