The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for political parties to conduct primaries. The commission made this in a statement on Friday. The electoral umpire extended the deadline after meeting with the leadership of the 18 registered ...

1. All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Assembly aspirant eyeing the ticket of Qua’an Pan South State Constituency of Plateau, Hon. Na’anyil Magdalene Dakogol, has been kidnapped. The spokesperson of the Plateau Police Command, Ubah Gabriel, confirmed the development, saying the commissioner of ...

Reactions have trailed the resignation of Peter Obi as member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential. DAILY POST had reported that Obi had on Wednesday announced his resignation from the opposition party. He said recent developments within the party made it practically impossible to ...

Prophet Bisi Olujobi of Wisdom Church International in Lagos says former Governor Bola Tinubu will lose his presidential bid. The cleric noted that his monthly prophecies “as ordained by God”, revealed events that will happen in Nigeria soon. In a statement on Wednesday, he declared: “Asiwaju ...

Barely three days to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention slated for 28 and 29 May, to elect its presidential candidate, an aspirant and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has dumped the party. Obi, who revealed this in a letter addressed to the party’s National ...

Popular Nigerian Comedian Mr Macaroni has taken a swipe at Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state. Macaroni on Monday described Sanwo-Olu’s administration as the worst ever government in Lagos State. He made the statement while recounting how he was brutalized and dehumanized ...

Nollywood actor Aremu Afolayan has called out Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, describing him as a pretender and not a man of God. Afolayan called out Osinbajo after he changed 6500 Dirham in Dubai for N1 million, decrying the state of the nation. According to him, he thought Osinbajo would effect ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dissolved the State Executive Council. The dissolution takes effect from today, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. According to a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, the Chief of Staff to the Governor and Senior Special Assistants have also ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has issued a revised timetable of activities for its governorship, State House of Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives primary elections. This was contained in a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. ...

Full list of those who emerged as House of Representatives candidates on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has emerged. DAILY POST reports that there are fourteen House of Representatives seats in the State. The constituencies are spread across the three ...

As political parties enter the decision week where delegates will determine flag bearers for the 2023 general elections, some presidential aspirants – in both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – are set to stand down, considering the last minute political ...

ABUJA—THE All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, postponed indefinitely, the screening of its presidential aspirants earlier slated for Monday, May 23. Though no reason was given for the alteration of its timetable, the party has been consistent in violating its timetable and schedule of ...

As the 2023 general elections gather momentum, the South-East appears not close to realizing its ambition of producing President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor or a Vice President. It could be recalled that the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ...

The Emir of Kastina, Abdulmuminin Usman, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has the cognate experience required to become the next president of Nigeria, come 2023 The monarch made the remark when the vice president paid him a courtesy call to his palace on Saturday in Kastina. The emir said: ...

Seven days to the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), there is palpable anxiety over the speculation that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu may dump the ruling party at the federal level if the exercise, scheduled for May 29 and 30, is manipulated against him. Tinubu is one of the ...

There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari has not signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, contrary to the notion in some quarters. The amendment is said to be important for the participation of statutory delegates at the forthcoming political parties’ primaries and ...

The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has accused the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government of attempting to put the country’s democracy in jeopardy. Ohanaeze youths in a statement issued on Sunday by ...

Professor Olusola Adeyeye has disclosed that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a presidential aspirant under the party for the 2023 general election, is not the type that can preside over Nigeria. Prof. Adeyeye who ...

As Nigeria draws closer to 2023, there are fears that the general elections may not hold due to the nation’s current state. A one-time Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Father George Ehusani, expressed fear of the 2023 elections holding ...

Sat Guru Maharaj ji, the founder of the One Love Family, has said in 2023 Nigeria needs a President with the courage of a lion. Maharaj ji said only a President with such courage can address numerous challenges in the nation. Addressing newsmen on the state of the nation and ...

• State Assembly, House Of Reps Primaries May Hold Tomorrow • Crises Fester In Anambra, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Cross River Chapters • Aspirants Warn Against Imposition • Imo SWC Orders N160,000 Compulsory Stipend For Delegates • Ayu Expresses Worry Over Rising Insecurity, Insists Exercise ...

Tijjani Musa Tumsah was the pioneer National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC. In this interview, he speaks on the evolving political issues in the party ahead of the 2023 presidential election and why he thinks the party can retain power. Excerpts You were the pioneer ...

Former Governor of River State and a presidential aspirant under the All Progressive Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi on Friday evening was stunned when delegates from Kogi State told him point blank that they will not vote for him. Ameachi and his Entourage which included former Army Chief, Gen. ...

• Move to adopt Udom as PDP consensus candidate builds up • Wike blasts Atiku, other aspirants for betraying PDP in 2015 • S’West PDP to speak with one voice at convention, say Makinde, Fayose • Badaru withdraws aspiration to back Amaechi • Senate President begins consultations with ...

As the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, winds up sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for the 2023 general elections today, the National Working Committee, NWC faction led by Chief Edozie Njoku has called on all aspirants who obtained forms to comply with the party’s ...

*Metuh, others urge NWC to respect Anambra people’s wish *Senator Mark sues for peaceful PDP primaries *PDP asks court to hands-off suit seeking to halt its presidential primary *Hearing continues May 25 About 24 hours to commencement of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries, disputes ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano State has suffered a major setback as former governor of the state, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, and his followers decamped from the party to New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP. Shekarau, who now represents Kano Central senatorial district in the ...

Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, has attacked Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, over a comment credited to him, in which he noted that the NBA has become a “paper tiger,” which has failed in its responsibility to protect the judiciary in Nigeria and rescue it ...

As political parties go into primary elections, apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has again begged the two major political parties to place the country’s interest above nepotism. This was contained in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Friday by ...

A member, representing Bagwai/Shanono Constituency, in the State House of Assembly, Ali Ibrahim Isah Shanono has deactivated his membership of the NNPP and rejoined the All Progressives Congress APC, after failing to obtain a ticket Shanono had in the wake of the mass defections from APC in ...

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, blamed the dwindling security of Nigeria which has led to wanton destruction of lives and property to leadership failure. Saraki, who made this known in Jalingo, Taraba State while interacting with delegates and stakeholders of the state ...

A former Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Kolapo Olusola has withdrawn from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ekiti South Senatorial primary. In the withdrawal letter, he personally signed and addressed to the National Chairman of the PDP, the former Deputy Governor said that ...

A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has described the ruling party as a brothel and a motorpark. Garba reiterated that he dumped the party over the cost of its nomination and expression of interest forms. Recall that Garba recently purchased a ...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Ebenezer Babatope, has warned the platform against actions capable of affecting its chances in 2023. The former Minister of Transportation said the party must ensure its May 28 presidential primary “is fair and credible”. Babatope told the News ...

• In fresh twist, APC adjusts timetable to hold primary hours after PDP’s • Says no truth in zoning presidency to Northeast • APC has no reason to zone presidency to North, Tinubu group kicks • Uncertainty in Buhari’s cabinet as Malami, Tallen attend FEC after farewell session • Buhari to ...

Following its inability to get the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to adjust the 2023 general election time-table, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has reviewed its own primary election timetable, saying there is no truth in the assertion it had zoned its presidential ...

2023 Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant, former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has pleaded with the party’s delegates in Katsina State to stand with him and not abandon him in the forthcoming presidential primaries. Atiku while noting that the Katsina people have always ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has revealed those who did not submit their presidential nomination and expression of interest forms after the purchase. The party also confirmed that about 25 forms were submitted. Speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday, the ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has provided reasons for its decision to adjust its presidential primary election timetable. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Felix Morka, on Wednesday, announced that the presidential primary of the party has been rescheduled to ...

The Federal High Court in Osogbo has ruled that Senator Ademola Adeleke is the duly recognised gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election. In the judgment, which was delivered early on Wednesday by Justice Nathaniel ...

Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has refused to endorse the presidential aspiration of Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation. Amaechi, who was in Kano for his presidential campaign and also to meet with delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates ahead ...

Seeks strengthening of local council system Ekiti State Governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has reiterated the need for Nigeria to be re-organised, saying that this remains the only way to correct the challenges facing it. ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has apologised to journalists, who were mistreated in Jos, Plateau State, by security operatives during his visit to delegates in the Tin City on Monday. Leader of the Technical Committee Support Group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ...

• Mark leads convention panel to inspect MKO Abiola Stadium • Ortom, Jonathan meet, woos ex-president to attend PDP convention • PDP shifts governorship, National Assembly primaries to avert defection of aggrieved aspirants • Akinwumi opts out from APC presidential race • Ruling party tasks ...

Presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that he won the 2019 Presidential election but was robbed of the mandate by the All Progressive Congress (APC). He alleged that the APC denied him.the ...

All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Senator Bola Tinubu has urged delegates of his party to give him the presidential ticket in the coming 2023 general elections assuring that there would be no contest between him and whoever emerges as the presidential candidate of the ...

FRESH facts have emerged on the reason behind the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party to shift its scheduled governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and houses of assembly primaries. Vanguard gathered in Abuja, on Tuesday that disputes over the final list of delegates and ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday cautioned political parties against non-transparent primaries in order to sustain Nigeria’s democracy. Alhaji Yahaya Bello , FCT INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) made the call at the Stakeholders Interactive Session in ...

As the Osun State gubernatorial election process and political activities gather momentum, the Commissioner of Police in the State, Olawale Olokode has asked all the political parties participating in the election to submit their itineraries to his office. The Osun Police ...

Adamu Garba, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, who abandoned the party over the cost of its nomination forms, has purchased a presidential expression of interest form of the Young Progressives Party (YPP). The presidential hopeful, who declared his ...