The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the nomination of Barrister Bayo Lawal as the new Deputy Governor of the state. The approval is coming few hours after the Assembly removed the Rauf Olaniyan. The House has on Monday removed Olaniyan, a native of Igboho from office, ...

Ahead of the 2023 election, Reno Omokri, a socio-political activist, has declared that Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate is not a threat to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Omokri said the only threat to PDP’s victory in 2023 is Rabiu Kwankwaso of the ...

By Gbenga Oloniniran   The Oyo State Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, has been removed by members of the State House of Assembly, following misconduct and a series of allegations levelled against him. Olaniyan was removed by members of the House of Assembly on Monday.The PUNCH gathered that the ...

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is yet to congratulate Osun governor-elect Ademola Oyetola. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer defeated Governor Gboyega Oyetola in a keenly contested battle. The former Senator won in 17 of the 30 local government ...

Legal practitioner, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has advised Osun governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke to perform well after his swearing in or face rejection later. The lawyer said if the former Senator failed to deliver, the people would vote him out like they did to Governor Gboyega Oyetola. ...

A member of the House of Representatives, Bamidele Salam has claimed that the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election is the most monetised in the history of Osun State. Bamidele, who represents Ede South, Ede North, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency in the Green chamber and who was also the ...

By Stephen Angbulu   The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday in Katsina, said Nigerians would be more “grateful to God” if they “knew what other countries in Africa were passing through”. This was as he said the emergence of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as ...

By GODFREY GEORGE and DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE Plans are currently ongoing for the inauguration of the campaign council of the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The spokesperson for the PDP candidate, Paul Ibe, made this known in an ...

By LEKE BAIYEWU, TUNDE AJAJA, SOLOMON ODENIYI and HINDI LIVINUS 17th July 2022 The Planning and Strategy Committee of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation has alerted the All Progressives Congress to the possibility of about 192 National Assembly members defecting from the party to other parties ...

Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke has been declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election. Adeleke emerged the winner of the election with 403,371 votes. Announcing the winner on Sunday morning, the returning officer for the Osun governorship election, Vice-Chancellor of ...

  Over 10, 000 Nigerians from across the 19 northern States, on Friday, converged in Abuja, to protest the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The protesters, under the aegis of All Christians ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is planning to compromise and sabotage the will and desire of the people for a free, fair, transparent and credible electoral process in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. PDP, in a statement ...

  More results are coming in from Local Governments in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State. INEC officials have concluded the voting and the results have been sent to the local government headquarters of INEC. DAILY POST reports that the Osun State governorship ...

An activist, Deji Adeyenju, has appealed to leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to go and beg the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. According to Adeyanju, the PDP has failed to be fair to Wike in spite of his loyalty to the opposition party. He explained that the Rivers ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has gone to seek the disqualification of Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from contesting the 2023 presidential election. The main opposition wants the court to compel the Independent ...

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday, decided to go the MKO Abiola way, which is testing his popularity with Muslim-Muslim ticket for the forthcoming general elections. The former Lagos State Governor settled for a fellow Muslim and ...

The Osun State governorship election is here. The D-day fixed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is Saturday, July 16, 2022. The political parties and their gubernatorial candidates have done their homework and now the decision of who is to be governor of Osun State for ...

As preparations for the 2023 elections continue to heat up in Nigeria, Nigerian celebrities seem to be playing active roles in sensitising fellow citizens to decide who becomes the country’s next president. Most celebrities who have openly declared support are divided among the trio of Peter ...

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso has reportedly picked Pastor Bishop Isaac Idahosa as his running mate for the 2023 elections. The party disclosed this in a tweet on its Twitter handle on Thursday “Our VP Pastor Bishop Isaac Idahosa from Edo ...

An Oyo State High Court has dismissed a suit filed by Mr. Rauf Olaniyan, the state Deputy Governor. The Oyo State House of Assembly had a few weeks ago initiated an impeachment process against the deputy governor. DAILY POST recalls that Olaniyan later approached the court to stop the ...

The Osun State All Progressives Congress faction   backed  by  the  Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola,   was on Wednesday  hopeful  that the Federal High Court in Abuja would disqualify the state Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, as the APC governorship candidate in Saturday’s election. The Chairman ...

By Adelani Adepegba, Friday Olokor, Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Tope Omogbolagun, Segun Adewole, Victor Ayeni, Ted Odogwu, Ikenna Obianeri, Matthew Ochei, Lilian Ukagwu, Abiodun Nejo, Godwin Isenyo, El-ameen Ibrahim, Peter Dada and Olaide Oyelude   Loyalists of the All Progressives Congress ...

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, says the only way Nigeria can change is when old politicians are removed from office. Obi said this during the party’s mega rally on Wednesday in Osogbo. The presidential candidate said that it is only a vote for Alhaji Lasun Yusuf ...

Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the electorate will punish insensitive politicians in the 2023 general election. He was reacting to comments making the rounds on Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s choice of Kashim Shettima, a Muslim ...

  Jimi Agbaje, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections has denied defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Reports emerged on Monday that Jimi had joined the ruling party to support APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 ...

By Sodiq Oyeleke   A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa, has highlighted some implications of presenting a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the All Progressives Congress. In a post on Wednesday, the human rights lawyer highlighted 10 “grave” implications while faulting the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ...

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has faulted the announcement of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Lawal, in a note he personally signed on Tuesday, described the decision as a ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagso State has said the nomination of Funke Akindele as deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, underscores the unseriousness of the party. Spokesman of the party, Mr. Seye Oladejo said this in a statement after Funke ...

Ahead of the governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, in the state. Tinubu said the PDP and Labour Party will labour till death. The ...

A former governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Tonye Princewill has become the latest member of the party to leave. Princewill announced his resignation in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the ward chairman of the APC in Ward 3 in Buguma Asari ...

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa, has confirmed her nomination as the deputy gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Akindele, in a video posted on Tuesday via her Instagram page, disclosed that she would be putting a hold on her career as an ...

By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Ndahi Marama, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Omeiza Ajayi, Peter Duru, Chioma Onuegbu, Bashir Bello, Ike Uchechukwu & Ogalah Ibrahim, LAGOS The polity was literary astir, yesterday, as mixed views greeted Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s selection of former Governor of Borno ...

ALL Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s selection of former Governor of Senator Kashim Shettima on a Muslim-Muslim ticket has set the former Lagos State Governor on collision course with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was said to have warned that such ...

  Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed hope that the Yoruba would support the presidential aspiration of his predecessor, Bola Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu spoke on Monday at the 2022 edition of the Annual Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The Governor described Tinubu as ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has been described as unserious ahead of the Osun State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had scheduled the Osun State governorship election to hold on July 16. While the ...

Former Kano governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso has denied endorsing former Lagos helmsman, Bola Tinubu for presidency in 2023. Kwankwaso and Tinubu are the presidential flagbearers of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). A statement on Monday by his campaign ...

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described the ruling party as a terrorists political party. According to the group, it is now time for all patriotic Nigerians to reject the ruling party at the 2023 Presidential poll. This follows the emergence of Kashim Shettima as ...

The Middle Belt Youth Forum has expressed anger over the decision by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to embark on a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election. The decision by the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to have the former Borno Governor, Senator ...

The Labour Party has cried out over alleged attempts on the life of its candidate in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, Yusuff Lasun. The Labour Party alleged that thugs dressed in police uniforms, in a commando style, attempted to snuff the life out of its party’s gubernatorial ...

  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Mustapha Aliyu, has said the choice of a Muslim as running mate to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is to divide Nigeria along religious lines, disorganise the people and raise ...

  Terver Akase, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has berated the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over its choice of presidential candidate and running mate. DAILY POST reports that the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu who is a ...

  Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Osun State, has said he will bring back community policing to solve the insecurity in his state if elected governor. Adeleke said this while appearing on Channels TV for Osun State governorship debate on ...

  The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has advised his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to look after himself. There have been concerns about Tinubu’s health ever since he declared his intention to ...

  The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has reacted to the choice of former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, as the running mate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The umbrella Christian organisation on Sunday, ...

  Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has said that victory for the All Progressives Congress in the July 16 governorship election in the state would enable him to build on achievements he had so far recorded since assuming leadership of the state. He also predicted that from all ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu, has finally settled for Senator Kashim Shettima, a Muslim as his running mate. DAILY POST reports that some stakeholders in the country had warned the former Lagos State Governor against picking a ...

By TUNDE AJAJA, ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS and DAMILOLA AINA Amid growing disquiet in the Peoples Democratic Party over the crisis in the party and his absence from the country, the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, says he’s back and that members have nothing to worry ...

  The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has been described as a scam. Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based rights activist, made the remark over claims that Obi does not fly private jet. Adeyanju said contrary to believes, the former Anambra State governor uses private jet a ...

  All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Akin Alabi has dismissed the strength of the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the 2023 election. Alabi, 45, is the House of Representatives member for Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency of Oyo State. On Saturday, the lawmaker reacted to a tweet ...

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has disclosed how the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, may pave the way for the victory of his counterpart from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. Primate ...