The crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly took a new dimension on Friday as suspended lawmakers asked the state high court to stop the assembly from passing the budget for the 2021 fiscal ye ...

"The President either does not know what is happening or does not know what to do, otherwise he should not be afraid to face the people." The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, criticised Pr ...

The Senate Committee on Appropriation on Wednesday promised to submit the harmonised version of the 2021 budget at plenary on December 3, Punch reports. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Jubril B ...

The Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Prof. James Momoh, on Wednesday, failed to tell the House of Representatives the total cost of demarcating and renovating the commission ...

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N87.54bn for the construction of some roads in parts of the country. The amount approved included the cost variation for two existing road contracts ...

Ahead of the November 18, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has handed its ticket to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Prof. Chukwuma ...

Voters and polling officials scampered for safety at Ward 4, Unit 11, in Ijapo area of Akure South Local Government Area on Saturday as gunmen shot into the air as the governorship election opened the ...

The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions to investigate the alleged illicit and excess bank charges by commercial banks operating in the co ...

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in Ondo State, yesterday, ruled out plans to form an alliance ahead of Saturday governorship election in the state. Speculation had ...

Analysts view the October 10 election in Ondo as one between Gov. Akeredolu and his predecessor, Mimiko who is actually not contesting. Ahead of the October 10 Ondo State Governorship election, there ...

candidate of the All Progressive Congress(APC), in the Ondo governorship election, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his estranged deputy governor Hon. Agboola Ajayi have disagreed on running grants and s ...

The crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) assumed a new dimension on Wednesday as the party defied the positioned canvassed by the national headquarters of the p ...

Senators have expressed opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari's nominee for the position of Director General of the National Pension Commission. Buhari has sought the approval of the senate for the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve the refund of N148 billion to Ondo, Bayelsa, Cross River, Osun and Rivers States for federal road projects the five states execute ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said his predecessor, former Governor, Rotimi Amaechi should not be walking free if Nigeria truly practices democracy. Wike said the shutdown of Rivers State Jud ...

Former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko has said the people of the state will on October 10 evict Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu from the Alagbaka Government House. According to Mimiko, the ele ...

IMMEDIATE past Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after about two years in the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uduaghan formally rejoined ...

The hitherto whispered plots about Dr. Goodluck Jonathan contesting the 2023 presidential election are being revived by political strategists from Northern Nigeria who see him as a unifying force to k ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has nullified the suspension of Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, presidential aide Senator Femi Ojudu and others. Fayemi and the Paul Omotosho-led State Executiv ...

"Governor Kayode Fayemi remains the leader of the party in Ekiti State." BySamson Adenekan  The national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the ‘suspension’ o ...

The United States Government has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies over the conduct of the Edo State Governorship election. “Congratulations @inecnigeri ...

The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on Thursday said, there is no hindrance to States creation, if proponents lobbied ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that the international community played a huge role in ensuring a smooth governorship election in Edo State. Speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Fr ...

The State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has suspended Governor Kayode Fayemi. According to a statement released by the party on Friday, the governor was sus ...

DEPUTY Senate President and Chairman of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Ovie Omo-Agege, has said state creation is possible, if its proponents lobby stakeholders fr ...

Still basking in the euphoria of his last Saturday’s victory in the Edo State governorship election, Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday came out smoking, dismissing the National Leader of the All Progr ...

The former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is still surviving because of the respect the party stalwarts have for President Muhammad ...

President MuhmmaduBuhari had a closed-door meeting with President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, late Sunday night at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was made public at about 11:36pm o ...

By Chinedu Obike Governor Godwin Obaseki's emergence as winner of the gubernatorial election may mark the  end of a hot contest that attracted the attention of the world, but certainly not the en ...

As Godwin Obaseki savours the sweet taste of victory in the just concluded Edo governorship polls, he would certainly look back to see how far he travelled to conquer. Obaseki would not forget his fal ...

Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on Tuesday, in a viral video aired via TVC, asked the electorates in Edo to reject Governor Obaseki, who is seeking re-election in office ...

As the race to Edo government house draws nearer by the day, the heat generated by the two main warring political parties - All Progressives Congress(APC) and  the People's Democratic Party(PDP), ...

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has come under criticism from the opposition over the distribution of 2020 model SUV KIA Sportage to members of the state House of Assembly as official vehic ...

The All Progressives Congress has said its decision to dissolve the National Working Committee, led by its former National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and replace it with a caretaker committee, was ta ...

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said that the federal government is no longer in the business of fixing fuel pump  price in the country. He made this statement as he ...

Ghali Na’Abba, former Speaker, House of Representatives Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba has promised to support the South East geopolitical zone if the political leaders ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, lamented that the ruling All Progressives Congress was “often embroiled in bitter, and on occasions, totally unnecessary squabbles.” Buhari regretted that the ug ...

Two policemen have lost their lives, and several others seriously injured as the convoy of the former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress(APC), Adam Oshiomhole, was involved in an auto-acci ...

Governor Ganduje Kano elders, under the aegis of Kano Unity Forum, have forwarded a strongly worded petition to President Muhammadu Buhari and other authorities like the National Assembly, Federal min ...

The Oyo State government has released N72 million as a counterpart fund for the Oyo State Community and Social development Agency (OYCSDA) for the improvement of living standard in rural communities. ...

Chairman of Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited (ERPC), Michael Osime, says the Edo Modular Refinery being developed by ERPC with support from the Edo State government will earn about $125m ...

The Edo State Governor and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Godwin Obaseki, has called on voters to come out en masse on September 19, 2020, to exercise their franchise without fea ...

In what appears to be an unending battle of supremacy raging between the former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose and his erstwhile deputy and former lawmaker, Senator Biodun Olujimi, the People' ...

As the September 19 governorship election in Edo State draws nearer, a group of Edo professionals in LagosNe’Edoghama has vowed to mobilise support for Governor Godwin Obaseki’s second term bid. They ...

CLAIM On August 23 and 24, some Nigerian newspapers (including The Source, The Daily Times, and SaharaReporters) reported that the Kaduna State Government arraigned Abiodun Ogunyemi, the Anglican Bish ...

Controversial Nigerian politician and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode arrived Uyo, Akwa Ibom, on Wednesday, for the continuation of his private tour of projects embarked upon by state go ...

Senator Ali Ndume addressing journalists The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has narrated how Boko Haram insurgents killed 75 members of his community in Gwoza local government in one nig ...

Abraham Lincoln’s saying; “the ballot is stronger than the bullet” is currently witnessing a reversal in Edo State as she gears up to conduct its governorship election in few weeks time. In the midst ...

As the September 19 election day draws nearer in Edo State, the political gladiators from both sides of the divide are at daggers drawn with tempers rising to fever pitch. In recent times, there have ...

The imminent gubernatorial tussle between APC and PDP  in Edo State, and their desperate supporters, has degenerated into a pitched battle of a sort. It is however necessary to understand why the ...

Speaking for the first time  since the NDDC imbroglio, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has described Niger Delta Development Commission as nothing but a cash cow for politicians. As far as he is co ...

The former House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, made news last weekend. He defected to All Progressives Congress(APC), from People's Democratic Party (PDP). After tendering his resignation ...

As Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has been forced to open a stinking can of worms, it is safe to say that the NDDC contract scam has entered another curious level.  Rec ...

Looking at unfolding events in respect of today's primary elections in Ondo, the power of incumbency seems to be playing out to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu's advantage. However, it is not still certain ...

Barely one month after the death of Senator Adebayo Osinowo popularly known as Pepperito, many political heavyweights have indicated interest to replace him. The sudden death of Senator Adebayo jolted ...

The race to Ondo Government House scheduled for October 10 this year, promises to be hot and unpredictable. Many seasoned and desperate politicians are already positioned on their marks to challenge t ...

As Edo gubernatorial election in September draws nearer by the day, it is safe to say that People's Democratic Party's Godwin Obaseki does not yet have the reassuring support he so desperately needs, ...

Barely nine months after directing all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to give preference to local manufacturers of goods and services in their procurement processes, President Muhammadu B ...

The Federal Government recently made good its promise of letting Nigerians know those behind the alleged looting of the country’s treasury during the period the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was at ...

Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has kick-started negotiations with seven political parties to explore the possibilities of forming alliance ahead of the 2019 general elections. Chairman of ...

Fresh corruption saga rocks the House of Representatives following allegations by Abdulmumin Jibrin, erstwhile chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation that principal officers of the green cha ...

The leadership crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party assumes a new dimension following the emergence of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State, as its national chairman ...

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that the influx of defectors from thePeople’s Democratic Party (PDP) into APC won’t pose any danger to the ruling ...

Deputy national officials of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded that the party's Acting National President, Uche Secondus, the National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh and acting Board ...

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has inaugurated a six-man judicial commission of inquiry to investigate the violence in the December 5 and 6 governorship election in the state. Dickson said ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the Bayelsa State Governorship election inconclusive following the cancellation of the rescheduled poll in Southern Ijaw LGA by the c ...

An Enugu Appeal Court has nullified the election that produced Senstor Uche Ekwunife from Anambra Central Senatorial Zone and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a ...

The governor-elect of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has promised to hit the ground running as soon as he is sworn-in as governor of the state on January 27, saying his administration will reorganize ...

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has said it is “a waste of time, scarce national resources and ridiculous shadow-chasing”, the action of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in dec ...

The stage is set for Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. As the candidates jostling for the race intensify their last minute campaigns, a Port Harcourt-based seer has predicted that the ...

The chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the BayelsaState governorship election, Mr Timipre Sylva has brightened as the governorship candidates of six political parties in the r ...

Controversy trailing the November 21 Kogi Governorship election has taken a new twist as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday demands that its candidate INEC to declare its candidate and inc ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to apply available legal provisions on the recent development over Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. Deputy Director of ...

Nigeria’s former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has restated that he had quit partisan politics and would have nothing to do with the Rebranding Conference of the People’s Democratic P ...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has assured Nigerians of the preparedness of the federal lawmakers of the eight Legislative Assembly to discharge their responsibilities with diligence and patriotism. ...

The frosty relationship between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara and Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila over composition of the House Committees has deepened as the Lagos ...

Tanzanian officials are counting votes for a second day Tuesday as the nation awaits the outcome of the presidential, general and local elections. The country's electoral commission has called for cal ...

Candidates contesting the November 21, 2015 governorship election in Kogi State have signed a peace accord as part of efforts to ensure a peaceful conduct of the poll. The peace agreement  brokered by ...

Former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva, has won the  All Progressives Congress (APC) Bayelsa Governorship primaries, albeit under controversial circumstances. Sylva, who governed Bayelsa between 2007 ...

The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and its archrival, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) engaged each other in a fiery media war-of-words over the weekend following the controversial t ...

Human Rights lawyer and Senator representing Kaduna South, Shehu Sani has urged the Code of Conducts Bureau (CCB) to publish all declarations made by public office holders since 1999. The civil rights ...

  Cote d’Ivoire constitutional court on Wednesday cleared 10 candidates out 33 aspirants to contest next month’s presidential election including incumbent candidate, Alassane Ouattara. Other cand ...

National leader of All Progressives Congress, (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has quashed rumour of political rift between him and the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar over the party’s Board of Trustee ...

  State Governors elected under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) have raised alarm over heightened political persecution, claiming that Nigeria was sliding into dictatorship u ...

Former Bayelsa governor, Chief Timiprieye Silva, has joined the race forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state, barely four years he was denied the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket in a mes ...

The political differences between the former first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, have settled. Mrs. Jonathan reportedly disclosed that her decision to settl ...

A National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of old Abia State, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has warned those using his name to score cheap political points to cease from such ac ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State chapter has berated a former National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, for asking President Muhammadu Buhari t ...

The Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has turned down request to dismiss the petition brought by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidat ...

The leadership crisis bedeviling the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) appears to have snowballed as Anambra State PDP chapter has reportedly suspended the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Ol ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) national leadership will not interfere in the cabinet selection process of President Muhammadu Buhari, the ruling party's national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegu ...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government led by President Muhammadu Buhari of falsely taking credits for achievements of the Goodluck Jonat ...

The Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed four out of the five petitions filed by other parties challenging the electoral victory of Nyesom Wike ...

Joe Igbokwe, publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Lagos State, has advised Igbo politicians to remain in the People’s Democratic Party to build a formidable opposition rather than def ...

Rivers Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, holding session in Abuja on Wednesday struck out a motion filed by Governor Nyesom Wike of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the eligibili ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a prayer by five senators opposed to the emergence of Bukola Saraki as the Senate President to stop the upper legislative chamber from constituting its stand ...

Femi Gbajabiamila, member representing Surulere Federal Constituency of Lagos State in the House of Representatives has finally been appointed the majority leader of the  lower chamber of the National ...

The leadership crisis rocking Nigeria’s House of Representatives appears to have reached its denouement following the acceptance of Speaker Yakubu Dogara’s principal officers’ sharing formula by some ...

Front line Human Rights Lawyer and Senator representing Kaduna-Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani has cautioned the All Progressive Congress (APC) lawmakers against pushing forward plans to remov ...

House of Representatives lawmakers loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected the controversial proposal by Speaker Yakubu Dogara to zone principal offices in the 'Green Chamber ...

Ex-Senate President, David Mark has denied the allegations that budgets and salaries of Senators and members of the House of Representatives in the 6th and 7th assemblies were kept secret. “The Nation ...

Former governor of Gombe State and current Senator representing Gombe South Senatorial District, Danjuma Goje has been expelled by the Gombe State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) over al ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs Amina Bala Zakari as Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following the exit of Professor Attahiru Jega, who completed h ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="TheEconomy9ja" size="large" count="true" ] The National Peace Committee (NPC), a non-political advocacy body has declared the controversial election of Senators ...

It was indeed a game of intrigues,  high wire conspiracy and power play at the two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday, June 9 when against all odds, Senator Bukola Saraki, former governor of ...

Spokesman for the Pro-National Conference Organization (PRONACO) as well as the National Secretary of PROJECT NIGERIA (Nigeria Consensus Group), Chief Olawale Okunniyi says his recent defection to the ...

Mauritius parliament has ratified the appointment of prominent scientist, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, 56, as the country's new president, making her the first woman to hold the largely ceremonial position. P ...

Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has enjoined members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the National Assembly to make public the income of Ni ...

President Goodluck Jonathan is certain that persecution and desertion by friends would be his portion after handing over power to the President-elect Major General Mohammadu Buhari on May 29. The same ...

The Senate has described the recent Supreme Court order that the status quo should be maintained as a temporal setback to the National Assembly’s quest to amend the 1999 constitution. It vowed that th ...

Ben Murray-Bruce, Chairman of Silverbird Media Group and Senator-elect from Bayelsa State has lend his voice to the call for the incoming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari to drastically redu ...

The campaign outfit of Dakuku Peterside, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), known as the Greater Together Campaign Organisation, (GTCO), has accused the Peoples Democra ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="Username" size="large" count="true" ] Democracy in Nigeria recorded a milestone following the atmosphere of peace and tranquillity that prevailed during and aft ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="Username" size="large" count="true" ] The much orchestrated 2015 presidential election has come and gone without a major political crisis and much to the relief ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="Username" size="large" count="true" ] General Muhammadu Buhari, president elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, under the banner of the All Progressives Con ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="Username" size="large" count="true" ] General Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rides on the crest of ‘CHANGE’ to ...

Despite the controversy trailing his ministerial screening at the Senate penultimate week, Musiliu Obanikoro has been sworn in as the minister of state for foreign affairs II by President Goodluck Jon ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has expressed his fears for Nigeria ahead the epic elections and his grouse against the administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. In an exclusive inte ...

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, March 16 unfolded his blueprint for the socioeconomic and political development of the country and i ...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has dismissed fears that its lingering legal tussle with the newly formed political party-the Young Democr ...

There appears to be no end to the legal imbroglio over the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to formally register the Young Democratic Party (YDP) to participate in the M ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="Username" size="large" count="true" ] Two leading candidates in the Lagos State governorship race, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC) a ...

Chief Martin Onovo, a seasoned petroleum engineer is the presidential flagbearer of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the March 28, 2015 presidential poll. Mr. Onovo, who contested the 2011 presi ...

The emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress has set the stage for an epic political battle between him and President Goodluck Jonathan, the ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] The October 11 governorship bye-election  in Adamawa State has pitched two legislators from rival parties – Senator Bin ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] Fifty four years after Nigeria gained independence from the British colonial  authorities amidst promises of becoming t ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] The impeachment of Murtala Nyako, erstwhile governor of  Adamawa State and the aborted impeachment bid against Governor ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, incumbent governor of Osun State and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress sh ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] The impending  August 9 governorship election in Osun  State appears to be a battle for supremacy between Ogbeni Rauf A ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, former governor of Edo State emerges as the new national chairman of the All Progressives Con ...

[Google][follow id="@DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] JOHN ALECHENU examines the import of a motion seeking to compel the suspended Governor of the Central  Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, and ...

[Google][follow id="@DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] There are mixed fillings within the Niger Peoples Democratic Party as Governor Babangida Aliyu and the senator representing Niger-East sen ...

[Google][follow id="@DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] The centenary award given to 100 Nigerians by the Federal Government has thrown up more arguments than praise, writesALLWELL OKPI The plan ...

[Google][follow id="@DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, Russian-trained medical practitioner turned politician, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, who is one of the three ...

[Google][follow id="@DER29709692" size="large" count="true" ] The All Progressives Congress recently held its inaugural national summit and unveiled a draft code of ethics/manifesto, which may serve a ...