Politics

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, said Nigerians should reject the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Kanu warned that Nigeria will be doomed if Tinubu is allowed to sail through with his presidential ambition. The IPOB leader issued the warning in a...

Governor Yahaya Bello says he does not want to be distracted by calls for him to contest in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election but he is focused on delivering his mandate of rebuilding Kogi State. The governor said his administration’s ability to curb insecurity in Kogi State and massive youth empowerment has been attracting support...

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Prince Uche Secondus has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan and other chieftains of the party are free to vie for the presidential ticket in the 2023 general election. Secondus made the remarks while addressing journalists at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. He said...

The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has continued its sitting at the State High Court in Benin City. The pre-hearing session commenced yesterday with five petitions filed against the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the September 19 governorship election. However, in the third petition filed by the Action Alliance and another against Obaseki, the Peoples...

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State says despite recent happenings, the security situation in the state and the northeast region is better under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Zulum made the comment on Sunday while addressing northern elders from the Arewa Consultative Forum in Maiduguri, the Borno capital. “From statewide statistics on affairs in the 27...

The House of Representatives has faulted the call by the Peoples Democratic Party caucus on Nigerians to ask the National Assembly to impeach the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The House said the call has an ulterior motive, especially as Buhari is billed to appear before the lawmakers soon, to explain the rising spate...

Governor of Ekiti State Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said that he is not an advocate of zoning. Fayemi’s comment comes on the heels of various calls to have a President of Southeastern extraction. Many from the region have over the years felt marginalized and believe that 2023 is the year for a balance to be achieved...

The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, was at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday, to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. Akeredolu, who secured his second term in office by winning last Saturday’s governorship election, presented his Certificate of Return to Buhari. Speaking with State House correspondent afterwards, he called on his current deputy, Agboola...

Mr Rotimi Akeredolu has been re-elected as Governor of Ondo State on the back of a campaign in which he promised to provide composed and focused leadership marked by economic growth and improved security for people in the state. The incumbent governor, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, swept to victory by winning...

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that all necessary measures have been put in place to ensure that the October 10 gubernatorial election in Ondo State is peaceful, transparent and credible. President Buhari also assured the electorate in Ondo of the provision of adequate security to forestall any breach of the peace by unscrupulous elements. In a...