Nigerians have been asked to blame two All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirants, Bola Tinubu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, if the north retains power in 2023. Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, made the remark while reacting to the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the Peoples ...

  Most Reverend Jude Arogundade, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ondo, has slammed the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for its indifference to the country’s current affairs. While criticizing Nigerians for voting for and queuing behind candidates who lacked the ...

Bola Tinubu, Presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, has congratulated Atiku Abubakar over his victory at the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday. Atiku won the presidential ticket of the PDP with the highest votes, defeating Nyesom ...

1. Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has clinched the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election. Atiku polled 371 votes at the election which was held at MKO Abiola Stadium, in Abuja, on Saturday. 2. Betty Akeredolu, First Lady of Ondo State, who ...

  A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has congratulated Atiku Abubakar, for emerging the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential flagbearer on Saturday. Atiku polled a total of 371 votes to defeat his closest rival, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who garnered 237 votes. ...

Former special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has asserted that the ruling party in Cross River State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been fractured beyond redemption. He also stated that the party had completely ...

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has emerged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2023 general election. Atiku clinched the much coveted ticket during the presidential primary of the main opposition party held on Saturday in Abuja, the ...

A former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, has lost the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos West Senatorial primaries ticket. Obanikoro lost to Mrs. Idiat Adebule, a former deputy governor of Lagos State. Recall that Obanikoro’s son, Rep. Babajide Obanikoro ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced its 2023 National Convention to elect a presidential candidate for 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convention stated at 6.02 pm with the National Anthem. 774 national delegates are expected to vote in the ...

BENIN CITY – FORMER National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday emerged as the senatorial candidate of the party for Edo North senatorial district. He was returned unopposed as his rival, Francis Alimikhena who is the current senator from the ...

The former vice president and presidential aspirants, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Governor of Rivers state, Nyesome Wike and former Senate president, Bukola Saraki, have arrived the venue of the Peoples Democratic, Party, PDP. The opposition party had scheduled today to elect its presidential ...

Amidst speculations of dollar rain by Presidential aspirants, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrived at the Velodrome of the MKO Abiola Stadium Abuja to monitor proceedings. Over a dozen officers dressed in their official red overcoats with EFCC boldly written ...

When the newly sworn-in Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency Seyi Makinde, announced in his inauguration address that he would be donating his monthly salary to the teacher pensioners’ fund, little did the people of Oyo State know that this token was just the beginning of what his administration ...

As the socio-political atmosphere becomes charged ahead of the 2023 general elections, an Imo born political stalwart, Engr. Augustine Okere on Saturday expressed concern over the consequences of not zoning the Presidency to the Southeast. He said the Igbos have done everything in the country to ...

The lawmaker representing Kogi West in the National Assembly Senator Smart Adeyemi has cried out over the alleged threat to his life and that of his family. Senator Adeyemi in a statement he personally signed on Friday evening, noted that he had been told not to run for the Kogi West Senatorial ...

  Former Governor of Anambra State and a 2023 presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, has responded to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, who questioned his integrity after he (Obi) decided to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Peter Obi had on Wednesday said recent ...

  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 ...