By Seun Opejobi The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has advised the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, not to approach the Supreme Court to challenge the judgement of the Presidential Election ...

By Abdul Babajide Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday moved against his deputy, Lucky Ayedatiwa, following the termination of the appointments of his media aides. The governor’s action comes amid an apparent internal conflict between him and his deputy. In a statement issued ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The camp of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has said that the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, cannot escape expulsion from the main opposition party. Don Pedro Obaseki, Atiku’s Director of Research, ...

By Ifreke Inyang The General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Dr Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, has cautioned clerics who are in the habit of predicting the outcome of elections in the country. Faulting the practice of prophesying election results, Olukoya noted that the ...

The crisis rocking the leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party has taken a new twist following a move by the faction of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso to amend the party’s constitution and logo. The decision to amend the constitution was confirmed during an exclusive interview with the National ...

By Francis Ugwu A public affairs commentator, Prof Isaac Albert, on Saturday, advised the country’s leading opposition parties to stop any further challenge of the outcome of the Feb. 25 presidential election. Albert told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that this would be better and ...

The former Vice President and the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said his party only lost a war after the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitio Tribunal, but the war is not over. Atiku made this known on Thursday during a press briefing to react to ...

Legal practitioner, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), has said the Independent National Electoral Commission needs to be unbundled to make it a more independent, non-partisan and effective electoral umpire in the country. Adegboruwa, who made this known in a Facebook post on Wednesday, said this is in ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu A socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has vowed that he will never be alive and watch Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, become the President of Nigeria. Omokri said even if it takes him spending everything he has, he will do it to make sure ...

The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, in a landmark decision, yesterday, dismissed the petitions of the Labour Party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, and their candidates against the election of President Bola Tinubu. The five-man panel, led by ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi The aggrieved presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku and that of the Labour Party, Peter Obi have announced their decision to challenge the Presidential Election Tribunal’s judgments at the Supreme Court. They made their decisions public on ...

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, on Wednesday, upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The five-man panel of the Tribunal was led by Justice Haruna Tsammani. This development followed petitions filed by the Peoples ...

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has declared that the Federal Capital Territory does not hold a higher status than other states in the country. Justice Haruna Tsammani, the lead judge of the five-man panel declared this during the tribunal’s sitting on Wednesday in Abuja. ...

By John Akinfehinwa The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday nullified the victory of Senator Abubakar Ohere winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election. The court further declared Natasha Akpoti- Uduagan as the actual winner of the February Senatorial election in Kogi Central. ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja ruled that the petition of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi was greatly incompetent and defective beyond repairs. The Tribunal in a ruling on several objections against the ...

By Musliudeen Adebayo A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has said the first 100 days of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration are not worthy of celebration. He condemned Tinubu and governors who just clocked their first 100 days in office over ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi Former Vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku and his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi are conspicuously absent at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal where judgment in their petitions are to be ...

By Ameh Comrade Godwin The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has thrown out a suit brought before it by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking the disqualification of Vice President Kashim Shettima. The party had argued that Tinubu was improperly sponsored by the All Progressives ...

Entertainer and activist Charly Boy on Tuesday called on supporters of the Labour Party (LP), known as “Obidients” to occupy all streets in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ahead of today’s judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) today. The controversial singer who made ...

The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, (tribunal) sitting in Abuja, will on Wednesday, deliver judgment on petitions seeking to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election. The two petitions, marked CA/PEPC/05/2023 and CA/PEPC/03/2023, were brought before the court by a former Vice President ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said no member of his cabinet had the authority to approve more than N25 million without his consent when he was leading the country between 1999 and 2007. Obasanjo said this in an exclusive interview with TheCable, while challenging the former minister of ...

At a point, his name reverberated the political landscape of the country. From the crucible of becoming a two-term local government chairman of Obio/Akpor in 1999, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike grew steadily to the enviable top-notch in his political career. Wike strode his political path like a Trojan. ...

By Racheal Ayodele The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that its government left over $550 billion worth of economy to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, in 2015. PDP in a statement issued on Thursday to celebrate its 25th anniversary on its official X, accused the APC-led ...

•Says he owes nobody apology for supporting Tinubu  •Dares PDP, declares nobody can suspend him  •Reveals $800m garnishee order hanging over FCTA Olawale Ajimotokan and Alex Enuma in Abuja FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said his inclusion as a member of the All Progressives Congress ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dared his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, to expel him. Speaking on the possibility of getting expelled from the PDP for anti-party activities, Wike dared those contemplating the move saying, “Nobody can expel me.” Wike stated ...

By Francis Ugwu The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has claimed that Nigerians would have voted for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, during the February 25, 2023 general election, if he was a better candidate. Wike spoke on Wednesday ...

By Nsikak Nseyen The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has suspended its candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities. The BoT also suspended the National Working Committee, NWC, members of the party. It ...

By Ogaga Ariemu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday inaugurated 45 ministers-designate in Aso Villa. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, administered the oath of office to the Ministers. David Umahi (Ebonyi) and Festus Keyamo (Delta) have been sworn in as the Minister of Works ...

Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South- South Leader, Pa Edwin Clark has accused many state governors of using the position to amass wealth overnight to the extent of being wealthier than their states. He also accused them of spending their security votes without accountability. ...

By John Gabriel Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State has appointed 131 women to various political positions in the state. Mr Bologi Ibrahim, the spokesman to the governor, stated that while his principal congratulated the appointees, he called on them to be dedicated and contribute ...

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has called on members of the party to resolve their differences, work towards a stronger party and sack the current governor of the state, Ademola Adeleke, from office in 2026. Basiru, who spoke in Osogbo on ...

By Peace Akinyode A grand jury seated in Georgia has indicted former President of the United States, Donald Trump, for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 US elections. On Monday, Trump was charged alongside 18 others on 41 counts of felony racketeering and several other conspiracy charges. ...

By Racheal Ayodele Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday, unveiled Chinyere Ihuoma Ekomaro as his running mate for the forthcoming governorship election. The Governor, during the unveiling ceremony in Owerri, defended his decision to dump his incumbent deputy, Placid Njoku. Uzodinma, ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has withdrawn his nomination to serve as a minister in the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Premium Times reports. Also, the ex-governor recommended a replacement to serve as a minister. Quoting a source from the presidency, ...

By Seun Opejobi Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political commentator, has claimed that the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is planning to contest in 2027. Adeyanju made the remark while noting that Atiku and his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi ...

By Seun Opejobi Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communications to the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said there is no hiding place for President Bola Tinubu over his certificate scandal. Shaibu disclosed that Atiku is determined to ...

Following the withdrawal of her name from the list of ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu, Dr. Maryam Shetty blamed life with its characteristic unpredictability for the action, saying, however, she bore no ill will towards anyone. She said being nominated was a validation of her ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Tinubu on Thursday made his first appearance at the National Executive Council meeting of the All Progressive Congress (APC) since his inauguration as President, where he adjudged the election that brought him to power as the most credible ever in the history of ...

By Nsikak Nseyen Former Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has been appointed the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC Ganduje was appointed the APC Chairman at the party’s 12th National Executive Meeting Thursday in Abuja.on Thursday The party’s NEC also elected former Senate ...

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, yesterday reserved its judgement on petitions seeking to remove President Bola Tinubu from office. The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the court, okayed the cases for judgement, ...

By Godwin Isenyo A support group in the All Progressives Congress, the Confederation of All APC Support Groups, says only God can remove President Bola Tinubu from power. According to the group, having been overwhelmingly voted in during the February 25 presidential poll, nobody can unseat ...

By Ishola Balogun As Nigerians grapple with the hash economic realities occasioned by a number of government policies, former deputy governor of Ogun State, Senator Adegbenga Sefiu Kaka has urged Nigerians to endure the pain, while the government carries out surgical activities to remove the ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Following the release of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministerial list with 28 nominees, an old video of the immediate past Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, saying he did not intend to become a minister after his tenure as governor is ...

Factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Mr Rasaq Salinsile, has declined the appointment given to him by the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, citing personal reasons. Salinsile had led the faction of Osun APC loyal to the ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola, and mounted a ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu transmitted the much-anticipated ministerial list to the Senate on Thursday. The list was presented to the Senate by Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. The names on the ministerial list include some former state governors, technocrats, and ...

By Ochogwu Sunday President Bola Tinubu has nominated former governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike as his ministers. The Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio unveiled the long awaited list of 28 ministerial nominees during plenary on Thursday. Femi ...

Barring any last-minute change, President Bola Tinubu will, today, send the list of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, Vanguard has learned. Top on the list for screening are the immediate past Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufia, current Special Adviser on ...

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has appointed Bankola Omisore, a former Special Adviser to the ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki, as one of his new special advisers. Aside from Omisore, the governor also appointed Olawale Rasheed and 28 others as special advisers on Tuesday. He also ...

By  Ishola Oludare Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday declared that most Nigerians leaders are empty, saying they lack the knowledge and understanding of the positions they crave. Obasanjo said, “You will weep for our nation over their level of emptiness as far as development issues are ...

About four days to the expiration of the 60-day provision for the President to submit names of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, President Bola Tinubu is yet to fulfil this constitutional provision. Recall that President Tinubu took the oath of office on May 29, ...