Aregbesola Advocates Return To Parliamentary System Of Government
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has advocated a return to parliamentary system of government, saying it will be in the best interest of the country and Nigerians. He argued that the Nigerian...
View Article2015: Lawmakers Decry High Cost Of Political Parties’ Nomination Form
Lawmakers in Abuja on Monday decried the high cost of the forms for expression of interest and nomination for the 2015 general elections being sold by political parties in the country. Umar Jubril,...
View ArticleMakarfi Submits Senatorial Form, Denies Plan To Dump PDP For APC
A former Governor of Kaduna State now representing Kaduna North Senatorial District, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has denied speculations that he is planning to dump the ruling People’s Democratic...
View Article2015: APC Reps Set To Challenge Jonathan Eligibility In Court
Ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan’s formal declaration to contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, some House of Representatives members in the...
View ArticleTambuwal Finally Dumps PDP, Joins APC
Speaker House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal has finally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) following months of speculations. According to online news medium Premium Times, Tambuwal...
View ArticleThings Have Not Been Right Since Mimiko Joined PDP – Former State Chairman
The Ondo state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been sealed by the State Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s decamping to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continues tearing the party...
View ArticleI Have No Plan To Leave APC – Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday has Abuja denied reports that he was planning to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM). “Our attention has...
View ArticleKwankwaso Declares, Pledges To Make Security, Peace Top Agenda Of Administration
Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, Tuesday, formally declared his presidential ambition on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), placing security at the top of his agenda for...
View ArticleAdamawa Gov Dictatorial, Vindictive – Suspended Council Members
The suspension of the entire executive of Gombi Local Government, Adamawa State, by the state government is an act of vindictiveness, some councillors have said. Eight out of the ten councillors of the...
View ArticleNLC Vice President Gives Obasanjo, Buhari Knocks Over Muslim-Muslim Ticket...
Comrade Issa Aremu Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Issa Aremu, has faulted a former Head of State and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu...
View ArticleDefection: Do The ‘Needful’ And Resign – PDP Tells Tambuwal
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, to step down from the position following his defection from the party to All Progressives...
View ArticleOshiomhole: PDP Elements Behind Edo Political Crisis
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Tuesday attributed the current political crisis rocking the state to the handiwork of mischief “elements”, who had defected from the All Progressives Congress...
View ArticleTinubu Health’s Condition Worsens, Flown To London For Medical Treatment –...
Some few months after he returned from a medical trip overseas, indications emerged yesterday that former Lagos State governor and national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed...
View ArticleI Won’t Bow To Pressure By ‘Mischief Makers’ To Quit Kaduna Guber Race, Says...
Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna State yesterday denied a report in a national daily that he was under pressure to jettison his 2015 governorship ambition. Yero, who became governor in 2012...
View ArticleI Didn’t Meddle In Oyo PDP Politics, Campaign For Ladoja – Mrs Jonathan
The wife of the president, Dame Patience Jonathan, has denied canvassing for the 2015 gubernatorial ambition of a former governor of Oyo State and chieftain of the Accord Party, Senator Rasheed Ladoja....
View ArticleI’m Ready To Lay Down My Life For Stability Of Nigeria’s Democracy, Creation...
The Senate President, David Mark, has reiterated his preparedness to lay down his life for the growth, sustenance and stability of peace in Nigeria. He also reiterated his commitment to ensuring the...
View ArticleWhy I Did Not Attend APC Convention – Atiku
Former Vice- President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was conspicuosly missing at Wednesday’s Special Convention of the All Progressive Congress (APC) but he has explained why he was part of the gathering. “I...
View ArticleConstitution Amendment: APC Lacks Direction, Not Ready For Governance – PDP
The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress (APC) for amending some parts of its Constitution, describing it as a sign that the...
View ArticleFintiri, Gulak, Six Other Aspirants Want PDP To Respect Pact On Zoning Of...
Eight Peoples Democratic Party aspirants that obtained nomination forms for the botched October 11 governorship by-election in Adamawa State, yesterday, stormed the Abuja secretariat of the party,...
View ArticleNo One Can Be Governor Of Ogun State Without Obasanjo’s Blessing – Isiaka
Any politician aspiring to become governor of Ogun State, South-West Nigeria, will find it a difficult task without the blessing of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a governorship aspirant on the...
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