Politics

All Progressives Congress has adopted majority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, as the speaker for the ninth assembly. Raed also: Commissioner of police declares Kaduna-Abuja highway safe for motorists…

Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC) on Monday, fixed April 27 for the conduct of Local Government Councils election in the state. The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Garba Muhammad, disclosed this in…

Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, instructed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to grant the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Mr Nsima Ekere, access to all election…

The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal by members of the sacked executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Ishola Balogun-Fulani The five-man panel led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola held that the appeal was without…

The trial of a former governor of Adamawa state, Murtala Nyako, has been stalled due to the absence of his lead counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN). At the resumed trial on Wednesday, prosecution counsel, Oluwaleke Atolagbe told the court that the…

The Federal Government says it has discovered high quality of platinum group elements in a village in Niger State. Abubakar Bwari, the Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, announced this on Monday at the ground-breaking…

A political group, the Sustainable Democracy Agenda (SUDA), has said the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the position of President of the 9th Senate, Sen. Ahmed Lawan has the support of many voters in the country.…

Twenty-five lawyers who had hitherto filed a suit to challenge the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen have announced their withdrawal from the suit. The lawyers told the Federal High Court in Abuja, that…

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired his Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and has replaced her with Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner. Her sack has brought to an end her…

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the “dangerous trends of rising xenophobia, racism and intolerance” 25 years after the Rwandan genocide that killed about one million people. Guterres gave the warning…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared as authentic, the Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSSC)  of its Governor-Elect for Kwara State,  Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The party made this declaration in a statement issued…

As the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still basking in the euphoria of regaining lost grounds in the Northern states, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the victory of the former in…

Scores of motorists forced to park along Kaduna-Abuja highway on Wednesday following blockage of the road by kidnappers were saved when the convoy of Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai arrived the scene. The arrival of the governor to the scene at about…

The Governorship/National and State Houses of Assembly petition Tribunal have been inaugurated in Kano on Thursday by Justice Nayai Aganaba who is the Chairman of the Election Petition Tribunal. The Chairman of the tribunal who inaugurated…

The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Sen. Dino Melaye and Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce to honour the Police invitation of Oct. 5, 2018 in connection with the protest staged by members of the Peoples Democratic…

The governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Biokpomabo Awara, has said that his mandate was stolen and given to Governor Nyeson Wike in the just concluded polls in the state. He said this in his first major reaction to…

Scores of well-wishers have continued to congratulate Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, on his re-election for another four-year term in the just concluded governorship election in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday declared, Nyesom Wike winner of the governorship election held in Rivers State on March 9. Details later…

The governor-elect of Kwara state, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Wednesday announced  an 80-member Transition Committee to deliver  a smooth transition to  his new government taking off  on May 29. News of the transition committee was…

The incumbent governor of Rivers state and candidate for the People Democratic Party (PDP), Nyesom Wike, is maintaining his lead as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) continues collation of result in the state. INEC…