Politics

Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said the last general election where the incumbent Presiden, Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was defeated by opposition candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was a significant landmark in the country’s democratic experiment. Ndoma-Egba, representing Cross River …

All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to call his aides to order in order to prevent them from overheating the polity over ‘their incautious statements, especially relating to the transition of power.’ In a statement issued in Abuja, Thursday, and signed by the APC’s National Publicity Secretary, …

Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has split into two factions leading to the emergence of separate chairmen, namely; Hon. Ben Nwaobashi and Pastor Eze Nwachukwu Eze. Members of the party including the four suspended officers; Engr. Ngaji Nwodoh, Ephraim Eze, Pastor Eze Nwachukwu and Prof. Francis …

The president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has promised to revisit the controversial ceding of the Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroun. Buhari who made the promise when a group of non-partisan Cross River State indigenes paid him a courtesy visit at the Defence House, in Abuja, noted that his …

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of ‘setting traps for the incoming government of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)’ through last-minute removal and subsequent appointment of new heads of strategic government parastatals. The allegation, contained in a statement issued, Tuesday in Port Harcourt, …

President of the Senate, David Mark, has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop bickering and face the new task of providing a credible and formidable opposition in the country. This is contained in a statement issued by Mark’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Paul Mumeh. The statement …

National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has constituted a post-election assessment committee to review and evaluate the party`s performance in the just concluded general elections. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Olisa Metuh, the PDP National Publicity Secretary in Abuja. The statement said …

President Goodluck Jonathan has said he remains the most documented president in the history of Nigeria, due largely to the works of his Special Adviser on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr Oronto Douglas. The President was paying tribute to late Douglas at the end of a commendation service in his …

  The Southwest caucus of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has backed calls for the Chairman of the party, AlhajiAdamu Muazu and other members of the National Working Committee to resign their positions. It would be recalled that the Party’s Governors’ Forum had asked the National Chairman of the …

President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday said all members of the Peoples Democratic Party who defected to the All Progressives Congress because he lost the March 28 presidential election would return ‘with empty stomachs,’ saying the leaders of the APC ‘would first settle their existing members before thinking of settling defectors.’ He …

  Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bro Felix Obuah has described the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC), that the state’s Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike plans to defect to the APC as malicious, ‘baseless and a mere wishful thinking of the propagators …

  Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described comments credited to Mr. Sam Woka, claiming that about 25 political parties have so far indicated interest to participate in the Amaechi-proposed Local Government polls in the State, as ‘outright falsehood.’ In faulting Woka’s claims, the PDP said …

President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has said the Boko Haram insurgents will be denied a recruitment base the moment our local communities realize that its claim to being a religious group is nothing but a fraud. “The fraud called Boko Haram can be defeated by denying it a recruitment base,” General …

Following the declaration of the incumbent Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the 2015 gubernatorial election in Imo State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), major roads in Owerri North council area were last Sunday, April 26 blocked and thrown into jubilation …

The 7-man panel constituted by the Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Olasehinde Kumuyi to investigate allegations of misconduct levelled against the Deputy Governor of the state, Alli Olanusi has submitted its report, finding Olanusi guilty on most of the charges. Subsequently, the House of Assembly, Monday morning, impeached the …

  Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged a ‘looting spree’ at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital as well as in some Ministries and parastatals as Governor Chubuike Amaechi prepares to exit the seat of government on May 29, 2015. Frowning at …

  Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Gesila Khan, for blocking the party from having access to ‘evidence of monumental rigging’ of the March 28 and April 11 elections in the state. The party in a statement made available …

President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that his meeting with the President-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, at the Aso Rock Villa , Friday was to further their conversation on the well being of the country. The meeting, which lasted nearly 30 minutes, was held behind closed doors. It was Buhari’s second visit …

  Congress of national vice-chairmen and state chairmen of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday directed all the party candidates who believe that they were short-changed in the general election, to channel their reports and grievances through their state chairmen. At a post-mortem meeting they held in Abuja they also “resolved …

Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has called on the people of Abia State to choose the surest path to accelerated development and all-round renewal of their state by voting for Dr. Alex Otti in the gubernatorial election that is rescheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2015 in select parts …

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose and President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Com Ayuba Wabba, Thursday, stated that the crisis created by the impeachment plot against the governor was being blown beyond proportion by members of the opposition. The duo spoke yesterday during the commencement of the …

  National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been deployed to Imo, Abia and Taraba States, where supplementary governorship elections are to be conducted on Saturday, April 25. They are to re-inforce the INEC staff on ground in the states to ensure that the polls are free, …

  The two main contenders in the Abia State Governorship poll, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), have given conditions for their participation in the April 25 supplementary poll. Returning Officer, Professor Benjamin Ozumba had declared the April 11 election inconclusive after PDP’s …

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter has described the planned conduct of the Local Government Council elections in the 22 Local Government Areas, LGAs in the State which was announced by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) as illegal, provocative and a waste of resources. The party …

This is a special moment in the life of the Nation, as Nigeria has just undertaken, for the first time in its 55-year history, an inter-party, civilian-to-civilian, transition at the national level. First of all, let me congratulate Nigerians on the successful and peaceful conduct of the just-concluded elections. I …