Thousands of defectors from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and other parties on Saturday formally pledged their allegiance to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq saying the development attests to the rising popularity of the party owing to the people-focused programmes and...
The Senate has approved the N850billion loan request of President Muhammadu Buhari which was read at the plenary on Tuesday.
The loan request is to finance projects in the 2020 budget.
The President had asked the Senate to approve N850 billion loan for the Federal Government to enable his regime to...
says it'll announce decision on zoning at appropriate time
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State has warned its members and supporters to refrain from actions and statements capable of causing disharmony within the party.
It also frowned at unauthorised statements purportedly issued on behalf of...
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, have received their certificates of return (CoR).
The duo won last Saturday’s presidential election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday morning declared Tinubu and Shettima...
The African Democratic Congress on Friday said there was no truth in some reports that it had collapsed its political structure into the Peoples Democratic Party.
Describing the reports as misleading and utterly mischievious, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Yemi Kolapo, said in a statement that the ADC remained the...
The Senate, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7 trillion in budget padding in the 2024 budget. The suspension, which came after a heated session in the red chamber, will last for three months.
Senator Ningi, representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, faced...
Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has enjoined the residents of Lagos State to shun any act of violence as a result of his loss to his Labour Party rival, Peter Obi, in Saturday’s presidential election in the state.
Tinubu, who said this via a statement...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the appointment of heads of security agencies by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
The PDP presidential candidate described the appointment of 17 Northerners as heads of various security agencies as lopsided.
Atiku stated this while speaking at an interactive session...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clarifies that it has yet to adopt any position on the zoning ahead of the 2023 Presidential elections.
The party further explains that it has not taken any decision on any of the recommendations proposed by the Senator Bala Mohammed-led PDP Committee on the Review...
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said that about nine candidates in the 2023 presidential race at the moment, are ready to step down for Senate President Ahmed Lawan.
Kalu disclosed this on Monday while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“I want to tell you, I have spoken...
