A former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland and ex-Administrative Officer representing the Queen of England, Yahaya Kwande, has described the corruption fight of President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘nonsense.’ The 90-year-old Northern
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, in Rivers State, Obo Effanga said despite pressures and attacks, the commission conducted credible elections in line with extant laws in
The lawmaker representing Osun West senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has faulted allegation that he presented forged school results to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that there must be equity in the zoning of principal offices in the 9th National Assembly. The party said that all geopolitical zones
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has granted 40 political parties leave to serve the originating process and other processes to Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha through
Popular Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has reacted to a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide that those making ‘clean money’ in Nigeria are not complaining under the present government.
Imo governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, has said rebuilding the state from its current degree of rot under Governor Rochas Okorocha’s alleged misgovernance will not be easy. He charged those who would
Sen. Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) has said that he did not propose the use of the 2011 Standing Rule for
Former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, on Monday claimed that the “presidency has been finally caught” in what he described as “Freudian slip”, following
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Abiodun Olasupo, on Monday, said that there was no ambiguity in the rules of the National Assembly in electing its leadership. Olasupo,
The Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Comrade Shehu Sani, has alleged that a personal lawyer to governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai, Barrister A. I. Mustapha is being hired
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday, accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu of trying to plunge the nation into monumental crisis. It also explained
A legal practitioner and human rights activist, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has added a new twist to the controversy surrounding the citizenship of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
Former Senate President, Dr Iyorchia Ayu has warned the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, against running for president in 2023. According to him, Tinubu’s
An elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has insisted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is qualified to contest for the office of the President
The Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Kabiru Adjoto, on Monday commended the judiciary over an Appeal Court judgment which declared him as the All Progressives Party (APC) elected
Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State has said that the elections into the 14 Local Government Areas will hold in spite of the security challenges facing the State. Yari made
Seven Chadian soldiers have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram, Azem Bermendoa Agouna an army spokesman said on Monday. The Islamist militants injured 15 others when they attacked
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, has reacted to the claim by Festus Keyamo, the Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign Council that one does not need a
Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC) has fixed April 27, 2019 for the conduct local government council elections in the state. The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Garba Muhammad
