Category: Politics

Yahaya Bello and Dino Melaye As the clock ticks on the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, the post-primary crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is getting messier as the internal mechanism to resolve the impasse has not produced positive results. Deepening the crisis were the decisions of Senator Smart Adeyemi and […]

The Governorship Candidate of All Progressives Congress in Rivers, Tonye Cole, on Tuesday, disclosed that the state chapter of the party was shocked to discover President Bola Tinubu appointed former Governor Nyesom Wike and some card-carrying members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party into his cabinet. While lamenting that their loyal supporters don’t deserve to […]

Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku, has approached the Supreme Court, seeking to nullify the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which, on September 6, upheld the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. Atiku, in a Notice of Appeal predicated on 35 grounds, insisted […]

• Wike’s men intensify moves to undermine ex-vice president Supporters of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have condemned calls for his suspension from the party, describing the demand as “baseless and unreasonable”. It emerged, yesterday, that agitation for Atiku’s suspension was generating a fresh storm, even as Minister of the Federal Capital […]

There is anxiety as President Bola Tinubu and 25 state governors await the verdicts of the tribunals handling the presidential, governorship, National Assembly, and state assembly election petitions. The panels are expected to deliver their judgments this month. Out of the 28 states where the governorship elections were held, the results of the polls announced […]

Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun The near absence of democracy at the local councils has not only crippled development at the grassroots but questions the democratic credentials of several state governors, who prefer to appoint loyalists as administrators and caretaker committees instead of conducting elections and allowing democratically elected officers to run the affairs of […]

By Danladi Bako Last Monday was a special day for the country as well as for some 45 anointed folks who were drafted into government at the centre as members of the Federal Executive Council of this great nation. It was marked with the swearing-in ceremony in the morning and lots of feasting, wining, and […]