politics

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has asked its members to stay calm over the controversy surrounding the candidature of Godswill Akpabio, former minister of Niger Delta affairs, as the party’s senator. The party insisted that Akpabio will be elected as a senator for Ikot Ekpene (Akwa Ibom North-West) in …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has revealed how his administration will tackle insecurity if he is elected Nigeria’s President in 2023. Obi disclosed that his administration will engage two methods to restore safety to every parts of the country. He stated this while speaking with BBC …

FORMER Senate President Bukola Saraki has described the recent visit of Governors of Ekiti and Ondo States, Dr Kayode Fayemi and Olurotimi Akeredolu, respectively, to their Rivers State counterparts, Nyesom Wike, as an exercise in futility. The two APC governors were said to be in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, …

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a former gubernatorial aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party, will officially announce his defection to Labour Party (LP) “next week”. Mr Rhodes-Vivour, one of the favourites to clinch the PDP’s guber ticket for the 2023 general election, withdrew from the race hours before the party’s primaries. His withdrawal, …

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has promised to probe past governments if elected Nigeria’s president in the 2023 election. Sowore stated this via his verified Twitter handle, @yeleSowore, on Saturday. Newsextra24 had earlier reported that Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had said that if …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday expressed confidence that despite the meeting with some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State will not leave the main opposition party. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a chat with …

Adekunle Akinlade, the governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement in the 2019 election in Ogun State has joined the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of next year’s election. Recall that Akinlade, who was former governor Ibikunle Amosun’s anointed candidate in the 2019 governorship election, resigned his membership of the All …

The Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party(SDP), in the recent June 18 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, Mr Segun Oni has challenged the victory of Mr Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oyebanji was declared the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), …

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has released the sum of N1.6 billion for the payment of pension to retirees in the State. The money, according to a statement credited to the office of the Head of Service, is for the payment of pension from the month of June 2022, …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was allegedly rejected by the Yoruba people in 1999, according to Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment. Keyamo explained that the South-West rejected Obasanjo because he betrayed the June 12 struggle. Keyamo claimed in a series of tweets that Obasanjo was not the Yorubas’ …