Category: Politics

The National Director General of the Support Groups for the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC., in the 2023 Election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dr Adebayo Shittu, has appointed an ex-Envoy and a former Senatorial Aspirant in Ondo State, Ambassador Sola Iji, as the Campaign Director General for all the Support Groups in […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it stands on the election and reports it received from state chapters as regards the primary election conducted in Akwa Ibom North and Yobe North senatorial districts. The electoral body through a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it declined to publish the names of the candidates submitted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial Districts, Senator Ahmed Lawan and Godswill Akpabio, because it didn’t monitor the primary elections that produced the duo. The Commission insisted that the constitution […]

Nigerian diplomats have advocated independence, respect for authority and self worth as the hallmark of politicians and people occupying high offices in the country. The former Nigeria’s ambassador to Brazil, Dr. Patrick Dele Cole, and former External Affairs Minister, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, who made the recommendations yesterday, on the heels of the resignation of the […]

Former Governor of Ekiti State and PDP stalwart, Ayo Fayose (left); Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigerian Governor’s Forum, Kayode Fayemi, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) during a private meeting with Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike (2nd right) in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State… on Friday Three […]

Some governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Friday met with the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, ahead of the 2023 elections. The governors include Kayode Fayemi; Rotimi Akeredolu and Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Ekiti, Ondo, and Lagos States respectively. Others in their entourage include the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Biodun Oyebanji; former […]

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State visit Rivers State Governor Nyseom Wike in Rivers State Ex-Ekiti State Governor and stalwart of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose on Friday led three governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to meet […]

The decision by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, to prefer the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has been likened to the case of a chicken that perches precariously on a rope and creates a world of unease for […]

A former presidential aide, Dr Doyin Okupe, has withdrawn from his position as running mate to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. Okupe, in a Twitter post on Thursday, said he had tendered his withdrawal letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and told Nigerians to await his party’s decision […]