Politics

Olayinka Ojo has emerged the gubernatorial candidate of the Mega Party of Nigeria, MPN, in Oyo state. The 37-year-old who was declared a consensus candidate during the party primary held at the party Secretariat in Ibadan on Sunday is currently the youngest gubernatorial candidate in the state. The primary election, which was monitored by officials […]

Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), says Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of education, will be stepping into politics to contest for the office of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Speaking at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, on Monday, the fiery preacher said the former vice-president of the

Engineer Seyi Makinde has emerged at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP gubernatorial candidate ahead of the 2019 election in Oyo state. Seyi Makinde had a total of 2,772 votes while Ayo Adeseun had 21 votes. Void votes were 145. ICYMI: Address Ambode’s allegations against Sanwo-Olu, lawyer challenges APC Adelabu picks Oyo APC governorship ticket

Adebayo Adelabu is the only aspirant left in the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state. Five of the seven aspirants jostling for the ticket had withdrawn, and the sixth, Christopher Alao-Akala, a former governor of the state, did not participate in the exercise. ICYMI: Tinubu dumps Ambode, formally endorses Sanwo-Olu

The ruling party’s national leader, Bola Tinubu, has endorsed Jide Sanwo-Olu as the preferred candidate for the All Progressives Congress in the upcoming governorship election in Lagos, ending weeks of speculation about where he stands on the stand-off between the challenger and incumbent governor, Akinwumi Ambode. In a statement Sunday evening, Mr Tinubu said the

Nigerian musician, Davido, was very active and vocal about the Osun election and its follow up rerun which had his uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as the candidate of the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP) for the governorship seat in the state. Following the outcome of the rerun election last Thursday,the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared

Akinwunmi  Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, says the man “being propelled” to campaign against him, lacks credibility. Although he didn’t expressly mention his name, Ambode was clearly referring to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the anointed candidate of Bola Tinubu, National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to take over from him in 2019. He warned leaders

Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has described democracy as dead in Nigeria. “With the show of shame that happened in last Saturday’s Osun state governorship election in general and the Thursday rerun in particular, there is no other conclusion to draw than that democracy is now dead in our beloved country”, he said. In

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Gboyega Oyetola, Governor-elect of Osun State, to build on the legacy of the present administration led by Rauf Aregbesola. This was contained in his congratulatory message to Oyetola, on Friday. He thanked Osun people for supporting the “good governance agenda” of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by ensuring the party’s

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says its victory at the Osun rerun election is an indication of the people’s support for the change agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The party said this in a statement issued by Yekini Nabena, its national publicity secretary, on Friday in Abuja. The statement read: “The Osun governorship