Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator has called on the founder of Household of God Church, Reverend Chris Okotie to revive his Fresh Democratic Party. Sani was reacting to Okotie’s call that all 2023 presidential aspirants should step down and allow him emerge ...

  The All Progressives Congress, APC, has submitted the full list of its senatorial candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In the list, there are 15 candidates who are either ex-governors or incumbent governors. The Majority Whip, Orji Uzor ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, ruled out the concept of “placeholder” or dummy vice presidential candidate as done by political parties, adding that it has no place in the constitution of Nigeria. After the completion of presidential ...

By Idowu Abdullahi The Founder of Household of God Church, Reverend Chris Okotie, has asked the presidential candidates of the political parties for the 2023 election to step down for him in his bid to take over from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). This is as he ...

By  Agency Report Biodun Oyebanji The Ekiti State governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Segun Oni, and his Action Democratic Party counterpart, Mrs Kemi Elebute-Halle, has rejected the results of the Saturday’s election, saying the outcome will be challenged at ...

  The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Sunday debunked reports that its presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso would run for the 2023 presidential election as a running mate of the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi. National Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Dr Agbo ...

By Olufemi Olaniyi   An elderly voter, Mrs Felicia Fayomi, who is said to be 105 years old, tells OLUFEMI OLANIYI about her motivation for coming out to cast her ballot in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election What is your name? My name is Felicia Fayomi. How old are ...

By Tunde Ajaja   TUNDE AJAJA examines some politicians who have spent years jumping from one party to another seeking political office and have yet to win the respective seats The three failed attempts by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to become the President ...

  The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has said although the All Progressives Congress (APC) has achieved victory in the just concluded governorship election in Ekiti State, the ruling party must be ready to do more in a bid to repeat the same ...

  By Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Omeiza Ajayi & Rotimi Ojomoyela 1) IREPODUN / lFELODUN LG APC- 13,125PDP- 4,712SDP- 5010   2) IDO – OSI LG APC- 10,321PDP- 2,871SDP- 9,489- Party’s candidate, Segun Oni lost in his council area     3) ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has inaugurated a 24-man reconciliatory committee to settle disputes from its congresses and primaries, ahead of the 2023 General Elections.     Chief Isaac Omodewu, the State Chairman, inaugurated ...

•SDP’s Segun Oni loses LGA, of 16  councils, PDP’s Kolawole wins one  •Voters get between N3,000 and N10,000   By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Rotimi Ojomyela & Luminous Jannamike THE All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, last ...

  Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin, has declared that residents of the State will resist any attempt to impeach the deputy governor of the State, Engineer Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan. Folarin, who ...

  The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has confirmed he is in talks with his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi. Kwankwaso and Obi are exploring the possibility of cooperation in the 2023 elections, in terms of a ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the commission cannot guarantee absence of vote-buying during the June 18 Ekiti governorship election. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner, disclosed this to Channels TV on Friday. Okoye ...

  The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum ( SMBLF) has rejected the presidential running mate to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for accepting his ...

  The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga has imposed a ban on Rev. Fr. Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry. DAILY POST reports that this is coming on the heels of Mbaka’s outburst against a Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The ...

By Abiodun Sanusi     In this exclusive interview with ABIODUN SANUSI, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party and national leader of the Kwankwasiya movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso, said he would not forego his presidential ambition for anyone, including the presidential ...

Supporters of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his appointees on Thursday expressed anger over the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to pick the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Wike’s loyalists, ...

By James Ogunnaike Abeokuta—Former presidential aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and senator representing Ogun Central senatorial district of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, said yesterday he stepped down for the party’s presidential ...

  The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has warned against a Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead of the 2023 presidential election. National President of PFN, Wale Oke, who gave the warning, vowed to mobilize its members against voting for any party with Muslim-Muslim ...

  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka has noted that the South-East should continue to liaise with other parts of the country to improve the region’s chances of getting the presidential seat. The former Minister ...

  Popular Catholic Priest, Fr. Oluoma Chinenye John, a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has reacted to a recent prophecy by the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka tagging the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi a ...

  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, some Nigerians have started a social media movement to reject the two leading political parties in the country, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is not unconnected to the emergence of ...

  The comment by Catholic priest, Rev. father Ejike Mbaka describing Presidential candidate Peter Obi as a stingy man has continued to stir reactions. Mbaka had during his latest ministration at the Adoration ministry in Enugu State stated that unless Obi seeks God’s ...

  The Labour Party, LP, has denied forming an alliance with the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the Ekiti governorship election. The party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, described the purported news of LP alliance ...

By  Idowu Abdullahi The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has announced the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Atiku, who is a former Vice President, made the announcement on Thursday via his social media handles. ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has finally unveiled Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate. He unveiled Okowa at the PDP headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. Okowa and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State ...

  As part of the plan to beat the Friday June 17 deadline given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to political parties to submit the names of presidential candidates and their running mates, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ...

  The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the South West Security Network Agency, Amotekun Osun, with the active collaboration of the Osun State Police Command, has been involved in the systematic killing and maiming of its members. ...

  Fiery Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has declared that the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi can never be Nigeria’s President. DAILY POST reports that Mbaka made the declaration at his Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria. Mbaka, who did not ...

Ifreke Inyang   Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said he went into the race for the presidency in 2023 under the All Progressives Congress, APC, just to hone his skills as a politician. Although he lost out in the primary election that ...

Former Kano Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has denied receiving gratification from Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike. A statement Saturday night by spokesman, Ibrahim Adamu said the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) national leader was embarrassed by the bribery claim. The former Kano Central Senator ...

  By Musliudeen Adebayo   Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that there is no vacancy at the Agodi secretariat in 2023. The party urged opposition political parties in the state not to waste their money. The PDP ...

Nsikak Nseyen Oyo State House of Assembly has levelled five allegations against the state Deputy Governor, Mr Rauf Olaniyan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 24 lawmakers signed the petition, which was read during plenary. In the petition titled: ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has approved the immediate commencement of the payment of outstanding gratuity to pensioners in the state. The governor also approved the payment of monthly pension arrears as well as death benefits for Retirees from the public service. This ...

Ochogwu Sunday Two frontline members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senate Majority Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi; and Adamu Aliero, have officially defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), NAN reports. The formal defections of the two APC senators ...

Seun Opejobi   The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has distanced himself from a purported 2023 campaign manifesto in circulation. Tinubu said the purported document in circulation was not his 2023 campaign ...

Wale Odunsi   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of attempting to scuttle citizens’ desire to obtain voter’s card   A statement at the weekend by Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary ...

  The hide and seek game for who is to be selected as presidential running mate to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and 2023 presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is again a make or mar political decision for the party. Such a ...

  Tunde Ajaja TUNDE AJAJA examines the practice of politicians and their associates spending millions to buy presidential forms only to pull out of the race at the last minute At any time in Nigeria’s history, whether in the years of economic boom or now that a whopping 16.82 per ...

Tunde Ajaja, Oluwafemi Morgan, Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Abiodun Sanusi 11 June 2022 Ex-VP, PDP fear regional divisions in S’East, North may work for APC candidate Former Lagos gov moves to douse Muslim-Muslim ticket tension The leadership of the ...

Don Silas Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has insisted that Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, is his son. Tinubu stated this while commending Bello for mobilising the consciousness of youths during his campaign. He ...

John Owen Nwachukwu   Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday evening, visited former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi. Tinubu met the former Rivers State Governor at his Abuja ...

John Owen Nwachukwu   Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has slammed those making religion a focal point in governance. The Governor said he does not care if the President and his vice are all Muslim or all Christians, insisting that ...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Friday told Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that he learnt a lot from the little lecture he gave him. Bello stated this when Tinubu visited him in Abuja, barely 72 hours after the former Lagos ...

  All the political parties in Nigeria have conducted their presidential primary elections. June 9, 2022, was the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for completion of primaries and submission of presidential candidates. The ruling All ...

By Abdul Seye After weeks of intrigues and uncertainty, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) elected a former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate. The 70-year-old politician was able to get northern governors behind ...

  About 24 hours after the victory of Bola Tinubu at the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been silent. DAILY POST observed that Osinbajo has not issued any congratulatory message to Tinubu on his emergence as the APC ...

Musliudeen Adebayo   Two major political parties in the South West geo-political zone, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have conducted their primaries for various elective positions ahead of the 2023 general ...