Politics

By Aishat Salihu The Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Emmanuel Tonye Isenah, is currently under immense pressure mounted on him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to resign his position. The alleged plot to get…
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A foremost socio-political group, Akwa Ibom Liberation Movement (AILM) has raised the alarm over what it calls "grand plot" by youths mobilised by the All Progressives Congress disrupt and cause violence at the governorship election…
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By Toby Prince Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State has described his Ekiti State counterpart, Dr Kayode Fayemi, as a highly focused leader. According to Wike, Fayemi does not discriminate against members of the opposition party, but…
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By Toby Prince Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has congratulated successor Kayode Fayemi on reaching one year in office. Fayemi won by 19,345 votes against the Peoples Democratic Party's Kolapo Olusola Eleka who was…
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…Evidence Contradicts RO’s Testimony The Returning Officer in the March 9, 2019 House of Assembly election conducted in Essien Udim, Professor, Ignatius Uduk, may be struggling to extricate himself from an alleged scandalous outing at…
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By Toby Prince A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that Nigeria's problem is not the north but south. The controversial Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain made this known in a tweet on Tuesday.…
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By Toby Prince The Rivers chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its planned ward, local government, and state congresses on account of a subsisting court order. The caretaker committee chairman, Isaac Ogbobula,…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The cold war in the ranks of the Kogi State Chapter People's Democratic Party (PDP) is becoming more evident as many members of the party are said to entertain grievances from the manner the party's governorship…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Mrs Aisha Jummai Alhassan, a former Minister of Women Affairs under President Muhammadu Buhari has formally defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the United Democratic Party (UDP). The report has it that…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Governors elected under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) have given green light to the intentions of the party's presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar to appeal the…
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Former Aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, AbdulRahman Sulaiman Kawu Sumaila has been accused of trying to work for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the contention for the Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency seat for Kano…
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By Sani Ismaila  In the exercise of their usual puerile and duplicitous stock in trade, the Bauchi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), through its chairman, Hamza Akuyam, had in a media chat, which was commemorative of…
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By Sylvanus Okpe A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has stated that former Lagos State governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola…
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Justice Sheriff Hafizu Tahir, the judge who gave minority judgment in Senator Godswill Akpabio's petition, challenging his defeat in the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial election has abandoned the tribunal sittings. Justice Tahir was said…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has upheld the election of Engr. Musa Wada as its governorship candidate for the November 16 governorship election in Kogi state. The party arrived at the decision after giving due…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections that President Muhammadu…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Governor Nyesom Wike of River State has stated reasons why he congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over his victory at the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal. Wike said it is better to offer public…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The crises which rocked the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the build up to the 2019 general elections which led to the disqualification of the party seems to have slid to a worse dimension…
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Contestant for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket in the Bayelsa State governorship race, Timi Alaibe, has denied leaving the party for another. Alaibe lost the ticket to Senator Douye Diri…
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By Aishat Salihu Following the victory of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) against the People's Democratic Party (PDP)'s Abubakar Atiku…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of River state has berated the Committee set up by the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) to investigate the emergence of Ndudi Elumelu as the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives…
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By Toby Prince Immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has lamented the ordeal he went through just because of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okorocha, now the senator representing Imo West Senatorial District,…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has disclosed that the internal wrangling that enveloped the party to and the refusal of the various interest groups to back…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Governor Nyesom Wike of River State has given reasons why he is yet to form a cabinet after over a hundred days in office following his re-election as the governor of the state. The Governor stated that he is yet to…
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The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, David Lyon, has named Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo as his running mate in the November 16 Governorship Election. This was announced on Monday in a…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2019 elections, Jimi Agbaje, has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal and Lagos State government over the subsisting bad…
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By Sylvanus Okpe A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would lose the forthcoming governorship…
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By Toby Prince Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has terminated the appointment of Abdulmumeen Okara as his Special Adviser/Focal Person on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This comes a few days after the governor clinched the…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Immediate past Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has rejected the outcome of the Bayelsa state All Progressive  Congress (APC) primary elections which adopted a direct mode. Lokpobiri who…
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By Toby Prince An aspirant in the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary in Bayelsa State, Timi Alaibe, has rejected the result of the primary. Douye Diri, a senator representing Bayelsa Central, won the primary. The…
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