Politics

Ahead of the Edo State 2024 governorship election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the party will not zone the ticket to any of the senatorial zones of the state but would look out for the best aspirant with the capacity to win election for the party. Besides, it cautioned all aspirants to avoid vile campaigns and personal attacks ...

The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Tinubu over his huge entourage to the ongoing COP28 Climate Change Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Atiku said Tinubu turned the global change summit into an ‘Owambe’ all-comers jamboree with his large entourage. In a statement by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, Atiku said Tinubu did ...

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Hon Chris Hassan, has said the party is so rooted in the state that if election were to be conducted 10 times or more, the party would win in the state. He said in an interview with newsmen in Jos at the weekend that the APC has no structure in ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has querried President Bola Tinubu over his bloated delegation of 1,411 individuals to the Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to the PDP, the delegation is reportedly brimming with his cronies, political minions and their mistresses at huge expense to the nation. National Publicity Secretary of the party said this ...

Ten directors heading different departments at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have officially retired from service. This came after they attained the mandatory 60 years of age or 35 years of service. The retirees are: Mrs. Blessing Obidiegwu (Gender and Inclusivity); Anthony Abarowei (Finance and Accounts); Micah Lakumna (Administration); Alhaji Idris Aminu (Election and Party Monitoring); Olayiwola Oyeniyi (Finance ...

House of Representatives has listed electoral, local government and judicial reforms as its priorities. He said the aim is to promote democracy, grassroot development and speedy dispensation of justice in the country. The reforms are part of the priority areas of interventions contained in the recently unveiled Legislative Agenda of the Speaker, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen. The agenda acknowledged that the ...

The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has said the National Working Committee under his leadership will not suspend or dismiss any ‘disloyal’ member. This is coming on the heels of the recent admonition by some stakeholders within the PDP, asking Damagum to sanction former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and many others for alleged anti-party ...

Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu asked the Deputy Governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, for a signed resignation letter, as part of his intervention in the state’s political crisis. Ademola-Olateju made this revelation in an interview on Channels TV’s ‘Lunchtime Politics’ on Friday. Recall that Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday, presided over the state’s ...

A three-man panel of Appeal Court judges sitting in Lagos, Lagos State, yesterday upheld the decision of the Abia Election Petition Tribunal which had affirmed the governor of the state, Dr. Alex Otti as the winner of the March 18, 2023 Abia governorship election following his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Court of Appeal dismissed the ...

The Chairman of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, has rejected his nomination to serve as a member of the finance committee set up by the ruling All Progressives Congress. Rabiu, in a statement issued by the BUA Group on its X handle on Friday, disclosed that he was not consulted before his nomination. The statement partly read, “It is important to ...