Category: Politics

– It’s all lies – APC The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has sent a petition to both the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of disrespecting the judiciary. It also accused the President and the Federal Government of engaging in what it described […]

One after the other, state chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday announced their decision not to comply with the directive of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The NEC, last week, had declared: “We wish to make the following clarifications on resolutions on mode of primary election. Primary elections into all elective […]

– sets N45m for presidential hopeful, N22.5m governorship The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the timetable for its primaries ahead of the 2019 general election. In the timetable signed by the National Organising Secretary of the party, Emmanuel Ibediro, the APC said the activities would start with the sale of forms from September 5 […]

– accuse parties of monetising political environment – say system favours the wealthy; fosters cronyism,corruption Nigeria’s two main political parties are asking election hopefuls to pay huge fees for the chance to stand at next year’s general election, in a move criticised as favouring the rich and well-connected. At the last nationwide vote in 2015, […]

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 […]