nigeria politics

Parents and teachers gives cheers and praises to the President for the numerous benefits the free feeding programme has brought, not just to Ogun State but to Nigeria. “I want to say a big thank you to the federal government of Nigeria and the Ogun state government for providing food for us,”...

Individuals suspected to be political thugs on Friday attacked the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Abia State. Reports available to Sahara Reporters indicated that two suspects connected to the attack on the political party's office have been arrested by the police...

President Muhammadu Buhari and Wife Aisha were pictured departing for the lavish dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth II for Heads of Government and their spouses at the Buckingham palace London on 19th April 2018… The Queen hosted a dinner for Commonwealth leaders and their spouses tonight in the...

The Senate has said that it will invite the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris and the Director General of Department for State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, for questioning at the Senate plenary over why the thugs beat the fierce security cordons around the parliament to invade the...

The federal government has guarantied about $25 billion foreign direct investment for critical infrastructure in the country. This is part of the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) package by the government aimed at stimulating the economy. Click here to read more

The Presidency on Friday alerted the nation of the existence of a fake Facebook account being portrayed as belonging to President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra. According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), the account was the...

Barely three weeks to the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on May 14, it’s 24 governors and other national leaders remain polarized over their struggle to control the party’s structure ahead of the 2019 general elections. Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s...

The Senator representing Katsina South Senatorial District, Abu Ibrahim has said that there is no provision for the suspension of serving senators in the laws guiding the operation of the upper legislative chamber. Speaking to State House correspondents after the weekly juma’at service at the...

A support group for former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku, under the aegis of re-building Nigeria Initiative (RNI), with members across the country, said all arrangements have been concluded for its formal launched in Lagos with its key national officials inaugurated to kick-start the campaign...

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Seconds, has, once again, challenged the Federal Government to drag him to court if it has evidence on allegation of corruption. Secondus spoke through his media adviser, Ike Abonyi, and accused the federal government of...

As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) prepares for the 2019 general election, indications have emerged that the ghost of the creation of 30,000 new polling units in the run up to the 2015 elections has resurfaced, with the move by the commission to re-introduce new polling...

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said Nigerian youths have excelled in every sphere of the economy they have been involved. He stated this when he received a delegation of Not-Too-Young-To-Run Movement which visited him in Abuja on Thursday barely 24 hrs after President Muhammadu Buhari...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said there is no corruption in the presidency under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that such stance has saved the country a lot of money. Osinbajo also reiterated that government’s efforts towards curbing corruption in the country would soon...

The total amount needed for the construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja is N63bn, the Federal Government has announced. According to the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, only N8bn is set aside for the runway in the 2018 budget...

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji, has raised the alarm over alleged threat to his life by persons yet unknown. He said he had been receiving strange calls from all manner of people who kept threatening his life, if he failed to do certain things...

The Peoples Democratic Party says it is working with former Presidents and political leaders in the country to install a new President in Nigeria in 2019. Already, it said discussions had gone far among the former leaders of the country and others, on how to rescue the country from the hands of...

The Advanced Peoples Democratic Party, (APDA) has described the invasion of the Senate Chamber by suspected thugs on Monday as a national embarrassment which must be handled with seriousness. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Tosin Adeyanju, called on the heads of...

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights has called for thorough investigation into the invasion of the Senate by suspected hoodlums on Wednesday. Thugs suspected to be loyal to the suspended Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial district, on Wednesday, invaded the red chambers and...

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has said he was at the Presidential Villa to update Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on what transpired earlier at the Red Chamber during plenary on Wednesday. Dailypost had reported that Ekweremadu and Osinbajo were meeting behind closed-doors meeting for...

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus and the former Senate President, Senator David Mark, yesterday, visited Ekiti State to resolve the crisis rocking the party in the state. The PDP leaders urged the state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, who is backing...