Former president Olusegun Obasanjo is determined to confine the Muhammadu Buhari administration into the dustbin of history, come 2019. To achieve his heart’s desire, the Owu-born retired general is leaving nothing to chance as he on Sunday called on God to ensure the defeat of Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. Obasanjo told a town […]
A Pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Emmanuel Ikechukwu, has declared his intention to run for the office of the President in 2019. Declaring his intention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Ikechukwu disclosed that his mission was to rescue the nation from ‘economic doldrums.” Ikechukwu, a Pastor at Rivers state Province 10 […]
As the 2019 Ogun governorship election approaches, every party in the state have started strategizing on how to come out triumph. Prior to that, the new Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ogun State chapter, Chief Derin Adebiyi, who emerged the new state chairman at the recent state congress of the party have resigned […]
After winning the primary election in Ekiti State to contest as the next governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development stepped down from his the post. Fayemi made the announcement last Wednesday at a valedictory briefing in Abuja, in order to pursue his governorship ambition in Ekiti State. The […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed its willingness to cooperate with advertising professionals in the country to mitigate hate speeches in the country’s electoral campaigns. A statement posted on INEC online newspaper on Tuesday in Abuja, quoted the commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as making the pledge when he received the newly elected […]
The Minister of Women Affairs, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not only win Gombe and Taraba States in 2019 but also lead Nigeria forever. Sen. Alhassan, who is popularly known as ‘Mama Taraba’, said this at the APC national secretariat in Abuja on Monday shortly after the inauguration […]
A Federal High court in Benin has remanded the former deputy governor of Edo state, Lucky Imasuen, state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s standard bearer for the 2015 Governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu along with two aides to Chief Tony Anenih in prison custody. They were remanded in prison custody […]
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof.Yakubu Mahmud, on Tuesday in Abuja disclosed that 35 out of the 68 registered political parties will participate in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State. According to him, only 35 political parties submitted the names of governorship candidates before the closure of the deadline set by […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups on Monday in Kaduna asked President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who are above 70 years, not to contest the presidency of the country in 2019. The group said such leaders were responsible for where the country found itself, adding that the country should be led by young […]
Ahead of the 2019 gubernatorial election in Lagos State, Christian Associations in the state, at the weekend endorsed the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, for a second term in office. The associations stressed that the achievements recorded by the Ambode administration demanded that he should be re-elected to boost Lagos’ global status. Announcing the endorsement at […]
…Saraki v Lai Mohammed, Dogara v Bauchi Gov, Ajimobi v Shittu, Okorocha v Deputy, others in focus …Every parallel congress illegal, unacceptable – Party spokesman When the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) earlier in the year decided not to hold state congresses and national convention of the party to elect new leadership of […]
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on Monday congratulated Dr. Kayode Fayemi on his emergence as the Party’s candidate for the July 14 Ekiti Governorship Election following Dr. Fayemi’s victory at Saturday’s APC governorship Primary election. Odigie-Oyegun also hailed the camaraderie displayed by other APC governorship aspirants after the […]
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has announced that it will conduct election in 4,783 poling units and 5,260 polling points in today’s local government election in the state. OYSIEC Chairman, Mr. Jide Ajeigbe who made this disclosure during a press conference on Friday in Ibadan, the state capital also announced that 12 political […]
Dr. Obiora Okonkwo, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate who claimed to have won 2015 Anambra Central Senatorial seat election , on Monday failed woefully in his bid to claim the seat as the Court of Appeal Abuja division dismissed his appeal for being incompetent. A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal in its […]
The South-South Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and head of Flock of Christ Mission, Warri, Delta State, Bishop Simeon Okah, has announced that henceforth, any member of his church that has not obtained his Permanent Voters’ Card “would not be allowed to worship.” He said gone were the days when Christians […]
Culled from the question and answer session of his #TakeItBack speech in Toronto: Question: We learnt that you are linked to TINUBU and that he is the largest funder of your medium Sahara Reporters *Sowore: I have been linked to all sort of people in the Past. But about Tinubu, I would make some things […]
A Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) female presidential aspirant, Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, Thursday, adduced reasons why President Muhammad Buhari must not seek a re- election in 2019. Adesanya- Davies in a statement said: “Nigerians are sick and tired of President Buhari’s presidency.” The don pointed out that while the nation’s economy has “nose-dived, there is hunger, very […]
On Saturday, 5th of May, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will hold its primary to select the person who will fly its flag for the July governorship election in Ekiti State. It will no doubt be a herculean task for the party to pick one person out of the many eminently qualified persons angling to […]
The Presidential aspirant of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in 2019 election and the National Chairman of the Party Alh. Ganiyu O. Galadima has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Benue state given the spate of killings in the state. Galadima who made the call in Ilorin at […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a leave request from the minister of mines and steel development. Kayode Fayemi’s leave was approved to enable him participate in the forthcoming Ekiti gubernatorial election. The minister’s special assistant in a statement made available to newsmen said Fayemi’s leave will commence on Monday, April 30 A leave application made […]