Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau, a former Kano State Governor, has officially dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). This was confirmed on Tuesday via a terse statement on the official Twitter account of the NNPP. The statement, which reads: ...

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Oyo State Council, on Tuesday, described the governor of the state, ‘Seyi Makinde, as an Omoluabi for possessing a good mindset that has made him not to renege on his agreement with pensioners despite the challenges in the polity. The NUP Oyo State Council ...

Youths under the aegis of the Southern Youth Forum, SYF, yesterday, declared support for the presidential ambition of former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, saying he is the perfect fit to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Rising from its monthly consultative meeting in ...

The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has said that he can’t run for presidency because of his role at AfDB. A support group had last week purchased and submitted the N100m Presidential form of the All Progressives Congress for him. Nigerians have since ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is too late to tinker with the schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye,  stated this while speaking with the ...

•Intrigues as Bala Mohammed listed as Bauchi guber primary aspirant •Tambuwal allegedly purchased senatorial election form •Party will present leadership that will take Nigeria out of pains, Benue governor promises The race for who will emerge the presidential candidate of the Peoples ...

“Planning is a process by which you continuously create your own future.” Roger Fritz, in Entrepreneur 1996. Every serious plan should have at least one goal in mind. A National Development Plan, NDP, ideally sets many development goals at once. It is always best if the goals are all very ...

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has warned political parties against a Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2023. Fani-Kayode warned that Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2023 is reckless and dangerous. In a series of tweets, the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain also ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Justice Mary Odili on her 70th birthday and retirement from the Supreme Court. Jonathan, in a goodwill message he personally signed, described Odili as a dedicated jurist and shining example in public service. He said, ...

An All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, Rotimi Amaechi has officially resigned as the Minister of Transportation. Amaechi said he resigned from Buhari’s cabinet to focus on his Presidential ambition. There have been speculations over Amaechi’s resignation, following ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari loves Rotimi Amaechi, the outgone Minister of Transportation. Rufai disclosed that Buhari loves Amaechi due to his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, ...

The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said he would support whoever wins the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primary elections holding on May 28 and 29, 2022. Wike, a presidential aspirant, made this promised in Lagos at a Town Hall meeting with the PDP’s ...

•Protesters target Sultan Palace, attack Catholic Church •Soldiers, policemen deployed to streets •Tambuwal imposes 24hr curfew There was pandemonium, yesterday, in Sokoto as protesters took to the streets demanding the release of two suspects detained for the killing of the late Miss ...

The presidential aspiration of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu got a boost yesterday in Kaduna where Governor Nasir El-Rufai and delegates in the state pledged their support. In a voice vote administered by the governor, the delegates predicated their support on Tinubu ...

Femi Adesina, the Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity has said that he is not a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adesina, who appeared on Channels Television on Thursday, also said he would run to his house after he ...

Some Nigerians have expressed concerns that the National Assembly’s latest amendment to the Electoral Act, 2022, to allow statutory delegates – all those elected – to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties, saying it was designed to boost the ...

Following reports that a coalition of northern socio-cultural groups, basically of Fulani extraction, purchased N100 million nomination and expression of interest forms of the APC for the former President to contest for President again in 2023, Jonathan swiftly rejected the presidential form ...

The Joint National Assembly Committee on Land Transport on Wednesday begged the Chinese Government to help rescue 62 passengers abducted from the Abuja-Kaduna passengers’ train on the 28th March 2022 by suspected terrorists. Addressing journalists after an oversight visit to the Obafemi ...

Ahead of the 2023 general election, Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has opined that actors, professionals and musicians are some of those who have ‘sold their souls to politicians’. The 39-year-old son of music legend, Fela Kuti said this in an Instagram post on Wednesday ...

Ahead of the forthcoming primary elections, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has submitted his All Progressives Congress, APC, expression of interest and nomination forms. The form was submitted by his support group, Progressive Project TPP in Abuja, on Wednesday night. The submission took place ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 96th National Executive Committee (NEC) has finally thrown open the contest for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. PDP’s position was made known during the party’s NEC meeting, Wednesday, in Abuja. Also, ahead of the party’s National Convention to ...

Confusion is brewing in the ruling All Progressives Congress, especially, in its South-South and South-East zones over the sudden emergence of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential race. The N100 million nomination and expression of interest forms of the ruling party were ...

Following the directive from President Muhammadu Buhari ordering ministers with presidential ambition and others contesting for other elective positions to resign immediately, more ministers are expected to resign between now and May 16, DAILY POST can report. Already, ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, ended its sale of nomination and expression of interest forms, with no fewer than 25 aspirants jostling for its presidential ticket. Although, the directorate of organization was still computing the figures of aspirants including those who picked ...

AFTER two hours of meeting with leaders and members of Fulani community, who procured the N100 million presidential nomination forms for him, former President Goodluck Jonathan, is considering running on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, Vanguard learned, authoritatively last night. ...

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Yekini Nabena, has disclosed how the party would use the money realized from the sales of its expression of interest and Presidential nomination forms. Speaking with DAILY POST, the APC chieftain said, unlike the ...

Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao quit the sport that lifted him out of poverty to rumble for the Philippines presidency, but his tough talk on drugs and crime failed to hit the mark with voters. His bid for the top job started in typical bold style: a livestream broadcast of himself riding in a ...

Hours after former president Goodluck Jonathan publicly rejected the All Progressive Congress’ presidential expression of interest and nomination forms, Secretary of the Fulani Group, Usman Mohammed, has vowed that Jonathan won’t leave the country without accepting it. The group, which is an ...

Federal lawmaker accuses Wike of nailing him with falsehood  Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned till May 23, the commencement of the trial of a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Farah Dagogo, who is facing a ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the presidential form of the All Progressives Congress purchased for him on Monday by a group of supporters from the northern region. Speaking through his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, the former president said in a statement hours after the ...

One of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential aspirants, Dr. Bukola Saraki has met with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as he continues to campaign to delegates of the party ahead of its presidential primary elections, just as he warned Nigerian voters against choosing a candidate that ...

NIGERIAN workers are constitutionally-free to participate in politics, lawyer, Mr Femi Falana has said. He was responding to the warning from the central government to civil servants to stay off politics. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) relied on the position of the Supreme Court, which ...

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele’s request to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami preventing him from his Presidential Ambition, has been refused at the Federal High Court in ...

  There are many political parties registered in Nigeria, but we all know that based on the existing situation and 2019 election results, only two of them have the ability to win presidential election. Of course, other parties can win in states but they do not have the strength to win ...

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West, on Friday, cautioned presidential aspirants from the zone to guard against their utterances. It was gathered that the meeting, which was held behind closed doors at the Lagos House, Marina, also resolved that name calling and other ...

Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has assured that he will do everything possible to ensure safety and also provide free medical services to Nigerians if elected president in 2023. Bukola gave the assurance on Friday, while addressing delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in ...

National leader of the All Progressives Congress and presidential aspirant in 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has thrown a poser to his opponents, daring them to try and see who wins the party’s ticket and the election proper. He also observed that the reward system in APC was poor, ...

The United Kingdom has recognised the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation and a group that uses violence to achieve its aims.   The United Kingdom Visas and Immigration office disclosed this in its May 2022 policy update. UKVI clearly referred to IPOB whose ...

By Opele Delphi Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has finally revealed and confirmed his Iragbiji roots. That he indeed hails from Iragbiji, a sleepy town in Osun State was certified by the man himself in a 1990 Nigerian Passport issue he signed and used up till 1992 at least. On page 2 of the ...