Politics

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 […]

President-elect, Donald Trump has reappointed Tom Homan, his former acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to serve as “border czar” in his new administration. Trump made this known via his Truth Social platform on Sunday. “I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will […]

No fewer than 30 top officials will be retiring alongside the Clerk to the National Assembly, Magaji Tambawal. Based on parliamentary practices, Tambawal began his pre-retirement leave on November 1, 2024, having handed over to his deputy, Kamouroudeen Ogundele. Tambawal, who was first appointed acting Clerk to the National Assembly in November 2022 and later […]

United States President Joe Biden will address the nation on Thursday, committing to a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump after his political rival secured a decisive victory over Kamala Harris in the recent election. In what is expected to be a solemn moment for Biden, he will speak from the White House Rose […]

Donald Trump has sealed a historic victory in the US presidential election and completed his stunning political comeback. The Republican comfortably defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in what polls had suggested would be a very tight election, after he swept several key battleground states and won a commanding lead in the national popular vote. He becomes […]

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has called on indigenes of the state in Ondo State to vote for Agboola Ajayi, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the November 16 gubernatorial election. His call is coming even as the indigenes of the state have declared support for the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Agboola. Governor […]

Former Republican president Donald Trump closed in on a new term in the White House early on Wednesday, needing just a handful of electoral votes to defeat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. US media have so far projected that Trump has won in more than half of the 50 US states, including three key battlegrounds: […]