Category: Politics

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 […]

Work against Okowa, Delta APC chieftain begs southern leaders The dust threw up by the emergence of Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as presidential running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is yet to settle. His choice has divided PDP governors and their predecessors. Some are bitter that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike was dumped for […]

By Banji Ayoola Southern and Middle Belt leaders have described Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as a traitor for accepting to be the Vice Presidential candidate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, another northerner, in the 2023 elections, contrary to the collective position of all the Southern governors. The 17 Southern governors at meetings in Asaba, Delta […]

Warns INEC against substituting names of elected candidates A group, Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to take the country to inglorious days, when impunity reigned, by substituting the names of validly elected candidates in the just concluded political parties’ primaries with people that did […]

A former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, has commended the leadership and members of the Yoruba Ronu Group, YRG, who paid him a visit at his country home in Ila-Orogun, Osun State, for their selfless devotion to the cause of the Yoruba race. […]