Politics

Adedeji Egbebi  Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, led creme de la creme in the All Progressives Congress, (APC) to Ekiti to kick start the campaign for the candidate of the party in the July 14 gubernatorial election, Dr Kayode Fayemi.Addressing the crowd at the Oluyemi Kayode stadium, Ado-Ekiti, …

The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani has said that he and other aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will quit the party if the identified challenges were not resolved. The Senator spoke to journalists, who paid him Sallah homage in Kaduna, adding that he will …

 Former Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye has said that Governor Ayo Fayose should be held responsible for the upsurge in violence in the state ahead of the July 14 governorship poll. Adeyeye, in a statement on Monday by his media aide, Niyi Ojo, expressed sadness over the …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has sworn-in the 23 Local Government Council Chairmen elected during the June 16, 2018 Local Government  Elections conducted by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). Performing the swearing-in at the Executive Council Chambers on Monday, Governor Wike charged the council chairmen  to prioritise …

 David Amusa, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has declared the results and winners of the local government council elections conducted on Saturday June 16, 2018. Declaring the results at a press conference held at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, on Sunday, the Chairman and Chief …

  By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that its guidelines for the 2019 presidential primary election was not yet ready. The party disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Organising Secretary, Retired Col. Austin Akobundu on Sunday in Abuja. Akobundu said that the clarification …

  The Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention holding on June 23 in Abuja will be hitch-free. Speaking on the forthcoming convention, Okechukwu told newsmen in Enugu on Sunday that there was no cause for alarm. He …

History was made in Enugu State on Saturday, as all the traditional rulers of the 450 autonomous communities in the state unanimously endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a second term in office. The Royal Fathers, who converged on the popular Michael Okpara square, Enugu for what they described as a …

Huge crowds snarled Dr Kayode Fayemi’s campaign trail Saturday as Governor Rotimi Akeredolu joined the All Progressives Congress candidate in continuation of his visits to parts of Ekiti State selling his manifesto ahead of July 14 ballot. Fayemi travelled through the maze of hills of Efon and Ekiti South West …

  By Ifeanyi Olannye  The national executives of Change Advocates of Nigeria (CAN), Nigeria and Diaspora have endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office come 2019. The body in a statement signed by its National Youths Leader, Gabriel Nwajei, which was made available to newsmen on Saturday …

As the 2019 election draws close, Gombe State Governor and a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential hopeful has called on Nigerians aspiring to political positions to learn how to concede defeat in good faith. Governor Dankwambo stated this at the Government House shortly after the eid prayers marking the end …

 David Amusa, Port Harcourt                                                                   The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has formally announced that the Local Government Council elections will hold on Saturday June 16, 2018. In a press statement issued in Port Harcourt and made available to newsmen, the Chairman and chief Electoral Commissioner, Hon. Justice C.I. Uriri …

  Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians, especially the priests of God, to continue talking about all aspects of governance in the country. He warned that the danger in keeping quiet is that those in authority might be sufficiently shielded by their aides from knowing …

Muftau Adediran Former Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Thursday formally retraced his steps back into the Labour Party (LP) at a rally held in Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government area of the state The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mimiko had on Wednesday resigned …

By Joan Nwagwu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Labour Party have rejected plans by the immediate past Governor of Ondo state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko to return the Labour Party. Dr Mike Omotosho, Chairman, Labour Party made this known while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Omotosho said the …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday denied reports that key leaders of the party had endorsed one of its presidential aspirants as candidate for the 2019 elections. The party made the denial in a statement issued by its National Organising Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (retd) in Abuja. Akobundu …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha  Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has urged politicians to let June 12 and all it embodied to inspire them to promote democratic principles, especially as Nigerians prepared for 2019 polls.Abubakar made the call in a statement he issued on Monday in Abuja to mark the 25th anniversary of June 12. …

By Abujah Racheal  Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for designating June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. The commendation was contained in a letter Nwosu wrote to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation ( SGF), Boss Mustapha on Monday …

By Ismaila Chafe   President Muhammadu Buhari says he stopped his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina from replying former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter against his administration because of Adesina’s age. The president explained the reasons when members of Buhari Support Organisation visited him at the Presidential Villa, …

By Emmanuel Mogbede  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has charged Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo to explore internal dispute resolution mechanisms provided in its Constitution to address perceived grievances among party members. The party gave the charge in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Friday …

  A Professor of Law, Joy Ezeilo has decried the non recognition of Prof Humphrey Nwosu, former Chairman of defunct National Electoral Commission of Nigeria who announced the 1993 presidential election result. Ezeilo, who is the Dean, Faculty of Law at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus expressed the worry …

  By Bolaji Buhari   The National Conscience Party (NCP) on Thursday hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of June 12 as  Democracy Day. The Lagos State Chairman of the party, Mr Fatai Ibu-Owo, made the praise in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Ibu-Owo said …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday hailed the announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari declaring June 12 as the New Democracy Day in honour of the late presumed winner of the June 12 1993 Presidential Election, Chief Moshood Kasimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola. The Governor, in a statement by his …

  The National Chairman of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to quit the stage now that it’s evident that he cannot hold the government and the country together. Reacting to Tuesday’s resolutions of the National Assembly threatening to invoke …