Politics

A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Timi Alaibe; have joined the November governorship race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. Alaibe is aspiring to be the PDP candidate for Bayelsa State. Alaibe spoke to journalists after collecting his nomination and expression of interest forms …

The governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement in the 2019 election in Ogun State, Adekunle Akinlade, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of awarding unlawful votes to Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress. Akinlade stated this on Thursday while appearing as a “star witness” before the election …

Senator Adedayo Adeyeye (Ekiti South) has been appointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs. By the appointment, he becomes the spokesman of the Ninth Senate. Five other Senators were also appointed members of the committee by Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has threatened to reveal how the administration of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi allegedly ran the state into debt, if the ex-governor and his All Progressives Congress (APC) continued to disturb him. Makinde, who spoke during a media chat to mark his first 30 days …

Immediate past Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly Kabiru Adjoto has vowed to open a can of worms on National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole. Adjoto was sacked by the Supreme Court two weeks after he was sworn in as a member of the …

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has sued the Special Assistant on Social Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie, for her alleged libelous tweet via her twitter handle on May 7, 2019. In the suit filed on June 26, …

The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the February 23, election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have kept their vow to appeal the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal’s rejection of their request to access the “central server” which they alleged housed the results of the poll electronically transmitted by the Independent National …

Troops deployed Sunday in Sudan’s capital ahead of a planned mass protest against the country’s ruling generals, amid international calls for restraint to prevent a new crackdown on demonstrators. The planned “million-man” march is seen as a test for protest organisers whose movement has been hit by a deadly June …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Uhunmwode local government has suspended Barr. Washington Osifo for breach of article 21 (A) of the party’s constitution. It was reported that Osifo is one the 13 lawmakers-elect allegedly backed by Governor Adams Oshiomhole that refused to present himself for inauguration as a member …

Ahead of the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Osun State governorship tussle scheduled to be delivered next Friday (July 5), an Abuja-based civil society group, the Guardian of Democracy and Development Initiative, has alleged that some persons particularly top politicians have been dropping President Muhammadu Buhari’s name in …