Politics

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has criticized former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments on Nigeria’s recent elections. The group also expressed disapproval of the ex-president’s remarks targeting the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. It was recalled that during the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum held at Yale University […]

Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication has insisted that he is not a newcomer in the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bwala said he was only away from the party for like seven months. He stated this on Monday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the appointment of a credible leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission at all levels for electoral integrity. He made the call at the weekend via a recorded video address at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He stated that Nigerians […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo State chapter has warned the state governor, Monday Okpebholo, against taking credit for the construction of Temboga Road and other projects initiated and completed during the tenure of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki. The party issued the warning in a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the State Caretaker Committee, […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima; National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje; Governors Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Abdulrahman AbdulRasaq (Kwara), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) and other stalwarts, chieftains of the APC, on Wednesday, stormed Akure, the Ondo State capital, to drum up support for the party’s candidate in Saturday’s election, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The […]

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has accused the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed of being treacherous by conspiring with others to keep the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum chairmanship in the North. Wike said Mohammed called for the removal of the PDP’s acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum because he refused […]

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, Vice President Kashim Shettima, governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, national chairman of the party, Abdullai Ganduje and party stalwarts would on Wednesday (today) lead a ‘mega’ rally in support of the candidature of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. According to a statement by the National […]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has constituted a special three-member panel to handle political cases from Rivers State, with sittings scheduled to begin on Thursday, November 14. This move follows the escalating legal tussles stemming from a rift between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, the current Minister of the Federal Capital […]

Charles Udeogaranya, former All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, has described President Bola Tinubu’s representation at the Arab-Islamic Summit as a gross violation of the Nigerian Constitution. Vanguard reports that Udeogaranya argued that Nigeria is a secular state, asserting that Tinubu has committed an impeachable offense. According to him, the President swore to uphold the […]

Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has explained why he can’t form a coalition with the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. He said Obi isn’t different from other corrupt politicians, stressing that he’s only better at “packaging.” Sowore claimed that he had been contesting for the presidency long […]