Category: Politics

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed are to be presented as northern consensus candidates ahead of the People’s Democratic Party presidential primary. The decision was a part of the recommendations of a committee set up by four major northern presidential aspirants in PDP to form a consensus among themselves. Sokoto […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he is yet to decide whether or not to yield to pressure by different groups urging him to contest the 2023 presidential election. He said this on Friday in Abuja when his committee of friends and some youths from across the country visited him at his Foundation office in Maitama, […]

The duo of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have both emerged the most preferred presidential aspirants in the general elections scheduled for February 2023. The result was drawn from a survey conducted by Nextier, a multi-competency advisory […]

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has told delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State that if he secures the party’s ticket and wins the election, he will take the war to bandits. He said: “The one problem that our PDP government (under me if elected) must solve is to bring down the […]

PDP National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu The opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday extended the deadline for the submission of forms for a fourth time. However, impeccable sources said that the party decided to extend the sale of forms in order to accommodate defectors from the All Progressives Congress across the 36 states. The last […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission will spend not less than N239.2bn on procuring voting materials and vehicles that will be used in the 2023 general election. This is according to the 2023 General Election Project Plan that was launched by INEC in Abuja on Thursday. The commission stated that N239.2bn, which constitutes 78.44 per cent […]

Posters of Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan were seen in some part of Lagos State and FCT, Abuja at early hours of Friday 21st of January, 2022. They were posted courtesy of “Greater Nigeria Ambassador GRENA),” with the inscription “Pls run, Nigerians are calling again.” The posters calling on him to run again for […]

Members of the progressive group (TPP) have expressed the readiness to procure the All progressive congress (APC) expression of interest and nomination forms for the Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo in pursuit of his presidential ambition. TPP’s chairman, Senator Kabiru Gaya, who made this known to reporters in Abuja, explained that the gesture speaks volume […]

By Banji Ayoola The pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere,  and other notable Nigerians including some senior advocates, and the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Tuesday, faulted eminent lawyer and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola, on his call for the postponement of the 2023 elections and an interim administration to […]

The media office of Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who is also a presidential hopeful, says the party leader is being targeted by a “blasphemous campaign”. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the media office said the creators of the campaign plan is to incite animosity against Tinubu. “The […]