OHANEZE Youth Council, (OYC) has warned the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that it will call for a total shutdown across the southeast geo-political zone next February if they both deny Ndigbo their presidential tickets.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a...
FORMER Ekiti State deputy governor Professor Kolapo Olusola has withdrawn from the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) Ekiti South Senatorial primary elections saying that he was deceived into standing by his ex-principal Governor Ayo Fayose.
For four years, Professor Olusola served as Governor Fayose's deputy and in 2018...
SENATOR Ademola Adeleke remains on course to stand in the Osun State gubernatorial elections taking place on July 16 after a federal high court in Osogbo declared him the bonafide governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
On March 8, the PDP held its gubernatorial primaries but the exercise led to...
GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has been told by the members of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that some of them will defect and leave if the powers-that-be impose candidates on them during the forthcoming primaries.
Over the next month, the PDP, like most other parties, will be picking its candidates for the various...
GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State appears to have thrown his weight behind transport minister Rotimi Amaechi as his preferred presidential candidate in what is seen as a big blow to former Lagos State governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Three days ago, Kaduna State delegates had endorsed Asiwaju Tinubu and pledged their...
SENATE chief whip Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has told Nigeria's 40m Igbos that they cannot get the presidential ticket of any party in the country under the current open contest arrangement we have today and need a arrangement conceding the office to the southeast.
Next year, Nigeria goes to the polls and already the battle for...
FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan has been warned by the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (Coseyl) to shelve his 2023 presidential plans amid talk that he has now formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Earlier this week, several northern campaign groups got to getter and bother an APC presidential...
NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has rejected the recent request by the country's 18 registered political parties that it reschedule its election timetable and give them more time to conduct their primaries.
Yesterday, the political parties including the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and...
NIGERIA'S18 registered political parties including the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) to shift its June primaries deadline.
Under its strict election timetable, Inec has given all the parties until...
FORMER senate president Senator Bukola Saraki has told Lagosians that that if he is elected as Nigeria's next president Lagos State would be given special attention as an investment destination in the country.
Senator Saraki is one of the numerous candidates running for president and is currently going round seeking to get...