Politics

Bola Tinubu, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says treasury looters have “eaten” Nigeria’s seed of growth and development. He said as a result of this, the three years of the APC administration is not enough to re-engineer the country. Speaking during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Lagos on Thursday, the APC leader said despite […]

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday, proposed that governors and president spend only a single term of six years in office. Ekweremadu shared his thoughts on his social media handles, revealing that many nations across the world had adopted the single term presidency until their democracies were matured enough to transit to other options.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has not released the timetable for state, national assembly, governorship and presidential primaries. Yekini Nabena, the party’s acting national publicity secretary, made this known in a statement in Abuja. He said reports on the development were untrue. “The party is yet to announce its official timetable for the

Two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Osun state have filed a suit at an Osogbo High Court challenging the candidacy of Sen. Ademola Adeleke as the party’s flag bearer in the Sept. 22 governorship election. The suit filed on Monday by Mr. Oyetunji Suredi and Mr. Olagboye Adedamola is coming on the heels of

Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday boasted that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the 2019 presidential elections. Saraki said this in Ilorin at a meeting with PDP members who came from the 16 local government areas of the state. He also expressed his confidence that his new party would emerge victorious in

Isah Misau and Rafiu Ibrahim, both senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), say the All Progressives Congress (APC) will meet their match in them if the ruling party attempts to foment trouble in the upper legislative chamber when they reconvene. The national assembly embarked on its annual recess on July 24 and it is

Doyin Okupe, a former aide of ex-Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo, says Nigeria will not make progress if former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar succeeds in his presidential ambition. Abubakar, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last year. He is one of the presidential aspirants of

Senate President Bukola Saraki says Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), once confided in him that he was not happy with the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki said this on Monday while responding to the previous allegations made by Tinubu. Responding to his decision to quit the APC for

Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom state, has described is Udom Emmanuel as a mistake that must be corrected in 2019. According to PUNCH, Akpabio, a serving senator, said this at a rally in the Ikot Ekpene area of the state on Sunday. Akpabio said Emmanuel was “the greatest mistake he made in a

The All Progressives Congress catalogued a list of career-long infractions by Senate President Bukola Saraki that will make him fail an integrity test, in case he wants to run for Nigeria’s presidency. Saraki provoked this latest challenge from the APC following an interview he granted Bloomberg, in which APC said he “unsurprisingly” declared his intention