• Obasanjo, Akinwunmi, others to address Africa’s leadership crisis Former President Goodluck Jonathan has led the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) to Senegal on a mediation mission ahead of the country’s presidential election tomorrow. The information was in a statement issued ...

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the Federal Capital Territory, on Monday, protested the recent appointments by the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, saying he is obsessed with engaging his Peoples Democratic Party loyalists at the expense of their members. The FCT party chieftains, who ...

The 2024 governorship aspiration of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has received the backing of notable politicians in Irele Local ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH8VB25iI3g   source

President Bola Tinubu on Monday expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the path to victory in the September 2024 gubernatorial election in Edo State. The President spoke while presenting the party’s flag to the state gubernatorial candidate, Senator Monday ...

With two days to the deadline given to the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, there are strong indications that he (Shaibu) will not respond to the impeachment notice served by the House of Assembly via substitution. The House of Assembly commenced impeachment proceedings against Shaibu on ...

For many, the outcome of the Russian presidential election, scheduled to take place between March 15 and 17, is already known. President Vladimir Putin is facing little competition from the other candidates on the ballot after the election commission barred any challenger who could have ...

Governor Gavin Newsom’s mental health bond measure Proposition 1 continues to hang on to its narrow lead, prompting leaders of the opposition movement to concede likely defeat on Tuesday. The measure, which requires a simple majority to pass, was supported by 50.4% of voters and opposed by ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination with decisive victories in Georgia and Mississippi on Tuesday, overcoming concerns about his leadership from within his own party as the 2024 presidential contest shifts to a general election rematch that many voters ...

Japan’s ruling party has stood the test of time, surviving even when expected to fade. But a fresh wave of scandals, heralding record-low public approval ratings, has prompted the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to try to shape up. For over 70 years, the LDP—the party of the late ...

Donald Trump on Monday pledged to free people jailed for taking part in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol as one of his first actions if reelected, calling them “hostages.” The rioters – egged on by the then-president and fueled by his false claims of voter fraud – stormed the seat of US democracy ...

The following are President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union remarks, as prepared for delivery, provided by the White House: Good evening. Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Members of Congress. My Fellow Americans. In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber to speak ...

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By Enahoro Iyemefokhai Members of the Edo State House of Assembly have commenced impeachment process against the state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. DAILY POST reports that the petition for the impeachment of the deputy governor was read on Wednesday at a plenary session of the house. The ...

Asue Ighodalo has been declared winner at yet another primary election of the Peoples Democratic party. Still on Thursday ... source

By Francis Ugwu Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, on Monday, accused former President Muhammadu Buhari of being responsible for the current economic hardship being faced by Nigerians. Mutfwang specifically said that “we sold our future under the last administration.” The governor spoke ...

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United States President Joe Biden has won the Democratic presidential primary in the state of Michigan, according to media projections, but early counts showed he faced noticeable opposition over his support for Israel’s war on Gaza. In Michigan, which is home to a large Arab-American ...

Two parallel truths danced around each other Tuesday in Michigan, as President Joe Biden easily won the state’s primary, but heads into Super Tuesday lightly bruised as double-digit shares of voters in far-flung counties lodged protest votes against him. Even among the biggest Biden supporters, ...

Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has emerged the flagbearer for Labour Party (LP) ahead of the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State. Akpata polled 316 votes to secure the ticket in the primary held in Benin City, Edo State on Friday. ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Veteran Nollywood actor, Olaiya Igwe, says he has no regrets supporting President Bola Tinubu during the last general elections. DAILY POST reports that during the buildup to the 2023 presidential election, the actor attracted attention after praying naked at a beach for Tinubu. ...

 Mansions rise from the coastline. Sailboats clip the waves. And overlooking the landscape, atop a grassy hill, sits the house of a former president, Theodore Roosevelt. Nestled on the north shore of Long Island, New York’s third congressional district is the wealthiest in the state — and ...

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State, in this interview on Trust TV’s 30 Minutes programme, speaks on the reasons the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not been seen to be playing aggressive opposition, the crisis in the party, his policy focus for the state, among other issues. ...

Last week, Senegal’s President Macky Sall unilaterally postponed presidential elections by several months just weeks before the planned date of February 25, sparking protests across a country already on edge from months of political tension. On Monday, the National Assembly descended into chaos as ...

Self-help author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson on Wednesday announced the end of her long-shot Democratic challenge to President Joe Biden. The 71-year-old onetime spiritual adviser to Oprah Winfrey contemplated suspending her campaign last month after winning just 5,000 votes in New ...

Protests erupt in Senegal after the president indefinitely postpones elections. Senegalese President Macky Sall made a surprise announcement on Saturday – indefinitely postponing elections scheduled this month. He cited controversy surrounding the disqualification of some presidential ...

By Francis Ugwu Senegalese authorities have shut down internet connection in the country shortly after President Macky Sall postponed the presidential election indefinitely. The shutdown followed widespread protests which trailed the postponement of the election, earlier scheduled for ...

Police made arrests and fired tear gas as opposition supporters protested President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone elections in Senegal. Clashes erupted on Sunday as federal lawmakers prepared to debate a bill to formalise the delay of the February 25 vote. Demonstrators rallied in the ...

The postponement of Senegal’s presidential election opens a “period of uncertainty”, the European Union has said, and the United States called for a swift new date for free polls ahead of opposition protests in the capital, Dakar, that were dispersed by police. “The European Union … calls on ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the suspension of the ongoing re-run elections in Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency, Akwa lbom State, Enugu South 1 State Constituency, Enugu State and Kunchi/Tsanyawa State Constituency, Kano State over disruptions, ...

The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has sent 10 names to the state House of Assembly for screening and confirmation as commissioners and special advisers. Aiyedatiwa became the governor of the state on December 27, 2023, following the death of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. He later dissolved ...

By Shehu Usman The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has begun the distribution of sensitive materials across the eight local government areas of Yobe State ahead of Yobe East Senatorial and Fika/Fune Federal Constituency bye-election and rerun slated for Saturday. This was ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George, has appealed to ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to shelve his 2027 presidential ambition. George, while appearing on Arise Television ...

By Sunny Green Itodo Popular actor and comedian, Babatunde Bernard Tayo, aka Baba Tee, has revealed why he supported the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate and eventual winner, Bola Tinubu during the last presidential elections. Speaking in a recent episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast, ...

The suspension of the former South African President comes ahead of the country’s general elections. South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has suspended former President Jacob Zuma, weeks after he backed another party ahead of this year’s general election. “Zuma and others ...

By Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor Siminalaye Fubara of flouting the peace deal brokered by President Bola Tinubu on the political crisis in Rivers State. The Chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, who made ...

By John Akinfehinwa Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has taken the oath of office as the fifth democratically-elected Governor of Kogi State. Ododo was sworn in by the Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Josiah Mejabi, at the Muhammadu Buhari Civic Centre in Lokoja, the State capital. He was administered ...

By Seun Opejobi Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said reckless politicians who want to win elections at all costs infiltrated the electoral body’s election result portal, IReV, during the 2023 elections. Jega said these reckless and ...

By Francis Ugwu Former President Donald Trump has been projected to win Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary just a few minutes after the final polls closed, defeating Nikki Haley – his final remaining major rival for the Republican Party nomination. Trump is the first ...

What do an occupational therapist, a medical doctor, a lawmaker, a philanthropist and a gynaecologist have in common? They are all confronting male predominance in Edo politics. As the parties primaries kick off in February, these women, vying to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki in the upcoming ...

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State who has just returned from the meeting of the South-South Governors’ Forum (SSGF) in Edo State where Governor Godwin Obaseki was re-elected chairman has given reason for the decision. LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered that governors of the South-South ...

The All Progressives Congress, Akwa Ibom State chapter, says plans are underway to set up a reconciliation committee to address differences in the party. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this while addressing Uyo stakeholders meeting held at Kara Event Centre, said he ...

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has called for justice and fairness for all the Peoples Democratic Party’s lawmakers in the state whose elections were nullified by the Court of Appeal. The governor spoke on ThurMutfwang sday in Abuja during his visit to the Executive Secretary, Tertiary ...

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Wednesday exonerated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the challenges of violence and insecurity during elections in Nigeria, saying politicians should be held ...

By Seun Opejobi A former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung on Wednesday alleged that cabals in the Presidency have hijacked President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Dalung, who was a minister under the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, alleged that members of the cabals include ...

A former presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has disregarded claims that the Aso Villa in Abuja is a haunted place. Adesina told Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday that he enjoyed his eight years living in the Villa. “I didn’t see anything like that; no witches, no wizards, ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari left him with a lot of battles and tasks. Tinubu said the former president left behind a lot of liabilities and assets for him. He spoke at the book launch titled: “Working with Buhari: Reflections of a ...

Political economist, Professor Pat Utomi has said the presidential candidates of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Labour Party, LP, and New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, have agreed to form a mega party that will wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2027. Utomi made this ...

The Director-General for Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, speaks to AYOOLA OLASUPO about post-election matters in the Labour Party, restructuring among other issues of national interest After the general election, has the Labour Party been able to carry out a post-mortem ...