politics

A former Minister of State for Education and governorship aspirant in Delta State, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He has won the state’s governorship ticket of the SDP ahead of the 2023 general election. Gbagi’s victory is coming …

A member of the house of representatives, Shina Peller has revealed why he decided to contest a seat in the senate instead of seeking another term in the chamber. Recall that Peller, who currently represents lseyin/ltesiwaju/Kajola/lwajowa federal constituency, came a distant third in the Oyo north senatorial primary of the All …

The south-east Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the senate has called on Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the party, to nominate Uche Ekwunife, lawmaker representing Anambra central, as the minority leader in the upper legislative chamber. Recall that Enyinnaya Abaribe, senator representing Abia south, had recently resigned his membership …

Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, met with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Thursday. The presidential spokesman disclosed this in a tweet, sharing his picture with the Nigerian leader. “I just ran into President Goodlluk Jonathan at the Italian National …

Former Lagos State Governor and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has narrated how former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, allegedly led a campaign of calumny against him in 2015. Speaking at the Presidential Lodge in Abeokuta, while addressing the Ogun State APC delegates ahead of …

The leadership of Traditional Religion Worshippers Association, Osun State has cautioned politicians against fomenting trouble during the forthcoming governorship poll in the state. The group said whoever that foments trouble during the election would face the wrath of Sango and Ogun. The group als called on the stakeholders to shun …

Shina Peller, the lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, paid a visit to Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan, the prominent leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party in Oyo State. Peller had criticized the All Progressives Congress’s handling of the Oyo North Senatorial District primary election. Fatai Buhari, …

A group identified as the south-east front in the All Progressives Congress (APC) has implored delegates to choose Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the party’s presidential candidate. This was contained in a statement released on Wednesday by the group. According to the group, choosing a presidential ticket from the north-east will …

A faction of Labour party has instituted a legal action against the party’s hierarchy. While ruling on an ex parte motion filed by Calistus Okafor, a former deputy national chairman of the party, justice Inyang Ekwo of federal high court in Abuja, ordered that the Party be served with a …

The continued stay in office of Iyorchia Ayu as national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is gravely threatened. This is as the PDP Concerned League, identified as a stakeholders’ group of the party, asked him to step down from his position. The group also demanded the resignation of …