Politics

A TEMPORARY suspension of a travel ban linked to decade-old bribery scandals paved the way for former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar to make his Washington DC trip last month, a report in Reuters said yesterday. The report quoted diplomats and those with the trip. It …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday refuted allegation of disagreements in the party over the handling of its presidential campaign funds. The party made the denial in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja. It described the insinuation as laughable, infantile and diversionary, and …

  The All Progressives Congress ( APC ) on Thursday declared Nigerians will never return to the era of looting of national resources and wealth. In its reaction to Wednesday night’s televised town hall meeting, The Candidates, which featured the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar …

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his government would be willing to investigate the military hierarchy as a way of tackling the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East, if elected. Abubakar said this at a town hall meeting tagged: ‘’The Candidates”, organised by …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday stated that he was never convicted of corruption in all the positions he held in the country. He promised Nigerians that he will continue to uphold the trust they have in him if re-elected for a second term in office. He made the declaration at …

Ahead of the 2019 National Assembly elections in February, traditional rulers of Isoko ethnic nationality in Delta State have expressed their desire to have the immediate-past governor of the state and All Progressives Congress 2019 Delta South senatorial candidate, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan represent the district at the upper legislative …

  The All Progressives Congress leaders, including a former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday at the presidential rally of the party in Maiduguri, took turns to berate former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his latest attack on President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo, had in a 16-page statement on …

  A pro- Democracy and Non Governmental organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria HURIWA, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari that unless he reins in his belicose and careless talking ministers, the nation may be thrown into turmoils before, during or after the forthcoming elections. HURIWA listed the ruling party’s …

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian leader needs a good doctor and in anticipation of a good treatment, a spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, wishes he should ”get well soon”. It was part of the response from the Presidential Villa to Obasanjo following the 16-page letter he wrote to President Muhammadu …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday released the final list of all presidential and vice presidential candidates contesting in this year’s general elections. The list, signed by INEC’s Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, shows that a total of 144 presidential and vice-presidential candidates are contesting in the February 16 presidential …