politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has pledged to ensure votes cast by Nigerians in the forthcoming general elections are protected, saying that the days of wanton manipulation of election results are over. The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made the pledge on Friday while delivering a keynote address at …

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to bring to book perpetrators of the destruction that was carried out on the campaign office of its Osun Central Senatorial candidate. This is as the party warned that such …

The Governor of Sokoto State, Waziri Tambuwal, has denied ever resigning from his position as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum. Tambuwal was one of the PDP presidential aspirants before his eventual withdrawal for Atiku Abubakar during the party’s primary. He disclosed this in a press …

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the South East Revival Group (SERG) on Friday strongly cautioned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “not to follow the footsteps of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to make the party northern affairs just like the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.” In a statement signed …

Ahead of the kick-off of the 2023 general election campaigns across the country, a Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel on media, Rev Richard Peters, has cautioned the political class against the campaign of calumny and violence that could heat up the polity. He warned politicians and their supporters, especially …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday, further dashed the hopes of Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan as he seeks a return to the National Assembly in 2023. DAILY POST reports that Lawan has been locked up in a battle with Bashir Sheriff Machina in his bid …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again chastised the Buhari administration over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The main opposition party condemned the situation at its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday. A statement by Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary, lamented the …

Like in most states, permutations and horse-trading, ahead of the 2023 general elections, have become intense in Sokoto State. With the political transfer window (defection) still wide open, parties and candidates are mindful of not being caught off guard in recruiting strategic members into their fold. Over the years, Sokoto …

Young members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Thursday stormed the National Secretariat of the party to demand the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Most of the protesters carried placards with inscriptions reading, “Ayu Must Go”, “Ayu must step down”, “We need justice, and fairness for …

The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has said that Nigeria should borrow for production like other western countries, noting that All the G-7 countries borrow. He said there is nothing wrong with debt, but we should use debt to keep our economy growing. Obi made this disclosure …