Politics

The Senate President,  Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has just been accorded a heroic reception by a mammoth crowd of supporters and admirers that gathered at Ilorin International Airport to welcome him to Ilorin,  his hometown, some ten days after the Supreme Court discharged and acquitted him of allegations of false …

Ariwodola Idowu Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Tuesday embarked  on a road show  in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, his first public appearance. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the governor was hailed  as he moved round the streets of the city. Fayose, who rounded …

Former Lagos governor and All Progressives Congress national stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the decision of the party’s National Working Committee approving a direct primary for electing the candidate in Osun will deepen internal democracy in the party. “When the history of this moment is written, those looking back …

Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has told former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, to suspend seeking his support for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s, Presidential ticket until they go to the negotiation table in future. Both Dankwambo and Atiku are aspirants to the PDP’s presidential ticket from the Northeast zone of …

A frontline presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, said at the weekend that, if elected president in 2019, he would declare war on poverty and injustices in the country. The Gombe State governor also said with the consultations going on on his …

Former vice-president and leading presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will be commencing a consultation and familiarization tour across the country beginning from July 16, 2018 ahead of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former number two citizen will begin with a scheduled visit to Gombe State …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has charged Nigerians who believe in democracy and rule of law not to be deterred by the obvious vote robbery in Ekiti State on Saturday because it would not stand the test of the Almighty. Prince Secondus said …

The people of the politically significant State of Ekiti have spoken against their Governor, outgoing governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, who told them that the governorship election they just had was a referendum on President Muhammadu Buhari. He said candidates Kayode Fayemi and Olusola Eleka were pawns and that he and …

Peter Amine  The Plateau Government has condemned the attack on the convoy of Gov. Simon Lalong by some hoodlums. Lalong’s convoy was attacked on Saturday while leaving an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp in Jos. A statement signed by Commissioner for Information and Communication Mr Yakubu Dati on Sunday said …

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Thursday picked holes on the position of President Muhammadu Buhari on the agitation for the restructuring of Nigeria, describing it as a threat to national security. According to him, Buhari’s comment that those pushing for the restructuring of the country were …

The Chairman Senate Committee Chairman on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, has said that Nigeria can be made great again, if the legislature as a matter of urgency empowers the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to go after recalcitrant obligors. He said that is …

  By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Wednesday’s physical attack on Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti by policemen deployed for Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, National Chairman of PDP Mr Uche Secondus, described the incident as “a …

Chairman of the South East Governors Forum and Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi says the zone will negotiate with whomever it will support in the 2019 presidential election on its wellbeing. Umahi made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abakaliki while receiving Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, a presidential aspirant under the …

Tuesday, the Nigerian Senate passed for Second Reading A Bill to Repeal and Re-enact the Police Act of 1943. This is following last week’s resolution by the Senate to direct its constitution review committee to put in place the machinery to amend the Constitution to allow for the creation of …

  By Emmanuel Oloniruha Former Vice President Atiku Abubarkar says the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) amongst the various opposition parties will end negative change in the country. He described the MoU as a watershed moment towards the consolidation of democracy, politics of purpose and citizens centred development in …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has assured that the coming together of various opposition political parties to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) would rescue Nigeria in 2019 and restore her on the path of democratic freedoms, joy, security, and development. Ekweremadu gave the assurance during …

 Pulling Imo people out of the clutches of poverty and propelling the economy of the state to prosperity were given at the weekend by Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu as reasons for joining the governorship race. “If our natural and human resources have been properly harnessed and judiciously managed, Imo would …

  The question was never whether the All Progressives Congress, APC, would unravel but when and how. Like Marxists would theorise, APC carried within itself the seeds of its own destruction. In other words, it harbours internal contradictions that led inexorably into destruction. It could not be helped. And it …

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has said Nigeria needs quintessential and selfless leaders like Mallam Adamu Ciroma  to rescue the country from the shackles of injustice,  misrule and underdevelopment.     A statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Francis Ottah Agbo, quoted Dickson as speaking on Sunday in …

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has told National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, that his “Edo State option” in Ekiti will fail. He stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win next Saturday’s poll because the people were behind the party. The Governor spoke in …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has hailed the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on their victories at the Supreme Court on Friday. Abubakar in a statement issued by his media office on Friday, in Abuja, said the judgments had further affirmed the judiciary …

By Emmanuel Mogbede  National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, says the party would not allow any form of rigging in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti.He stated this on Friday in Abuja in reaction to Ekiti Governor, Ayo Fayose’s allegation that the APC had plans …

  Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has reiterated his confidence in the judicial process and the ability of the Judiciary to do justice to all manner of men and in all circumstances.  In a statement personally signed by him after the judgement of the Supreme Court which upheld the …

The Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and some leaders of the ruling party of taking leadership of the APC illegally. Chairman of R-APC, Mr Buba Galadima, who made the allegation on Thursday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, also faulted the outcome of …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has declared that a vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC is a vote for the continuation of the killing of citizens across the country. Prince Secondus said this on Thursday in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state while presenting …