Politics

Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced his bid to seek the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 Lagos governorship election. Sanwo-Olu made his intention known on Sunday while addressing his supporters at City Hall, Lagos. The governorship aspirant says he intends to make Lagos the “greatest, most vibrant city on the African continent, […]

National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adam Oshiomhole, has urged state governors aspiring to go to senate after office next year to give room for others by emulating a chieftain of the party, Bola Tinubu, who has dedicated his life to giving opportunity to others to excel in politics. Oshiomhole, speaking at the 27th

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday, said the commission is considering banning the use of mobile phones at polling units. Mr Yakubu made this known on Friday at an Election Dialogue Series organised by a civil society organisation, YIAGA’s WatchingTheVote, at Sheraton Hotels in Abuja. He explained that

Former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has declared his interest to run for Presidency in the 2019 general elections. Mimiko who will be running under the platform of the Labour Party (LP) has promised security, restructuring and youth empowerment as his top agenda. He made the announcement at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on

Mr Omoyele Sowore, a presidential aspirant of African Action Congress, says he will ensure civil servants in the country receive N100,000 as the minimum wage from 2019 if he is elected Nigeria’s president. Speaking at a town hall meeting organised by the party in Badagry, Sowore said Nigerians were indirectly going into slavery by travelling

The All Progressives Congress (APC) now has 15.6 million members nationwide, according to party chairman Mr Adams Oshiomhole. He disclosed this on Wednesday when he presented President Muhammadu Buhari with a new party membership card. Oshiomhole told the president that the APC under his leadership, took advantage of modern technology to come up with a

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned politicians against reckless spending and bribery as the 2019 general elections draw close. Acting chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, who spoke at an interaction with journalists on Wednesday, said the commission will monitor banks for suspicious transactions in the build-up to the elections. The EFFC,

President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his nomination forms for the 2019 Presidential election. He submitted the expression of interest and nomination forms on Wednesday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat at Blantyre Street, Wuse II, Abuja. The national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomole among other leaders of the party were at the

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Aspirant and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday stormed President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state, Katsina, saying Buhari must go in 2019. This was Atiku maintained that the country is better off under the PDP administration than an All Progressive Congress, APC administration saying the later, APC has destroyed