Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal says he is under pressure to run for President in 2019. The Governor who recently packed his loads from APC to APC stated this while addressing different associations of students and youths as well as resident communities who paid him
Finance Minister under Former President Goodluck Jonathan , Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has shared an insider account of what transpired in Aso Rock as the 2015 election results were being collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Then incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP lost
88-year-old Senator Cyrus Nunyieh who got just 11 months ago to a much younger bride, had his last breath just yesterday. The prominent lawyer was a senator of the second republic and was also the first and oldest lawyer of Ogoni extraction. Months ago, he
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the recent letter of criticism he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the ex-President had no right to dictate who the people should vote for in the
Omoyele Sowore, a presidential aspirant and publisher of SaharaReporters, on Tuesday unveiled the political party on which he would vie for the highest political office in the country. The logo of the party, African Action Congress (AAC), was revealed by Malcolm Fabiyi, Director General of
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the Voters Registration exercise by two weeks. According to information circulating in media, the registration will be concluded at the end of August. The extension is coming a few days after TakeItBack Movement, OurMumuDonDo
Presidential Aspirant, Atiku Abubakar today paid a courtesy call to the Oba of Benin, HRH Oba Ewuare II as well as Chief Sam Igbe, the Iyase of Benin who trained him while he was at the Police Academy several years ago. See another picture below;
A female corps member was allegedly kidnapped by political thugs during the Kogi bye-election over the weekend. According to reports the lady was abducted and beaten mercilessly, because she refused to take orders from them to rig the election. But she was later released. The
New reports has it that APC Senators and Governors are perfecting their plan to unseat Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of house of Rep, Ike Ekweremadu during a meeting with their National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole. No fewer than 30 private, and mostly
The National Assembly has just confirmed that, they will not attend to the INEC Budget submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari Anytime soon. The two chambers of the National Assembly had been widely expected to reconvene today and on Wednesday, but both have just officially confirmed
It is always funny how time flies in Nigeria political environment, how enemy can suddenly becomes a darling and how a friend becomes foes overnight. That was the case yesterday when Senate President Bukola Saraki and former president Olusegun Obasanjo, had a closed door meeting
The Department of State Services [DSS] has revealed that No money or weapon was found in Daura’s house. A statement issued by the spokesperson for the agency, Mr. Tony Opuiyo, in Abuja on Monday, said there was no iota of truth in the allegation that N21bn
Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi, has declared that he appointed over 1,000 aides on assumption of office in 2015 in order to tackle the menace of poverty among the teeming youths of the state. Umahi made the declaration in Egunkwo community, Onicha Local Government Area of
The Presidency on Monday said the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, would still remain the running mate of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in an interview with State
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has uncovered fresh plots by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency to use compromised security agencies and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to invite, arrest and detain Senate President Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President
EFCC has berated the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, for accusing the EFCC of playing out a script written by Senate President Bukola Saraki. Ojudu had in an article titled, ‘Fifth columnists in our recent history’, accused Saraki of
Former Vice President is taking his ambitions to new level as he met with Governor Tambuwal of Sokoto State and former Governor of Ogun State and Director General, Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, in a bid to wrestle power from Buhari. See another
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has promised to spend just one term in office if elected as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Speaking in an interview with THISDAY, the presidential candidate expressed his readiness to sign an undertaking to the effect. Insisting that he
In what can be termed as a sickening gesture, Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello gave out gift bags containing ‘onions and salt’ during the Kogi state bye election yesterday. For how long Nigerians would be tramped upon by politicians, time would tell. See more pictures
