Politics

SUPPORTERS of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, have flooded streets of the Federal Capital Territory, with his campaign posters. Several posters bearing colorful images of the former Lagos State governor were seen pasted in strategic locations within Abuja, on Sunday. Some of the areas …

President-General, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide, Olorogun Moses Taiga, in this interview with Okungbowa Aiwerie, bares his mind on restructuring, state police, power rotation and the forthcoming Delta State gubernatorial elections. Excerpts DESPITE agitation by stakeholders in the Niger-Delta region, the issue of sole administrator for the NDDC appears to …

  × Some aggrieved aspirants and members of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday visited the State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress to express their displeasure over the local government primary elections held on Saturday. The aspirants, who visited the State secretariat accompanied by their supporters, lamented how the …

There are indications that the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may cancel the results of the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area primary election, as well as those of Surulere, Ikorodu and Badagry LGAs held on Saturday, over reports of violence and electoral malpractices in the areas. …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed as false a report in the local media that Governor Udom Emmanuel was planning to defect from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Mr Emmanuel, who is doing his second term as governor, has also …

The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State says it has shifted primaries for its councillorship aspirants to May 28. This is to enable the party to conclude the screening of candidates ahead of the July 24 local government elections. The PDP Chairman in Lagos, Adedeji Doherty, told the News Agency …

Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has explained his absence from a meeting of leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West region on Sunday. APC chieftains including Bola Tinubu, Bisi Akande, and Olusegun Osoba; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Ogun …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the outcome of Monday’s meeting of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, as a political jamboree and a waste of time. The APC also lambasted the gathering as “unfortunate,” stating that instead of using the opportunity provided by …

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday, warned his counterparts from southern Nigeria against fighting the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), or blaming him for the problems of the country. The governor, who spoke while appearing on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme monitored by …

Ogun lawmaker, Hon. Oludare Kadiri, has disclosed that he has not met with Governor Dapo Abiodun since he was removed from his position as the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly in March this year. The Ogun Assembly lawmakers replaced him a week after, March 9, with Hon. …