Politics

Seventeen of the 24 members of Edo State House of Assembly are backing the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Deputy Speaker Yekini Idiaye, who represents Akoko-Edo Constituency I, and four other members also pledged support for Ize-Iyamu. Idiaye was on Monday joined by Emmanuel Agbaje (Akoko-Edo Constituency …

Calculations for the 2023 Presidency, particularly regarding the significance of a northern Christian candidate, may have largely influenced the decision of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to return to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sources said the permutations uppermost on the minds of the …

Hon. Yakubu Dogara THE immediate past speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, is back in the All Progressives Congress (APC). The move, the ruling party says, is the first step in bringing back its members who left its fold in the run-up to the 2019 elections. Dogara …

Isa Pantami The honourable minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has denied buying houses for his wives after assumption of political office. The minister was reacting to a Sahara Reporters publication, alleging that he bought three houses for his three wives in highbrow areas of Abuja. In a …

The Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee has appointed Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike as Chairman, Edo State Governorship Election National Campaign Council. The party also appointed Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, as the deputy chairman of the council. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, announced this on …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has requested the approval of the Senate for the confirmation of 42 ambassadorial nominees. One of the nominees from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was appointed as career ambassador, while the rest are non-career nominees. Some of the non-career nominees are, former minister, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the provisional list of governorship aspirants for the forthcoming Edo governorship election. The INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement on Tuesday, said 15 political parties had signified interest to conduct primaries for nomination …

  All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu, says he pities those saying his purported ambition to be President in 2023 is dead. Tinubu said this in a statement on Saturday while reacting to the dissolution of the National Working Committee by President Muhammadu Buhari He said, “To those who have …

The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has stated that no PDP governor is decamping to APC describing the claim made by the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, as misleading and false. Recall that Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, had, while appearing on a TV …