Politics

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday dismissed what it called “reckless and groundless claim” by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that its standard-bearer, Atiku Abubakar, was a Camerounian as a calculated attempt to “trivialise and divert attention from the compelling ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday condemned Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu’s refusal to obey a Court of Appeal order to release the February 23, Presidential election materials. In a statement by its National Publicity ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday filed a petition before the Kano State Election Tribunal seeking to nullify the announcement of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as winner of the gubernatorial poll. It also sought a declaration of its candidate in ...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday gave a marching order to security operatives to deal ruthlessly with bandits terrorising Zamfara State and its environs.  He equally sanctioned same measure for kidnappers and others engaged in acts compromising security nationwide. The president gave ...

National Working Committee (NWC) of the main opposition party and former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, have alleged plots to set up the ex-vice president. In a statement by its national publicity ...

The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 23, 2019 presidential polls, Atiku Abubakar, to “henceforth, stop overheating the polity and quit trying to instigate a political crisis in Nigeria ...

The Ogun Election Petitions Tribunal yesterday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the Labour Party (LP) access the materials it used to conduct the March 9 governorship and house of assembly polls in the state. The Justice ...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 9, 2019 House of Assembly election for Ondo West Constituency II, Abiola Oladapo, has expressed hope that he would retrieve his mandate from APC. Oladapo, who said this while speaking with journalists ...

Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate for Ogun State House of Assembly, Sotayo Johnson, has challenged the election of Adejojo Temitope for Abeokuta South I state constituency in the March 9, 2019 election. Johnson, who was arrested for alleged vote buying ...

The Kano State Police Command has ordered immediate suspension of mining activities in Sumaila council area of the state. Consequently, the force had deployed a special police unit to enforce compliance. The Commissioner of Police, Mohammad Wakili, said the directive ...