Category: Politics

Bickering within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over who becomes president of the Ninth Senate came to the fore on Tuesday with former Senate Majority Leader Muhammed Ali Ndume criticising the endorsement of Senate Leader Ahmed Lawan by President Muhammadu Buhari and the party’s leadership. Ndume described the validation as unconstitutional and undemocratic, saying […]

Barring any unforeseen circumstance, the governorship candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, Mr Seyi Makinde will be declared the winner of the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State. Makinde defeated the candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Mr Adebayo Adelabu with about 150, 000 votes. As at the time of filing this report, […]

At last, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, winner of the Ondo South Senatorial District supplementary election. INEC Returning Officer for Ondo South, Prof Kayode Onifade, declared him winner having polled 81,892 to defeat incumbent ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Yele Omogunwa, who […]

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship and Houses of Assembly elections, 36 political parties, have declared support for the re-election bid of Governor Samuel Ortom. The parties, on the platform of Forum of Registered Political Parties, Benue State chapter, made the declaration through the forum’s Chairman, Mr. Godwin Odeh, when leaders of the parties paid a solidarity […]

The Buhari/Osinbajo Continuity Group has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for running a successful, peaceful presidential election which has seen the him emerged as the president-elect. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by its Director of Communications, Mr Steve Otaloro, the group wished President Buhari well in his second term. The statement said that BOCOG […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to probe the $16 billion invested in the power sector by his predecessor in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. He pledged that every kobo would be recovered and anyone found wanting exposed. Speaking during an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the president stated that he is unrelenting […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has distanced itself from the claims by the leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that it is working for the opposition party. Besides, INEC said the exclusion of APC in Zamfara State was purely a judicial matter and not a decision of the commission. Reacting to the allegations […]

Police arrest 28 suspects, vow to deal with troublemakers Emir Sanusi sues for peace Atiku takes campaign to the doorsteps of Kano’s Emir Suspected hoodlums have invaded the house of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Kano, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, and set it ablaze. This came barely 24 hours after violence forced the […]

• APM supporters hurl items at ruling party’s guber candidate, Abiodun• President vows to punish agents of trouble• Why Buhari must go, by Jonathan, Atiku, Tambuwal, Wike A dress rehearsal of what is likely to happen during the general elections in Ogun State played out on Monday, forcing the presidential rally of the All Progressives […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday assured that he is all out for free, fair and credible elections starting on Saturday He visited Yenagoa, Bayelsa State and Port Harcourt, Rivers State where he spoke at a meeting with traditional rulers at the secretariat complexes of the Councils of Traditional Rulers of the two states. In a […]