Category: Politics

Buhari dangles carrot at meeting with 15 senators Kalu: defection now ruled out President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday waded into the All Progressives Congress (APC) post-primary crisis to avert further defections by its aggrieved senators. The President met with 15 of 22 aggrieved senators protesting their loss of party tickets at the shadow polls, urging them […]

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, said his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, and others who backed Wike for the Peoples Democratic Party vice-presidential ticket slot deserve a detailed explanation from the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. This as he also said he had resorted to fast and prayers to seek God’s direction after […]

Pledges support for Ekiti governor-elect, Oyebanji A former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has thrown his weight behind calls for a southern Presidency come 2023. In a tweet on Wednesday, he said, “The current President of Nigeria is a two-term northern Presidency, thus implying that it must be a southern Presidency in 2023 […]

The presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday, left the country for France. He departed Nigeria shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the morning. This was contained in a statement issued by Tinubu’s Spokesman, Tunde Rahman, in Abuja. The […]

Movie star, Tonto Dikeh, has said she is prepared to be Deputy Governor of Rivers State, noting that she has never failed in leadership. Dike, a single mother of one, also stated that she is ready to answer questions bordering on the controversies around her. The actress is the running mate to the governorship candidate […]

Adamu meets caucus amid fears of party losing majority The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday moved swiftly to avert a likely slide into the minority in the Senate. Eighteen more senators elected on the platform of the party are believed to be heading out to join opposition political parties. Should this happen, the APC […]

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Victor Umeh, has stated that the mass movement trailing the presidential aspiration of the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi, is giving the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, “sleepless nights” and “serious scare”. He stated this in an interactive section with some […]

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an investigation into Sunday’s attack on a bus conveying journalists on Lagos Island. This was contained in a statement by the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Monday. The journalists were attacked between Ebute-Ero and Adeniji, Iga-Iduganran, during the All Progressives Congress’ presidential candidate Bola […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Monday urged the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to learn from Chief M.K.O Abiola’s political achievements and mistakes. In a statement signed by the Vice Chairman, North East Zonal Chapter of CAN, Rev (Dr) Innocent Rubiruka Solomon, the apex Christian body noted that […]