Tag: Nigerian Politics
PDP massive losses, APC massive gains
Executive Council members in the northeastern Nigerian state of Adamawa today formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, to team up…
Intellectuals Must Overthrow Igbo Political Traders
By Joe Igbokwe It is the duty of intellectuals in every society to set agenda for leaders so that they…
I am ready to work with Oni, says Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti said on Thursday that he was ready to work with…
Tinubu: Balance of power shifts to opposition
Former Governor of Lagos and one of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress told Al-Jazeera Wednesday night that…
APC Condemns Attack On Abia Members
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned that the party will not tolerate further violence…
APC condemns sealing of New PDP office
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said all those behind the sealing up of the secretariat of the ‘new PDP’…
Tukur: ‘I head the real PDP’
The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday in Abuja, said he was still heading…
PDP launches fence-mending, says Metuh
Nigeria’s PDP National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday said it was making consultations to resolve the issue of the parallel…
APC sets up state harmonisation committees
The National Interim EXCO of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the establishment of State Harmonisation Committees, to avoid…
Politicians And Their Obsession For Pettiness
By Comrade Akido Agenro Nigerian political class’ penchant for actions that heat up the political system is unbecoming of statesmen.…
Tinubu: Celebrating A Consummate Bridge Builder
By Wahab Alawiye-King On Friday 29th March, the National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and two time…
2015: Gov Aliyu Alleges Blackmail Plot
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governor Babangida Aliyu of Nigeria’s central state of Niger has alleged that some highly placed politicians based in…
2015: Opposition Merger and What Lies Ahead
By Theophilus Ilevbare There is a need to provide a credible alternative for the electorate, a radical change borne out…
10 Nigerian governors back merger of parties
Ten State Governors drawn from the different political parties and geo political zones in the country on Tuesday met at…
On PDP’s Deadly Siege On Imo
By Peter Claver Oparah Staying in my state Imo throughout the Christmas and New Year holiday offered me the opportunity…
Tribunal dismisses Petition Against Oshiomhole
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal this morning struck out the petition filed by General Charles Airhiavbere,…
Lawmaker Warns Constituents Against Fire Outbreaks
Representative of Lagos Mainland Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bashir Oloto, has warned residents of his…
Let Nigerian Politicians Fulfill Promises
We are in a new year and politicians as they are wont to do have been assuring people of a…
ACN Slams FG For Plotting Against Merger
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has alerted the nation about the desperate measures being planned by the PDP-led Federal…
Jonathan: A preview of what to come in 2015
They apparently came when no one was looking and carried out what some now say was an evil deed around…
Professor Utomi joins ACN
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Professor Pat Utomi, a 2007 Nigerian presidential candidate on the platform of the African Democratic Party, has announced…
Isolo LCDA Chairman Marks 400 Days In Office
The chairman Isolo LCDA, Mr Shamsudeen Abiodun Olaleye marked 400 days in office on Wednesday at the council secretariat, Aswani,…
States Taking Advantage Of Local Govts — Fafunmi
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts, Saka Fafunmi, has accused state governments across the country…
Adetiloye’s Death: Ikuforiji Condoles With Fayemi, Anglican Church
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has commiserated with the Governor of Ekiti State, southwest Nigeria,…
Lagos Assembly Fetes Christian, Muslim Staff
The Lagos State House of Assembly has held different services for its Christian and Muslim staff in the annual Outreach…
No Member Of PDP Will Challenge Jonathan If…
Olisah Metuh, a lawyer, is the National Publicity Secretary of PDP. In this interview with OLUOKUN AYORINDE and DESMOND UTOMWEN,…
Sani: Nigeria’s North Will Rise Against Jonathan
Kaduna-based human rights activist, Comrade Shehu Sani gives reasons why President Goodluck Jonathan should not contest in 2015 The North…
Clash Over Property Tax Law In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin There was commotion at the ever busy Kings Square in Benin, capital of Nigeria’s Edo state Monday afternoon,…
January date set for election of PDP BOT chair
The Chairman of the PDP’s Board of Trustees (BOT) would be elected on 8 January next year. This is official.…
Ondo Polls: The 3-Way Battle
For weeks, candidates for this weekend’s governorship election in Ondo State have been criss-crossing the state, trying to woo the…