NEW All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday pledged to get cracking immediately and work towards redressing all perceived cases of injustice within the party. He spoke in Abuja at the swearing-in of the newly elected members of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, led by him, where they also took […]
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FORMER Vice President, Alaji Atiku Abubakar visited the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja on Friday and called for transparent presidential primaries ahead of the 2019 general elections. He said he was at the party’s headquarters to inform the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party of his intention to fulfill his […]
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THE National Assembly has debunked the allegation by President Muhammadu Buhari that it padded the 2018 budget by smuggling in frivolous projects. At a press conference addressed jointly by its two chambers in Abuja on Friday, it said that it acted in the national interest saying “the number of projects had to be increased in order […]
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THE All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to elect a new set of its national executive committee, headed by veteran labour leader and immediate past Governor of Edo State, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, in Abuja on Saturday. At the party\’s national convention, about 6,000 delegates will elect 42 men and women to steer the affairs […]
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LABOUR veteran and former Edo State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday emerged as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He emerged unopposed at the party\’s national convention which also affirmed the election of 22 other members of the party\’s National Working Committee. They include former Ekiti State Governor, Otunba Niyi Adebayo […]
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NIGERIAN Intervention Movement, which is chaired by former National President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and a foremost human rights activist, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has adopted Alliance for New Nigeria as the political party to contest the 2019 general elections. The political movement, co-chaired by Dr. Abdul Jelil-Tafawa Balewa, announced its adoption of […]
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disqualified the candidate of the Providence People’s Congress (PPC), Mr Stephen Obasola, and expunged his name from the list of candidates for the July 14 Ekiti State Governorship election. Reacting, the party has threatened to sue the electoral umpire for these actions. Obasola had emerged through a primary supervised by […]
Continue ReadingFORMER Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has been described as an asset for the Labour Party, LP, in view of his outstanding performance and record of service as governor, whose qualities will attract fine minds from the nation\’s political circle into the party, according to an ex National Secretary of the party, Dr. […]
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DISTINGUISHED ladies and gentlemen, I most humbly announce to Nigerians today my decision to quit the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), and return to Labour Party (LP), my true political family. I have taken this decision out of the conviction on the need to catalyze a greater focus on the ideological content of the Nigerian political […]
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By Taoheed Ajao Taoheed wrote: \”Five years ago, June 2013, while on a visit to my children in Arundel, Maryland, USA, I wrote the piece below on the June 12 agitation, its appropriateness for our Democracy Day and MKO Abiola\’s place in history. The vindication of the essence of the essay recently by President […]
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