Politics

  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 …

  The campaign train of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar/Peter Obi of the major opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has arrived the United States of America. A team from the campaign, made up of Professor Isa Odidi, of the Diaspora Directorate of the Presidential Campaign, Hon. Ejiofor Onyia …

 The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential campaign  train made a stop in the two South West states of Ekiti and Ondo on Monday with the Presidential Candidate of the party, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus charging the people to be ready to …

Aggrieved supporters of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Gombe state are planning to stage a protest at the APC Presidential and gubernatorial campaign secretariat, popularly known as APC Square. The protest, according to a source, is to draw attention to the refusal of the party campaign organization to pay …

 The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State has described the the flag off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) State campaign in Kaltungo, Gombe South, as the gathering of amateur actors and a charade that will not yield any result. Speaking to journalists shortly after the rally, the …

  Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has advised the Federal Government to ensure that its plans to put on trial the nation’s chief judicial officer, Hon. Justice Walter Onnoghen, does not cause chaos in the judicial system and that the due process is not compromised. Saraki in a statement …

THE Anioma Media Professionals (AMP) has commended Ijaw, Urhobo and Itsekiri leaders for their public support for equity in Delta State through their endorsement of a second term for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in this year’s general elections. AMP believes such stance would engender peace, unity and development in the state …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Jan. 12, 2019 A rally organised on Saturday by the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, suffered  a crisis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that supporters of the party’s governorship candidate in the state, Mr Hope Uzodinma,  and those of …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja,  Jan.  11, 2019 The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki on Friday, raised concern over his safety and those of his political supporters in his state, Kwara.   Saraki, Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, at a news conference in Abuja, accused the security agencies of  giving cover to …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to come out and engage the people with his record of performance if any and stop hiding in the Villa. Prince Secondus said that Nigerians must elect a President they can see and …

  The Senator representing the Rivers South-East Senatorial  District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus  Ngei Abe has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State still stands a chance of resolving its current crisis if stakeholders appreciate the sacrifices made by members to build the party and …

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, on Wednesday reechoed the call for restructuring as a way out of the challenges confronting Nigeria. Adams spoke in Ikeja at the launch of two books in his honour by the Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, to mark …