Politics

Oby Ezekwesili has withdrawn from the presidential race, her media office announced on Thursday morning. The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) will now devote her time “to help build a coalition to defeat the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party in the February 16, 2019 election”, Ozioma Ubabukoh, […]

The Bus Conductor Association of Nigeria (BCAN) has promised to mobilise more than six million votes for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari during the February 16 presidential election. Israel Adeshola, the national president of the association, made the promise on Tuesday, January 22, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari has shown “utter incompetence, condones evil and corruption”. The elder statesman issued the fresh criticism of the president in an interview with BBC Pidgin. Obasanjo said he believes that Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will perform “two times better” than Buhari. He said

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uncovered plans by some political actors to use food vendors around polling units for vote-buying in the forthcoming general elections. The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he received a delegation European Union (EU) Observation Team, led by Chief Observer, Mrs Maria Arena, on

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday called on Nigeria to reject Former President Olusegun Obasanjo describing him as an expired politician. Tinubu who spoke at the All Progressive Congress (APC), rally Maiduguri told the teaming APC supporters that, “I can hear the other expired leaders like

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has fired yet another shot at President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he is sick in the spirit, body and soul. The elder statesman said this in an interview with BBC Yoruba. The former president said Buhari needs to rest and allow another person to take charge of the country. ICYMI: Acting IGP orders

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole lambasted former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo and the PDP candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, saying their political machinations will boil to nought. “Obasanjo and Atiku equal zero”, Oshiomhole, speaking in Hausa and English, told a crowded rally of the APC in Damaturu, Yobe state on Monday. Obasanjo

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, and wives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors in the North-East have called on women and youths to vote massively for the party in the forthcoming general elections. Mrs Buhari, who was represented by Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, made the call alongside the governors’

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State says he is aware that 67 per cent of Christians in southern Kaduna will not vote for him in the governorship election even if he picks the Pope as his running mate. He added that there was a need for competence to be given priority ahead of religion and

INEC unveils list of eligible candidates for general election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates eligible to participate in the general elections. The list contains the names of candidates for the presidential, national and state assemblies. ICYMI: Why I was made Oyo APC governorship candidate, Adelabu finally opens