Politics

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly members yesterday got the nod to negotiate with the opposition in their bid for principal positions in the Ninth Assembly. It is democratic to do so, the party said in a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Lanre Issa-Onilu, who stressed that the party …

  Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the call by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to install an all-APC leadership in the National Assembly, is “no longer democracy”. Hunkuyi stated this while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics. “Adams Oshiomole is …

Rt Hon Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the Adamawa State governorship election. This followed the conclusion of collation of results of the supplementary governorship election which was conducted in 44 polling units in 14 local government areas of the state on Thursday. …

  Reno Omokri, former spokesman to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has advised the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to take a cue from what happened to Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, in the party. He alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC leadership “used” …

The Senate has advised the Federal Government to invest more in preventing corruption than fighting it. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Matthew Urhoghide, made the call when the Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr Anthony Ayine, appeared before the committee to defend the 2019 budget of his office …

The ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday said only the decision on the party’s preferred candidate for the position of the Senate President for the 9th Assembly had been taken. It said the zoning formula for the remaining positions in the Senate and those in the House of Representatives was …

The Peoples Democratic Party has said its candidate, Abba Yusuf, is the rightful winner of the Kano State governorship election, adding that any declaration that does not reflect such cannot stand. The party stated this on Sunday in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, following g the …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conclude the collation process for Rivers and Bauchi States, saying that the losers can approach the Election Tribunal to seek redress. PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, who made …

THE Lagos State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, has said no one will force him to quit the party. He blamed mischief-makers for the insinuations that he had dumped the PDP, adding it was a move to soil his reputation, provoke crisis within the party and dampen …

The former director-general of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign organisation for the 2019 general elections, Gbenga Daniel, has denied abandoning the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party. “I have not, will not and will never abandon Atiku,” said Daniel on Tuesday. Daniel, who renounced his membership from the People’s …