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...
SENATE president Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan has confirmed that the senate chief whip Senator Orji Uzor Kalu abandoned his presidential bid and stood down for him so the two of them did not clash.
Both Senators Lawan and Kalu had declared their presidential intentions and were seeking to secure the ticket of the ruling All...
FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination form purchased for him by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban).
Yesterday, shockwaves were sent across the political spectrum when it emerged that Macban, the nomadic Fulani pastoralists...
FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has lashed out at the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari saying that the current government has divided Nigerians more than at any other time in the nation's history.
Alhaji Abubakar who was number two to President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007 is...
OHANAEZE Ndigbo has warned that it may call on Nigeria's Igbos to boycott the 2023 elections over the refusal of the country's two leading parties to zone the presidency to the south of the country.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency will rotate between the...
STUDENTS body the National Association of Nigerian Students (Nans) has warned the country's two main political parties that it will now allow then to gold their forthcoming presidential primaries unless they sort out the ongoing strike in universities.
Nigeria's Academic Staff Union of Universities (Asuu) is currently on...
OHANEZE Ndigbo has expressed its bitter disappointment with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for not zoning its presidential ticket to the southeast geo-political zone during its recent screening exercise.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency will rotate...
RIVERS State gubernatorial candidate and the lawmaker representing the Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency Hon Farah Dagogo has been arrested by the police at the request of Governor Nyesom Wike.
Earlier this week, Governor Wike threatened to have Hon Dagogo, an aspirant seeking to get the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP)...
NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) chairman Retired Brigadier Buba Marwa has suggested that all candidates vying for elective office in Nigeria should subjected to a drugs test prior to elections.
Brigadier Marwa, who was once a presidential aspirant himself, has written top the chairman of the ruling All...
SEVERAL Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidates of Igbo extraction have agreed to work together to produce a consensus aspirant as the race to next year's elections heats up.
Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency will rotate between the north...
-SG (1).gif)
