By Francis Ezediuno The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has unveiled plans for a multi-billion-naira infrastructural project in the state. This is as Governor Adeleke, who said the purpose of the unveiling of the plan is to address the huge deficit the state is currently experiencing, added ...

By Seun Opejobi Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo has decried the nature of President Bola Tinubu’s appointments. Dokubo lamented that Tinubu’s appointments were one-sided and dangerous to the well-being of Nigeria. In a viral video, the former agitator wondered why Tinubu ...

By Musliudeen Adebayo A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has declared that Thursday’s victory at the Supreme Court will provide President Bola Tinubu the opportunity to concentrate and face governance. DAILY POST recalls ...

By Peter Dada The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has rejected the apology tendered by his deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over the embarrassment that the ongoing political crisis must have caused in the state. The governor, who reacted to Aiyedatiwa’s apology through his Senior Special ...

By Seun Opejobi The Labour Party (LP) has announced its decision to move on following the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 election. Julius Abure, the LP National Chairman, made the remark while accusing the Supreme Court of shredding ...

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described the dismissal of the petitions filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as a mockery of the justice system ...

By Abdul Babajide In a bid to end the political crisis that has plagued Ondo State in recent months, the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday apologised to his boss, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. While expressing regret over the turn of events in the state, Aiyedatiwa disclosed that ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu has extended hands of fellowship to Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, following their defeat at the Supreme Court. Tinubu called on Atiku and Obi to collaborate with him in ...

ABUJA– The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the valid winner of the presidential election that held in the country on February 25. The apex court, in its lead judgement that was prepared and read by Justice Inyang Okoro, held ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi The Supreme Court has finally fixed Thursday, October 26, to deliver final judgements in the two surviving petitions challenging the legality or otherwise of the declaration of President Bola Tinubu as winner of the last presidential election. They are the petitions filed by ...

A former lawmaker representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has noted that the emergence of Nyesome Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory is a receipt of the proverbial 30 Shekels of Silver from President Bola Tinubu for ...

Famous Nollywood actress turned politician, Tonto Dikeh has finally opened up on why she defected from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. DAILY POST reports that Tonto Dikeh was officially unveiled as an APC member by the National Women Leader, Dr ...

The Ondo State House of Assembly has written a fresh letter to the state Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola, to constitute a panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct against the deputy governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa. In a letter signed by the Speaker, Mr Olamide Oladiji, and made ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the petition by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, seeking to void the declaration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. Justice John Inyang Okoro, who ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu As the Supreme Court commences hearing on the February 25, 2023 Presidential Election Appeal, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it is confident that, guided by the provisions of the law, the body of evidence, circumstances, and facts presented before it, the Apex ...

By Francis Ugwu A former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje, on Thursday claimed that President Bola Tinubu has lost his ability to solve problems. Bugaje stated this while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme. The former lawmaker said he was ...

Following the intervention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the impeachment process against the embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, indications have emerged that majority of the APC Peace Committee members had sympathy for Aiyedatiwa. Recall that the National ...

The Federal Government will begin quarterly assessments of the performance of the 48 ministers in January when their ministries will have received the budget for the 2024 fiscal year. The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Ms Hadiza Usman, explained that the annual ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Doyin Odebowale, the Special Adviser on Special Duty and Strategy to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has said that his principal is not working from the capital, Akure, due to accommodation challenges. Odebowale said this in an interview with Channels Television on ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Monday, nullified the election of the senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Elisha Abbo. The appellate court declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Amos Yohanna, as the winner of the February 25 senatorial election. Yohanna had ...

Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Kogi State, on Thursday, claimed that he survived four assassination attempts in the state. Melaye blamed the attempts on the All Progressives Congress, APC, stressing that violence is in the ...

The immediate past chairman of the governing board, Niger Delta Development Commission, Lauretta Onochie, says the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, will “never be declared” the president of Nigeria. During a press conference on Wednesday, Obi, ...

The BBC has said there is no evidence that President Bola Tinubu forged his Chicago State University’s academic records. They were tendered before the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2023 presidential election. The British media organisation made this known in a report ...

AN Akure High Court, sitting in Ondo State, yesterday, struck out a suit instituted by the embattled Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, challenging his impeachment by the House of Assembly. In his ruling, Justice O. Akintan-Osadebay declined jurisdiction to avoid conflicting ...

Liberia’s Incumbent President George Weah casts his vote at a polling station in Monrovia on October 10, 2023 during the presidential vote. – Liberians began voting Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters’ main concerns in a nation ...

By Francis Ugwu The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has explained the discrepancies in his Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, certificate. Atiku offered the clarification through Dele Momodu, one of his aides, on Tuesday in a post on his ...

By Seun Opejobi A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has charged the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to stop creating a court of public opinion over the academic record of President Bola Tinubu. Garba accused Atiku of creating ...

FOUNDER of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, yesterday, tasked President Bola Tinubu to ensure that local government areas in the country receive their allocations directly from the federation account, to revive agriculture and boost the economy. He lamented that ...

By Daniel Chibuike The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia State capital, will today give its judgement on the petitions against Governor Alex Otti, brought by Ikechi Emenike of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Okey Ahaiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. ...

By Seun Opejobi The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has opened up on some intrigues involving him, President Bola Tinubu, and former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007. Atiku disclosed that he asked Obasanjo to allow Tinubu control Lagos State in 2003 ...

By Ifreke Inyang The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, held a world press conference on Thursday. Atiku, who finished behind Tinubu in the election, had challenged Tinubu’s victory in court. The former vice-president lost at the ...

By Ifreke Inyang The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has said he will drop his fight with President Bola Tinubu after the Supreme Court rules on his appeal against the judgement of the tribunal. Atiku, who finished behind ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Chicago State University, CSU, has released the school documents of President Bola Tinubu to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku obtained victory at the court in his fierce legal battle to probe into the academic ...

The Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Monday, nullified the victory of Governor Abdullahi Sule. The three-man panel led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, while delivering the judgment via zoom, said Emmanuel Ombudagu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is the winner. Two of ...

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has replied President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that he cannot use the excuse of privacy law to stop the release of his academic records from the Chicago State University (CSU). Atiku, who stated ...

By Amos Tauna The governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna State on Thursday sacked Governor Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The tribunal declared that the 2023 governorship election in the state was inconclusive. DAILY POST reports that the verdict was ...

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Kaduna State is set to deliver its judgement via Zoom. The tribunal will today deliver judgement virtually on the petition brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Isah Mohammed Ashiru, against the election of Uba Sani as ...

By Idowu Abdullahi The Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed September 30, 2023, to deliver judgment on the suit challenging the election of Governor Ahmed Aliyu. The PUNCH reports that the tribunal had in August reserved judgment in the petition against the governor and his ...

By Yemi Balogun The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced dates for governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states in 2024. The governorship election in Edo State will take place on September 21, 2024, while that of Ondo State comes up on Saturday, November 16, 2024. INEC ...

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, pleaded with a United States District Judge, Nancy Maldonado, to order Chicago State University to protect his privileged information such as admission records, transcripts and gender and release only his certificate to the legal team of former Vice President Atiku ...

The Lagos Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Olajide Adediran against the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Ibafemi Hamzat. The tribunal upheld the election of Governor Sanwo-Olu and ...

By Seun Opejobi Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has alleged threats to his political future in the State. Eno said received threats from the political class to share money or risk forfeiting his second term. He disclosed this while addressing journalists in Uyo, the State capital on ...

By Seun Opejobi The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has raised concerns over the academic records of President Bola Tinubu. Atiku claims president Tinubu has something to hide over his academic records with the Chicago State University. Speaking ...

The agitation for Yoruba nation gained prominence in the South-west geopolitical zone mid-2021. The agitation which was championed by Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho became intense in the dying days of the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari who was accused of ...

Thousands of loyalists of former governor Ibikunle Amosun from the 20 local government areas of Ogun State have rejoined the mainstream of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. Receiving the returnees led by the factional Chairman of the Amosun-led ...

Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Stephen Angbulu,Solomon Odeniyi and Abdulrahman Zakariyau The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday ridiculed the efforts of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to obtain the academic records of President Bola Tinubu from the Chicago ...

Joe Biden, America’s oldest-ever president, said Monday he understood a focus on his age but that he was running for re-election because Donald Trump wanted to “destroy” US democracy. The 80-year-old usually avoids the age issue but addressed it during a fundraiser at a Broadway theatre in New ...

The crisis of confidence between the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, took a new twist on Monday, following the decision of the governor to lock out his estranged deputy from the Government House. Shaibu got the shock of the moment when he got to his office ...

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu was aided by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, who parted ways with his erstwhile colleague, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. The Nobel ...

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the last Enugu State governorship election, Uche Nnaji, challenging the victory of Governor Peter Mbah. Mbah was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party during the election. The ...