Politics

Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) has debunked rumours that it has concluded plans to replace Babajide Sanwo-Olu with Hakeem Muri-Okunola as the Lagos State Governor in 2023. GAC in a statement over the weekend signed by its secretary, Alhaji Mutiu Are said it has not discussed the issue of a second ...

  Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said he told former Vice President Atiku Abubakar not to contest the 2023 presidential race. Mohammed made the submission on Friday when a Contact and Consultation Committee he set up for his presidential ambition submitted its report to him. The Bauchi governor ...

  Mr Biodun Oyebanji has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ekiti state. APC conducted its primary elections in the state today to produce a flag bearer ahead of the June governorship election in the state. Oyebanji polled 101,703 votes, while his closest challengers; Ojo Kayode ...

  Seven governorship aspirants under the All Progressives Congress have called on the party to cancel the primary election of the party scheduled for today in Ekiti State. The aspirants, Kayode Mojo, Demola Popoola, Femi Bamisile, Bamidele Faparusi, Dayo Adeyeye, Opeyemi Bamidele and Afolabi Oluwasola on Thursday alleged that the ...

  The battle to succeed Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State will take place today (Thursday) as the All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to conduct its governorship primary election in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Naija News reports that seven aspirants have declared their interest in contesting the gubernatorial ticket ...

  The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday disclosed that he used to collect pocket money from the former Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala. Osinbajo during his condolence visit to the family of Alao Akala who died on January 12 described him as a generous, kindhearted and ...

  The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, on Saturday led four former governors and members of the party’s National Working Committee to meet with ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It was gathered that members of the main opposition party arrived at ...

  The Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Thursday commended the Nigerian Senate for re-amending the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and providing room for direct, indirect, and consensus options for nominating candidates for the various political parties in the country. In a communique issued after the meeting and signed by the Chairman ...

  A group canvassing for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider adopting the vice president as the party’s presidential candidate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The group, The Progressive Project (TPP), made the call in a ...

  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Shehu Sani, says Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, lack the courage to override President Muhammadu Buhari and pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. In an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday night, Sani ...