nigeria politics

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, granted accelerated hearing of the suit seeking to remove Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State from office. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba said he would expedite the hearing of the pre-election suit that was filed against Akeredolu by a governorship...

The leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Twon Brass, Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, are at each other’s throat over alleged violent confrontation between their supporters. The PDP leadership claimed that some thugs loyal to the APC...

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has remanded Dr. Saadu Alanamu in prison custody for alleged fraud to the tune of N182m and abuse of bail condition. Incidentally, Alanamu’s name was forwarded to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari last week for confirmation as a commissioner of...

A group that seeks to advocate the development of the country and protection of the rights and privileges of its citizens worldwide, Re-building Nigeria Initiative, is set for inauguration. The Deputy National President of the group, Earnest Fasan, said in a statement on Wednesday that the...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said many Nigerian youths like free things based on the notion that Nigeria is an oil-rich nation. According to source, President Buhari made this assertion while speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster. Click here to read more

The General Overseer of Bible Base Miracle Assembly, with headquarters in Onitsha, Anambra state, Rev. Jerry Nwachukwu, has called on the political class in both the South East and South South zones of the country to mount a vigorous campaign for the people to go out and register and collect...

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said the National Assembly may be shut to help President Muhammadu Buhari administration find an end to the spate of killings by herdsmen and militias across the country. The upper chamber of the National Assembly also noted that the...

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has not performed well, adding that he was expecting him not to seek re-election in 2019. He said this on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists after he...

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday told the British Prime Minister Theresa May at her No. 10 Downing Street office in London that he was more worried about the state of Nigeria’s security and the economy than the 2019 election, which he declared last week that he intends to re-contest. The...

Centrum Initiative for Development and Fundamental Rights Advocacy, CEDRA, a non-Governmental Organization, has described as “lawless and suppressive” the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government’s attitude towards the yearnings and aspirations of aggrieved groups in the country. CEDRA...

The United States of America (USA), Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Stuart Symington has advised Nigerians to be concerned about the country being peaceful, united and prosperous rather than dominating the county’s space with issues about 2019 general elections. Symington made this know...

President Muhammadu Buahri has approved further healthcare intervention in the communities of Ogoni, Rivers State, to alleviate the suffering of residents of the area following much exposure to oil pollution. This came as the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, pleaded with the...

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, allegedly received N250m from the Office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of the embattled former NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s report has said. The report, which...

A former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, says Nigerians no longer take him seriously because he annulled the June 12, 1993 Presidential election adjudged as the most credible election in the history of Nigeria. Babangida said this during a programme on Channels Television titled, ‘Roadmap...

A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has vowed that the party will never allow Senator Iyiola Omisore to leave the party. He said this while describing the former Deputy Governor as an invaluable member of the main opposition party...

Former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, disclosed how he was betrayed by many of those he made during his reign as governor of the state after losing a re-election on June 21, 2014. Fayemi claimed that some of those he entrusted with positions during his administration...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said it will be impossible for his administration to identify and recover all looted funds of the country. He also said his administration has not done badly, compared to what it met on ground when he took over power in 2015. Click here to read more

Exactly 19 years after contesting against each other in Nigeria’s first Presidential election of the 4th Republic, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, will on Tuesday meet at Obasanjo’s Abeokuta residence with one...

A desperate search by members of the House of Representatives for a return ticket in 2019 has begun, The PUNCH learnt on Sunday. The elections are about 10 months away, but many members are said to be unsure of the road ahead, with the primaries of the political parties not too far off...

The All Progressives Congress has constituted a 68-member National Convention Committee. The list of the committee members was released by the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Sunday. Click here to read more