2019 election: We’ve no anointed candidate, says US
From Lawal Sa’idu Funtua, Katsina The government of the United States of America affirmed that it will support Nigeria’s electoral processes, but has no anointed candidate ahead of the 2019 general elections. Philip Franz Seitz, the Political Officer of the United States embassy in Nigeria made this assertion yesterday during a courtesy visit to More...
No going back on suspended Vice chairman – North East APC
By Ikechukwu Okaforadi The North East chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday said the suspension of the zonal vice chairman of the party, Mustapha Salihu, still stands, even as they claimed that More...
Senate confirms Buhari 7 CCB nominees, rejects one
By Ikechukwu Okaforadi and Musa Adamu Senate has confirmed the appointment of seven nominees by President Muhammad Buhari for the board of Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). At the end of the screening exercise, Muhammed More...
Commotion in Senate as APC, PDP senators fight over A/Ibom guber
By Ikechukwu Okaforadi and Musa Adamu The four year old hostility between the senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart yesterday resumed at even more dangerous More...
Reps clash over clause 16 of Electoral Amendment bill
By Christiana Ekpa and Umar Mohammad Puma Members of the House of Representatives yesterday clashed over clause 16 Electoral amendment bill. The bone of contention was the section of the in the Claus 16 which had More...
Saraki, Ekweremadu must resign – Akpabio
By Ikechukwu Okaforadi and Musa Adamu Tussle over the leadership of the 8th Senate after the defection of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic More...
OBJ-Atiku meeting: I went to witness reconciliation not endorse – Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said that his meeting with Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar was to serve as witness to the peaceful More...
…I don’t belong to any political party -Bishop Oyedepo
The general overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, has said he does not belong to any party. Mr Oyedepo, while giving his Sunday sermon titled: “Covenant More...
PDP to INEC Chair: Don’t succumb to pressure on Amina Zakari, Zamfara APC
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had charged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, not to succumb to pressure by the Presidency, to More...
Gladiators jostling for Buhari’s senatorial zone in Katsina
By IkechukwuOkaforadi The Katsina North senatorial election is arguably one of the hotbeds in the next year general elections, considering the caliber of aspirants who are gunning for the seat. This is in addition More...