politics

The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) gubernatorial candidate in Zamfara State Dr. Bello Muhammad has applauded the judgement of the Court of Appeal that ordered inclusion of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the general elections. The PDP candidate told reporters in his residence that PDP is in the contest because there are others too and would not be ... Read More »

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday met with Senator Kabir Marafa to broker peace between the two factions in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State. The APC in Zamfara State has been embroiled in a dispute over the party’s primaries in the state, which led to uncertainties over participation of the party’s candidates in governorship, national assembly and ... Read More »

. Affirms Bolarinwa as authentic Kwara APC chair . Balogun-Fulani dissatisfied with judgement Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital on Tuesday sacked the Hon Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The court thereafter affirmed the authenticity of the Hon Bashir Bolarinwa-led APC executives in the state. A Kwara state High ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that nobody will unseat him. He made the remark in a short interview published by CNN Africa on Friday. The President also dismissed suggestions that he has no stamina to run the country for another four years. He said he would do his best to curtail the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast while thanking ... Read More »

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Zamfara state, Dr. Muhammad Bello Matawalle has accused the President of Court of Appeal of manipulating the appeal filed by Zamfara state chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept its Candidates for the forthcoming elections. Matawalle, in a statement he personally signed and ... Read More »

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria ( IPMAN ) on Friday threw their weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari in his re-election bid. The body adopted Buhari as its candidate during a courtesy visit of its National Executive Committee to the State House, Abuja. Speaking on behalf of the group, the National President, Chinedu Okoronkwo, thanked the President for his ... Read More »

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),  has named Senator Buruji Kashamu as the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for the Ogun State governorship election.   Read More »

The Federal Government says the directive by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suspending its campaign to protest the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, is a face saving measure “ because the party’s campaign died long ago.’’ The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, faulted the party’s action in an in interview with newsmen on ... Read More »

Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of being afraid to lose the forthcoming general elections. Speaking on Saturday at the launch of the PDP campaign at the Southern Senatorial District in Bodinga town, Tambuwal alleged APC was bent on collaborating with institutions to win the 2019 polls. According to him: “If former President ... Read More »

The Ibadan Division of the Appeal Court, on Tuesday December 18, 2018 sacked Senator Buruji Kashamu and other ‘candidates’ in the Adebayo Dayo-led faction of the Ogun State PDP. With this judgement, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and others who emerged through the party’s primaries are now the authentic candidates of the party in the 2019 election. The three-man appeal panel set aside ... Read More »