The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has explained the reason for his decision to pick a Muslim as his running mate in the forthcoming general elections.
Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the ruling party, had announced a former governor of...
The Gubernatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Alh. Shuaibu Abdullahi Yaman has said that the state cannot afford another four years of waste, profligacy and unskilled leadership whose only trademark is fanning the embers of discord and disunity within the state.
Addressing a cross-section of...
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to create one million jobs in the first 24 months if elected.
Former Lagos Deputy Governor Otunba Femi Pedro gave this assurance in Abuja when he explained the manifesto of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello as the winner of the Niger South seat at the National Assembly.
INEC Returning Officer, Kolo Zacchaeus, announced the result on Monday in Kontangora.
Mr Zacchaeus said that Sani-Bello scored 100,197 votes to defeat his closest opponent of the Peoples...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will issue certificates of return to newly elected governors, deputy governors-elect and State Assembly members-elect from Wednesday to Friday.
In a statement on Saturday, INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye said by the provisions of Section 72(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, the...
The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State.
Delivering judgment in the appeal by former governor, Gboyega Oyetola on Tuesday, a five-member panel held that the appeal lacked “any scintilla of merit.”
The panel led by Justice John Inyang Okoro held that Oyetola and the...
Says Ododo is Agent of Poverty and Pain
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accuses leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of allegedly sharing and squandering the N2b Kogi State Palliative Fund meant for the wellbeing of the people of the State.
The Party also describes the assertion by the...
The senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Wednesday, urged federal government to prioritise maternal mortality in its budget to curb the rate of deaths during childbirth.
Senator Natasha made the call during the 2024 Budget Defence/Interactive Session between Senate Committee on Women Affairs and the Honourable...
Edo State's Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, officially inaugurated Omobayo Godwin, aged 37, as the freshly minted deputy governor of the state. Godwin's appointment swiftly followed the impeachment of Philip Shaibu by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The impeachment, propelled by a seven-man investigative panel convened by the Edo State House of...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned what it described as an attempted arrest of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai by security operatives at an airport, warning that the incident reflects a growing pattern of political intimidation and selective law enforcement in Nigeria.
In a statement issued on Tuesday...
