Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki led a PDP protest to INEC Secretariat over the Osun Election which has generated so much controversy. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the national chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, Governor…
Former Minister of State for Education, Senator Iyabo Anisulowo has accused the duo of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, of being the masterminds of the ongoing crisis rocking the APC governorship…
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Olusegun Agbaje, has said that he would resign from his job if the Supreme Court finds the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, guilty in the conduct of the recently concluded governorship election in…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday night held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his Abeokuta residence. According to NAN, Aminu who addressed journalists after the meeting, said he was in Abeokuta to consult with…
Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday stirred reactions online after he conceded defeat to the anointed candidate of the National Leader of the All progressives Congress, APC, Babajide Sanwa-Olu. Sanwo-Olu, who is the Tinubu’s candidate had defeated Ambode…
Gunmen on Wednesday invaded the venue of the Anambra South senatorial primary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, at the Township Stadium, Ekwulobia, in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The gunmen chased away all the delegates…
Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has rejected results from Tuesday’s All Progressives Congress Primary election. All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Tuesday night declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of the gubernatorial primary election held in the State.…
Babajide Sanwo-Olu has broken his silence after he was declared winner of Tuesday’s Lagos governorship primary conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sanwo-Olu was announced winner of the Lagos governorship primaries, against the wishes of the National Working Committee…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of the gubernatorial primary election held in the State. The chairman of the party in the state, Tunji Balogun made the declaration at the state headquarters…
The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has revealed that former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, will be contesting for presidency next year. Bakare stated this while speaking at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Lagos on…
Less than 24 hours to the rescheduled governorship primaries of the APC in Lagos State, Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC, Lagos West), has joined in declaring support for Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in his bid to fly the party’s flag in the…
Crisis now brews in the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged imposition of candidate for the House of Representatives election. Eight aspirants from Ekiti Central Constituency 1 had petitioned the party leadership, accusing the deputy governor-elect, Chief Bisi…
When Mr. Akinwumi Ambode set out to address a world press conference, he was not predictable. Like his multi-coloured short-sleeved shirt, he was not identified with a single colour of mood. But it did not take long before it became…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo has denied claims that he has annointed APC Governorship candidate, Sanwo Olu. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not endorsed Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the Lagos All Progressives Congress governorship primary scheduled for Monday. Contrary to the…
Tinubu’s camp have been accused of mounting pressure on Governor Ambode to step down and support Sanwolu to be governor. As high-wired intrigues continue to play out in Lagos State over the incumbent governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode’s re-election bid, competent…
Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed believes he has what it takes to unseat President Muhammadu Buhari the 2019 presidential elections. A former member of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, tells Leke Baiyewu of the Punch about his…
After dumping the ruling All Progressives Congress and resigning from Buhari’s cabinet, Aisha Alhassan has joined the UDP. A former minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, on Saturday defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to United Democratic Party,…
A leading candidate in the All Progressives Congress Governorship primary has stepped down for another candidate. A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Dr. Femi Hamzat, has withdrawn from the race, according to Punch…
The European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States missions that monitored the just-concluded Osun governorship elections have expressed concerns over “widespread incidents of interference and intimidation of voters, journalists, and civil society” during the exercise. The missions, in…
Thirty six out of the 40 members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Saturday endorsed an aspirant in the Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primaries, Jide Sanwo-Olu. According to a statement by the Chairman of the House…