Politics

By Sylvanus Okpe Elder statesman and immediate past chairman of Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) Wantaregh Dr Paul Unongo has thrown his weight behind an Idoma governor in 2023. The political contemporary of late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe,…
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By Toby Prince The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s House of Assembly re-run election in Sokoto State, Alhaji Bature Lili, along with his supporters have dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party. This…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State, Engr Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, has dumped his longtime political associate, Rabiu Kwankwaso. It was reliably gathered that Mr Bichi, who served as…
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By Sylvanus Okpe A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to change its name if the party wishes to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and return to power…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The immediate past speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, has disclosed his intentions to release a three-hour documentary, “exposing Mr Adams Oshiomhole’s dark waters.’’ A development…
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By Toby Prince Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) protest on Monday was aimed at overthrowing President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking after he received All Progressive Congress (APC)…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has insinuated that there is a secret plan by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to incite the members of the House of Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 Kano State governorship election, Engr Abba K. Yusuf, has reacted to his defeat at the Supreme Court on Monday, insinuating that the Apex Court joined…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Fiery second republic lawmaker, Dr Junaid Mohammed, has revealed that Muhammadu Sanusi II, the emir of Kano, lobbied for the position of vice-president when President Muhammadu Buhari was hospitalised in London.…
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By Toby Prince The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been described as an unserious party by Minister of State Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria made this known on Wednesday in an interview with…
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By Toby Prince The immediate past representative of the Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has pleaded with Transportation Minister and other top officials of the All Progressives…
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By Sylvanus Okpe A former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmad Sani Yerima has discarded the zoning arrangement in the ruling All Progressives Congre (APC) as he declared interest to contest for the presidency come 2023. Yerima,…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The immediate past Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, on Wednesday, expressed fears that the All Progressives Congress might find it difficult to get votes in the 2023 general elections if the party failed to put…
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Former Imo Action Alliance (AA)  governorship candidate, Mr Uche Nwosu, has expressed optimism that achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration were obvious to earn the All Progressives Congress (APC) continuity in power by…
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By Toby Prince The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the presidency’s “continuous reference” to a successor for President Muhammadu Buhari less than a year into his second tenure, is a “direct acceptance of failure and lack of…
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By Toby Prince Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has debunked claims that he decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he remains an “unshakable member of the Peoples Democratic Party.” Umahi, while debunking…
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Toby Prince with Agency reports A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, Mrs Ann Agomeze, has called on women to rise and take up their rightful position in the nation’s political landscape. She made the call in an…
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By Toby Prince A former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has indicated interest to contest as president in 2023. The Pathfinder Consortium, a group led by Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu,…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has raised an alarm over threat to his life. Addressing journalists on Thursday in Kaduna, Jibrin disclosed that he…
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By Sylvanus Okpe National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed the call for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Oshiomhole, insisting that party supremacy…
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By Toby Prince The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed that the All Progressive Congress (APC) has reached the “end of its journey” under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement on Friday, Kola…
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By Toby Prince The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has declared that the Governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki is not distracted, despite the longstanding political crisis rocking the state. Shaibu who revealed this in a…
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By Toby Prince Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State has called on the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance in the last election, Uche Nwosu, to join hands with him and other well-meaning people in an effort to rebuild the state.…
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By Toby Prince The national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lifted the suspension on Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo governor, Ibikunle Amosun, senator representing Ogun central, and Rochas Okorocha, senator…
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By Toby Prince Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy to Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, has claimed that national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)Adams Oshiomhole is fond of telling lies.…
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By Toby Prince Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has vowed that he would rather die than join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Fani-Kayode had been rumoured to be making plans to leave the Peoples Democratic Party…
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By Toby Prince National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has described himself as the proverbial he-goat of Edo politics. Speaking on Friday at his Benin GRA residence, the former Edo governor…
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By Toby Prince Minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has pulled out of the Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial re-run election scheduled for January. Akpabio made his decision known in a letter addressed to All Progressives…
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Toby Prince with Agency reports A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday urged members of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who may be aggrieved by any of his actions in the past to forgive him.…
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The Toby Prince The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State, Natasha Akpoti, has joined in the petitions before the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal against the victory of Yahaya Bello at…
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