Politics

By Bolaji Buhari Lagos, Dec.19, 2018 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party already in panic mode, ahead of elections in 2019. Agbaje, in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, said the ruling party …

Robert Awokuse Lagos Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has promised to move Lagos from the league of dirtiest cities in the world to one of the neatest and cleanest. “Health is wealth. Cleanliness is also next to Godliness,” Agbaje said. “Unfortunately, the opposite of those two …

The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus have enjoined the people of the North east region to join the rest of the country in the mission to rescue Nigeria.  Atiku and …

The leadership of the National Assembly has directed the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to ensure adequate security within the vicinity of the National Assembly from Tuesday morning to enable members and staff come in and perform their legitimate duties without any hindrance. The directive, according to a statement …

Mr. Valentine Obienyem, Media Adviser to the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to disregard those going about debunking, as incorrect, the data used by Mr. Peter Obi to support his points during the 2018 Vice Presidential Debate. Mr. Obienyem …

Greatness is nothing but repeated excellence. The  Vice Presidential debate might have come and gone, but it engraved an indelible impression on my mind and that of so many Nigerians. The fiercest and strategic battle of the 21st century, is not that of weapons and physical strength, but contestation of …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has approved the names of 12 nominees into the National  Assembly Service Commission (NASC). They include Senator Joy Emordi (Anambra) who is being proposed as the Chairman,  Nuhu Musa (Jigawa), Hon. Bilyaminu Yusuf Shinkafi (Kebbi), Barr. Femi Agge (Edo), Uthman Olakunle Taofeek (Lagos), Prince …

Robert Awokuse The 37 state chairmen of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, have rejected the Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf-led court order which declared Prof Jerry Gana as the presidential candidate of the party. Recall that an FCT High Court had on Friday declared Gana the winner of the presidential primary election …

Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State have been formally presented with letters of notification from the Board of Editors of Vanguard Media Limited, in respect of their nomination for the Vanguard Governor of the Year 2018 Award. The letters were presented to the …

Robert Awokuse The 2019 general elections in Nigeria gradually inches towards its climax as the electioneering Friday, December 14,  at 1900hrs local time, recorded yet another landmark. There were exchanges of verbal fireworks as the Vice Presidential candidates of five parties squared up at a debate in Abuja, organised by …

With some two months to the almighty presidential election in Nigeria, one cannot but feel encapsulated in the frenetic build up to that day. Although for now, there seems a situation that can be likened to the calm before a storm, political watchers know for sure that it is all …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has advised that fighting corruption should not be regarded as an economic policy, arguing that once strong institutions are built, they will automatically put a wedge to corruption. Obi was speaking on Wednesday in Enugu at the …

When the presidential flag-bearer of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku nominated Mr. Peter Obi as his running mate, joy was universal. In the political history of Nigeria, no such nomination was greeted with the type of elation with which Nigerians welcomed it. From North to South and East to West, the citizenry proclaimed Atiku’s choice as the best Nigeria has witnessed preparatory …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on the United States Government to mount pressure on the Federal Government against using the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to manipulate the 2019 elections. Addressing journalists after a meeting with the United States Consul General to Nigeria, Mr …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has alerted the nation that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigeria Police leadership have entered into a secret pact with the All Progressives Congress, APC, to cripple PDP controlled states and ensure they lose …

  Washington DC (Please click on pictures for full view) Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, the Imo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, at a major policy speech at the prestigious National Press Club in Washington DC, unveiled a detailed plan on how he would grow the Imo State economy …

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  on Friday met at the PDP Campaign Office in Port Harcourt, where they discussed key issues ahead of the party’s victory during the forthcoming 2019 General elections. The PDP  Presidential Candidate and Former Vice President,  Atiku Abubakar, PDP Vice Presidential Candidate and Former …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has warned the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA and other federal agencies raising money for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential campaign to be ready for the consequences. Prince Secondus, who declared the APC administration as the most corrupt …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has assured stakeholders in the oil and gas sector that the National Assembly will ensure the deployment of all available legislative tools to ensure that there is transparency, fairness, investment security and due process in all Joint Venture Agreements and other …

  nuzoma@yahoo.com The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flag bearer for the Imo State governorship Elections in 2019, Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha is currently in USA on a seven days long sensitization and interaction with Imo in diaspora on his governorship bid. The former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives has been …

 Former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives and Imo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship Candidate, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON has arrived the United States of America for a 7 day official visit, invigorated by the reception of his economic vision for Imo State, by both local and international interest …

Ordinarily, it would have been morally wrong for any political party in Imo State to field anyone from Orlu senatorial zone as governorship candidate in the 2019 election. Such choice(s) would not have accorded with the principles of equity, justice and good conscience. The reason is simple: Orlu zone has …