Politics

Politicians, human rights activists, lawyers and prominent Nigerians on Monday attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for declaring that death awaited ballot box snatchers during the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Buhari had early on Monday while speaking at a national caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja, …

  Suspected hoodlums on Saturday attacked the campaign convoy of the All Progressives Congress in the Dei-Dei axis of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The APC campaign convoy comprising the FCT Minister’s Chief of Staff, Bashir Mai-Borno, the APC Chairman in the FCT, Abdulmalik Usman, the Director-General, FCT Campaign Council, …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Lagos said his administration’s economic policies are making the desired impact, evidenced by steady growth in the economy in the last three years. Speaking at a town hall meeting with the Business community in Lagos, President Buhari said he had kept his promise to …

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the order of a Federal High Court in Port-Harcourt, which last year barred the All Progressive Congress (APC) from conducting any primary election pending the determination of a suit brought before it by a team of 22 aggrieved members of the party. In a swift …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) 2019 Delta South senatorial candidate, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has said he wants to represent Delta South at the Senate in 2019 because of his desire to pursue quality legislation that will lead to the development of the district and the Niger Delta region. Releasing …

PEOPLE’S Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed the people of Yobe and Borno states. Atiku, who stated this yesterday during the PDP presidential rally in the two states, listed security, job creation, health, education and other social amenities …

KADUNA State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has stirred the hornet’s nest, with his warning that foreigners  should not interfere in the conduct of the general elections. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday threatened to pull out of the peace accord it signed with other parties before the National Peace Committee …

The National Coordinator of a group routing for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Frank Ezike, on Wednesday vowed to stop the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, from winning the February 16 election in the South-East. The coordinator of the group tagged “I Believe in …

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Tuesday sacked the Commissioner for Information, Bello Muhammad-Goronyo, following his defection to the All Progressives Congress. Tambuwal’s Director-General, Media and Public Relations, Malam Abubakar Shekara, disclosed this in a statement in Sokoto. The statement said: “Governor Aminu Tambuwal has relieved Barrister Bello Goronyo …

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has ordered the closure of the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kofar Mata for two weeks, The Nation is reporting. The closure of the stadium was ordered five days to the scheduled campaign of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar by …