Politics

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has enjoined the Aare Ona Kakanfo designate of Yorubaland, Otunba Gani Adams, to work for the unity of the country. Saraki made the call when Otunba Adams visited him in Abuja, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, …

The Rule of Law Development Foundation (RODLDF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reshuffle his cabinet for improved performance. Mr Joseph Daudu (SAN), the Coordinator of the Foundation, made the call while briefing newsmen on the state of the nation on Thursday in Abuja. “The President …

The call by the state chapter of Inter Party Advisory Counci (IPAC) on Cross River State governor, Senator Prof. Ben Ayade to resign, has been described as not only puerile, but a futile and febrile exercise oiled by a N100million financial inducement. Dismissing the call by IPAC, Deputy Chief Press …

Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Tuesday explained that the Governors’ Forum’s decision to grant Federal Government permission to utilize one billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account for security was taken in good fate. The governor was reacting to the controversy surrounding the approval given during the last National …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has charged the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ensure transparent and credible primaries ahead of the 2019 general election. He blamed the party’s defeat in the 2015 general election on lack of internal …

Battle lines were drawn for South Africa’s ANC on Monday as voting began to elect a new leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma as head of the party that has ruled since the end of apartheid but faced scandals and corruption allegations. A total of 4,776 delegates began casting their …

By Akeem Abas All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Saturday in Ibadan declared the death of opposition parties in Oyo State. Tinubu made the declaration during a mega rally at the ancient Mapo Hall, while receiving former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala, former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin and …

By Yakubu Uba Gov. Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa says he will rely on the current performance of his administration if he finally resolved to seek re-election in 2019. Bindow said this on Saturday at the presentation of a book on his administration titled “Performance Based Politics: The Bindow Model” written …

By Polycarp Auta The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Saturday said eight out of the 34 political parties existing in Plateau would feature candidates in the Feb. 17 local government elections in the state. The Secretary, Plateau IPAC, Mr Abubakar Dogara, disclosed this at a stakeholder’s engagement forum on election …

Following the Senate’s resolution in October on the state of drug and substance abuse around the nation, the Upper Chamber has moved to address the widespread use of drugs and other illegal substances through a stakeholder roundtable with state governments, local governments, traditional rulers, the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria and …

By Hilary Akalugwu Chief Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy President of the Senate, has advocated six-year single tenure for president, governors, National Assembly and state assembly members “to stop the problem caused by the quest for second term.” Ekweremadu made the call in Nsukka on Friday at the 3rd Adada Lecture …

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee and Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has declared that the committee had achieved its mission in the South West. The declaration came after two days of closed-door meetings with aggrieved PDP chairmanship candidates and party leaders in …

Dr. Obiora Okonkwo, who was on Wednesday declared Senator for Anambra Central by a Federal High Court in Abuja, has written the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding immediate issuance of a Certificate of Return to him, as ordered by the court. Justice John Tsoho had in a judgment on …

The West African country of Sierra Leone is holding its presidential election march next year with the ruling All Peoples Party having as its candidate a technocratic politician and former foreign minister, Dr Samura Kamara. Kamara had emerged as the consensus candidate after the ruling party national convention presided over …

The Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday advised leaders and members of the party to place priority on the future in order to actualize the PDP mandate to take over power in 2019. According …

A Federal High Court in Abuja, Wednesday, declared Dr. Obiora Okonkwo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as senator for the vacant Anambra Central Senatorial zone in Anambra state. The declaration followed a judgment by Justice John Tsoho over a motion on notice brought before him by Dr. Okonkwo. Dr. …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has put a lie to a speculation that he may be picked by President Muhammadu Buhari as his running mate in 2019, saying a report to that effect by SUN newspaper is a “classic case of utterly and irredeemably-fake …

Liberia will hold a delayed presidential run-off vote on Dec. 26, the electoral commission chief said. Former soccer star George Weah faces Vice-President Joseph Boakai in the poll that was held up for several weeks by a court challenge by the candidate who came third in round one. The winner …

The National Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Tuesday embarked on post-convention reconciliations by visiting key stakeholders who gave positive reaction on the imperative of a united and strengthened party. A candidate for the position of the National …

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has reacted to the Court of Appeal’s ruling on the decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, on the charges brought against him by the Federal Government. In his reaction, the Senate President, through a statement by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser (Media and …

By Martins Odeh The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has upturned Senate President Bukola Saraki’s acquittal by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The three-man panel led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson unanimously ruled that the Senate President return to the CCT to face trial on three counts out of the 18 …

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has clarified the misrepresentation in the statement attributed to him by Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, saying he never underrated the importance of governors in the party’s nomination process. He, however, explained that what he said in that encounter with journalists …

It is no longer news that the change mantra is a fraudulent transaction gone sour. Everywhere in Nigeria, people are yearning for a new direction. An immediate change to the evil change that has destroyed the foundation of the country. There is no single geo-political zone that is enjoying the …

The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has described the news coming out of Libya: the enslavement of Nigerians in that country as not only sad but also troubling. Speaking to the press in Oriental Hotel shortly after addressing the conference: Networking with the Giants, organized by African …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has scored the All Progressives Congress (APC)- led administration low on security, economy, job creation, and national unity. This was even as he described the 16 years that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in power as glorious years for the …