The Minister of Communications, Adabayo Shittu, has said that he has no case to answer, for not participating in the mandatory one year National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme. He
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Ben Murray-Bruce, the senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, escaped being mobbed by a whisker as he was confronted by some angry youth after his screening exercise at the Peoples
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday said the revelation that the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, dodged his compulsory one-year national service, validates its position that President Muhammadu Buhari
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) screening committee on Friday cleared the Minister of Communications, Barrister Abdulraheem Adebayo Shittu for the gubernatorial primary in Oyo State. The go-ahead clearance given
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), on Friday condemned the call made by the Plateau State branch of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that Joshua Dariye, a convicted
With less than 24 hours to the Osun State governorship election, an aspirant of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ondo State, seeking the party’s ticket to represent Idanre/Ifedore federal
Clement Nwankwo, Coordinator of the Nigeria Civil Society Election Situation Room (centre) has said more than 70 civil society organisations are represented in the NCS situation room. He also enjoined
The Coalition for United Political Parties, CUPP, has called on the Governor of Lagos State Akinwumi Ambode, to resist alleged precondition for seeking re-election given to him by the leadership
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, an Executive Director of Centre for Information Technology Development (CITAD), Dr Yunusa Yau, has alleged that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration is following
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said he was moved to join the presidential race following President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to perform. Saraki made the declaration in Bauchi on Friday
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Friday in Ibadan, the state capital announced his intention to contest the Oyo South Senatorial seat on the platform of the ruling All
”Election activities would commence on June 23 with the release of Notice of Election, political parties would commence public campaign on June 24 while candidates for elections and their parties
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has told Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki to ensure the passage the Electoral Act. Governor Wike also told Saraki and the National Assembly
The governorship election in the State of Osun (so the sitting Governor rechristened it) is just a day away. We have a record number of 48 candidates vying for the
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has identified the youthful age of his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, as a great asset to Nigeria in 2019 presidential race Fayose
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has told Senate President Bukola Saraki, that Nigerians now know why President Muhammadu Buhari wanted to be President in 2015. Wike said this while
A Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Presidential aspirant and Governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has assured that he would support restructuring if elected the President of the country in 2019.
Vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Thursday visited Anambra State and toured areas submerged by flood. The vice president who visited Internally Displaced Persons who were gathering their property from submerged
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally caved in to pressures from its governors, approving the use of indirect primary for the selection of the party’s candidates for the
A group of politicians from different political parties in Delta State, under the aegis of the Delta Third Force, has decided to contest for various political positions in African Action
