Politics

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Osun State is holding its governorship primary, ahead of the election slated to hold in September. The primaries which is being held in Osogbo the state capital is to determine who becomes the governorship flag bearer of the party. ICYMI: 2019: Why I’m supporting President Buhari’s re-election – K1 De Ultimate […]

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerian women to get more involved in political activities, saying from his experience, female politicians are more trustworthy than their male counterparts. Obasanjo, who spoke at a retreat in support of women’s participation in government, political processes and the work place organized by the Initiative for Information, Arts and

A female presidential aspirant under the National Interest Party, Mrs. Eunice Atuejide, on Friday made her declaration in Abuja, noting that Nigeria was not developing because of the “problem of vested interests”. Atuejide, a mother of five children from Enugu State, said the country needed “level-headed people who will not focus on any group or

Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says Nigerian politicians are more interested in winning elections than in governance. He said this at a lecture titled, “Democracy and the Challenges of Nation Building in Africa” which held at the Institute for Security Studies, Abuja. According to him, rather than settling down

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, said on Friday the recent activities of former President Olusegun Obasanjo are part of plots to use other means to get the third term that Nigerians earlier rejected for him. According to him, Nigerians have decided not to return to the era where the

The Chief of Staff to the Osun State Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, has won the All Progressives Congress governorship ticket. Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who acted as the Chairman of the APC Governorship Primary Election Panel, announced the result of the election on Friday night. Oyetola, who is from Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area, in the

For fuji icon, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, President Muhammadu Buhari, has exhibited uncommon courage in his fight against corruption. And for this reason, he’s supporting his re-election bid come 2019. The musician, who recently paid a courtesy visit to the president in Abuja, said he’s carrying Buhari’s support on his

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has challenged the governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi to begin probe of his government now instead of waiting till October 16 that he will be sworn in. The governor advised the governor-elect to seek legitimacy for his election first rather than embarking on a vendetta mission that would consume him.

Two of the leading aspirants of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State have pulled out of the contest to pick the party’s flagbearer in the coming governorship election in the state. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Moshood Adeoti, as well as the Chairman of Local Government Service Commission, Peter Babalola, announced their withdrawal

Kayode Fayemi, governor-elect of Ekiti state, has vowed to look into the books of the current administration in the state to know why salaries of workers have not been paid for at least six months. Workers’ welfare was one of the issues that Fayemi used to tackle Ayodele Fayose, the outgoing governor, during the campaign