Politics

The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Dr Isaiah Osifo said, if elected governor in the September 21 election, he would replicate the performances of Peter Obi and Charles Soludo as governors of Anambra State under APGA. The APGA candidate described the party as a performing one. He also called on the electorates […]

Former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon Francis Okiye, a former governorship aspirant, under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Felix Akhabue, former Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Governor, Hin Kingsley Ehigiamusoe and thousands of their supporters on Sunday rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a rally in […]

A section of the Zamfara State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress has called on the National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, to intervene in the crisis rocking the state chapter which it described as worrisome. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the recent crisis in the state chapter of the party led to […]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Sunday, urged the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress to ensure that the current members of the National Assembly and state legislators retain their position in 2027. Abbas argued that lawmaking needs experience, hence, the need to ensure continuity. He called on the APC […]

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has met no fewer than 32 State Governors and forged a consensus to form a joint committee to resolve mining issues between both parties. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Segun Tomori. […]

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi said the biggest problem of Nigeria’s democracy is the judiciary and not the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Obi stated this at the fifth memorial of late Justice Anthony Aniagolu at the Godfrey Okoye University in Enugu. According to the former Anambra […]

A pressure group within the Labour Party, LP, known as Catalyst Committee, CC, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Judiciary not to succumb to political pressure and show conformity to the rule of law and the Electoral Act 2022, as amended, with regard to the candidacy of the party. The […]

Ahead of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has cautioned against the abuse of incumbency power. Yakubu noted that a situation where a ruling party denied the opposition access to campaign spaces often resulted in a breach of peace. He appealed for […]

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, clarified the distinction between corruption involving politicians and other individuals. Ndume explained that corruption within Nigerian politics is primarily instigated by people and shouldn’t necessarily result in severe punishment. Acknowledging that politicians do engage in corrupt practices, he emphasized that they often distribute the ill-gotten gains among the populace. […]