Tag Archives: Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday arrived in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, to participate in the mega campaign organised to give support to the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, ahead of Saturday’s election. This was made known by the personal assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, through his Twitter handle, @bashirahmaad. He tweeted, “President Muhammadu ...

The alleged move to unseat Governor Akinwunmi Ambode from power taken a new dimension as his major rival in the ruling party, All Progress Congress, APC Babajide Sanwoolu has set up a campaign team to boost his ambition. The move may not be unconnected to the wide speculation making the rounds that APC national leader Bola Tinubu was under tremendous ...

Human right activist,  Joe Okei-Odumakin, on Monday called on women to aspire more for leadership positions through active participation in politics.

National Chairman and Presidential aspirant under the platform of the National Action Council (NAC), Olapade Agoro, on Friday, declared that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, as the main political problem of Nigeria.

More than one hundred thousand people in Adamawa State have decamped enmasse from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the All Progressive Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). National Chairman of SDP, Olu Falae, stated this, on Wednesday, during the decamping rally of  Emmanuel Bello to SDP at the Lamido Cinema of Adamawa State. “I have come to ...

The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, has cast a pall on those agitating for the restoration of Biafra as a sovereign nation from Nigeria, as he said that the actualisation of Biafra would not come by fighting, quarreling, name calling or insulting others. Nwodo, who dropped this bombshell, in Enugu, on Wednesday, at a lecture series organised by the ...

Northern leaders have declared that their support for who flies the country’s forthcoming presidential flag from the region would be based on consensus after assessment of all the candidates of Northern extraction adopted by the various political parties. To this end, they inaugurated standing committees that will not only drive home their political consideration, but also ensure the crises that ...

The United States says Nigeria’s 2019 general election and a peaceful transition, remained its major priority in view of the country’s strategic position in the region.

The Vice President,  Yemi Osinbajo, has arrived in Kano state where he will be holding to talks with political parties ahead of the Local Government in the state. Politico.ng also gathered that he will be attending the wedding  of one  his aides, Hafis Ibrahim Kawu. More to come

The British government will support Nigerian women who want to be actively involved in politics. The UK Special envoy on gender equality, Joanna Roper, has said that there was the need to increase women participation in politics in Nigeria. “Nigeria and UK will work together on gender equality and others. “Twelve states in Nigeria have had their plan on gender ...