Politics

By Bolaji Buhari Ojo (Lagos State), Jan. 31, 2019 Hoodlums on Thursday attacked the campaign convoy of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje at Iba in Ojo, West of Lagos. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) political correspondent reports that the convoy had …

By EricJames Ochigbo/ Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, Jan. 30, 2019 The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abubakar Atiku on Wednesday said he would address growing unemployment in the country if elected in the Feb. 16 poll. He made this known at a town hall meeting tagged ‘The Candidates’ …

By Yemi Adeleye Lagos, Jan. 30, 2019 The rift between the Lagos State House of Assembly and the executive arm may be taking another turn with the lawmakers reconvening for an emergency parliamentary session on Wednesday. The House had on Monday adjourned till Feb. 4, but with new developments, reconvened …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus says that President Muhammadu Buhari is now a full blown dictator with his true colour now out for all to see.. Prince Secondus, who was speaking at a rally in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state as the PDP Presidential campaign …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Jan. 29, 2019 The House of Representatives on Tuesday adjourned its plenary session until Feb. 19. The adjournment was sequel to a motion moved by the Deputy House Leader, Rep. Idriss Wase (APC-Plateau), at the plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, in …

By Yemi Adeleye Lagos, Jan. 28, 2019 The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday threatened to commence impeachment process against Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode over alleged gross misconducts. The House also summoned Ambode to appear before it within one week over his failure to formally present the 2019 Budget before …

Earlier Monday, the Senate of Nigeria filed a case in the highest court of the land, the Supreme Court, seeking its interpretation on whether President Muhammadu Buhari acted within the provision of the constitution in his suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Walter Nkannu Onnoghen or …

Robert Awokuse Senior lawyer Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) says the power to suspend or remove the Chief Justice of Nigeria vests in the Senate of the National Assembly. Agbakoba, who was reacting to the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari, described the development …

By Edward Ojiah Abuja, Jan. 26, 2019 The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has called on all parties to abide by the legal processes, following the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. The EU EOM made this known in an official statement released on Saturday. …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Walter Onoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari, as a coup against democracy and a deliberate attempt to endanger our hard-won democracy. Saraki, in a statement personally  signed by him stated that the suspension …

  Robert Awokuse The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje has said that the state has not experienced real governance in the last 20 years. Agbaje made this claim in Ikorodu during a meeting with members of the Committee of Indigenous Associations …

Robert Awokuse The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is too late for any candidate to withdraw from contesting any position in the upcoming elections. INEC said this while reacting to the withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili as presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). This …

Abuja, Jan. 24, 2019 The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has described as ‘null and void’, the purported expulsion of its Imo Governorship Candidate, Sen. Hope Uzodinma. Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja while reacting to the …

By Bolaji Buhari Lagos, Jan. 23, 2019 Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, and the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos, Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Wednesday visited the popular Computer Village in Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two candidates, along with …

 The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has urged the people of the South East region not to miss the opportunity of the 2019 general elections to reposition Nigeria and also return the geopolitical zone to the realm of power. Ekweremadu said that although the Peoples Democratic Party, …

Despite being denied access to the state’s stadium for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Jigawa state government, the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, met an unprecedented sea of heads in Dutse, the State’s capital, cheering and chanting Atiku! Atiku!Atiku! Atiku! The …

By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, Jan. 20, 2019 The All Progressives Congress (APC) says  that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is  being haunted by what he did while in office, especially with regards to the conduct of elections. Malam Lanre Issa- Onilu, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC,  stated this at …

 Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the national developmental stagnation that has destroyed the nation’s economy is a fallout of the cancellation of all the promises President Muhammadu Buhari made to Nigerians in 2015. Addressing thousands of Omuma people at the State Primary School, Eberi on Friday, …

By Huseyn Abubakar Mbar. Bauchi, Jan. 20, 2019 Six political parties in Bauchi State announced on Sunday that they have formed a common front to unseat incumbent All Progressives Congress, APC, governor, Muhammed Abubakar, during the forthcoming elections. The parties, led by an elder statesman, Alhaji Bello Kirfi, announced this …

After the successful Town Hall meeting of the Atiku Abubakar/Peter Obi Campaign Team on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, in New Jersey USA, the team has moved to Dallas Texas and would, today, Friday, January 18, 2019 hold a Town Hall meeting in the City.. The Town Hall meetings, being organized …

  Senator Chimaroke Nnamani who was former governor of Enugu State has thanked Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for giving him due recognition as the former first citizen of the state and facilitating his visit to the Government House, 12 years after he left office. Nnamani, who was given a heroic welcome …

Umuahia, Jan. 17, 2019 Mr Donatus Nwamkpa, factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  in Abia has vowed to appeal an Abuja High Court judgement affirming Chief Ikechi Emenike as the party’s governorship candidate. Nwamkpa also stated that no amount of intimidation, blackmail or sabotage would undermine the prospect …

 President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday warned against making the upcoming general elections “a do-or-die affair” even as he insisted that Nigerians must be allowed to exercise their right to choose who will represent them at all levels. Saraki, who made the declaration while welcoming his colleagues from …

The Igbo Canadian Community Association (ICCA), comprising all Igbos resident in Canada, has urged the Nigerian electorate to vote massively for Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and Mr. Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the February 16 polls. The association made the call in its Letter of Endorsement for …