Category: Politics

The All Progressives Congress has asked its aspirants for state assemblies, who are unable to buy nomination forms in their states, to come to the national secretariat of the party. The party, in a statement by its acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said the party had received complaints from some states assembly aspirants that […]

Oshiomhole, 2nd R, with others displaying the cheque The Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors’ Network, a group, on Wednesday in Abuja picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest the presidency in 2019. This made Buhari the first aspirant to pick the nomination form as the APC […]

National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu (left); APC Lagos Chairman, Tunde Balogun and Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, during the stakeholders’ meeting at the party’s secretariat in Lagos… on Monday As the 2019 general elections approach, there have been strong speculations that the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress […]

A two time Cross-Rivers State Governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Donald Duke on Tuesday formally dumped the Party for the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and declared his intention to run for the presidency under the Party in the 2019 general elections Duke who was also a former ‎Presidential Aspirant […]

Tourism has been identified as a major avenue which would increase the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of Osun State if the potentials are properly harnessed. Alliance for Democracy, AD, governorship candidate in the September 22 election, Architect Olugbenga Akintola through the Media Director of Atunse 2018, Mr Olaniyi Omotoso, said that once AD assumes office […]

• Party rules out automatic tickets amid protest • INEC raises the alarm over 10 million uncollected PVCs The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the National Assembly to override the vetoing of the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari. It said Buhari’s veto did not come as a surprise, alleging that […]

Former Kano state governor and presidential aspirant, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, citing alleged injustice meted out to him by his former party. Announcing the development, his media aide, Alhaji Sule Yau Sule, told Daily Trust that “the decision to dump the PDP […]

– cites unaddressed drafting issues following revisions – communicates decision to National Assembly President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018 due to “some drafting issues” that remain unaddressed following the prior revisions to the Bill. Sen. Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), […]

Youths under the aegis of Concerned Ondo North Youth, CONY, on Monday converged on Akure, the state capital to demonstrate their support for President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senator representing Ondo North District, Prof Ajayi Boroffice. They passed a vote of confidence in the two, who are seeking another term in office for what they […]

– Members kick The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, is stricken by a crisis of confidence as the Board of Trustees, BOT, and National Working Committee, NWC, of the party are feuding over the zoning of its presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections. Investigations showed that while the BOT had resolved that the party’s […]