Politics
Politics
-
INEC CVR: Over 1.3 million Nigerians pre-register online in one week as youths constitute 62.37%
A total of 1,379 342 Nigerians have registered nationwide online in one week of the ongoing Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. This was revealed in a statement issued and signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information &Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun on Monday. According to the Commission, the breakdown of the online pre-registrations shows…
Read More » -
Adeleke behind withheld LG funds, not Tinubu — Osun APC
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of colluding with the leadership of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) to sustain a sympathy strike that has crippled grassroots governance across the state. The party insisted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should not be blamed for…
Read More » -
PDP leaders arrive party’s national secretariat for 102nd NEC meeting
Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have arrived at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja for its 102nd National Executive Committee meeting. In a post on its facebook page on Monday, the PDP said the NEC would deliberate on key issues, including the report of the National Zoning Committee and preparations for the party’s national convention slated for…
Read More » -
Ekiti Assembly dismisses ‘rubber-stamp’ claim, defends record of performance
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has rejected allegations that it functions as a “rubber-stamp” of the executive, describing the claim as unfounded and politically motivated. The clarification followed remarks by politician Kayode Ojo, who accused the lawmakers of lacking independence in their relationship with Governor Biodun Oyebanji. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the House Committee on…
Read More » -
MURIC calls for Muslim governors in South West ahead of 2027 elections
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a faith-based rights advocacy group, has urged political parties in South Western Nigeria to field Muslim candidates for the 2027 gubernatorial elections. In a statement signed on Monday by the group’s Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, MURIC highlighted what it described as a religious imbalance in the region’s governance over the past six years. According…
Read More » -
PDP governors underperforming despite benefiting from economic policies – APC
By Kunle Sanni – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of benefiting from President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms while failing to deliver good governance in their states. The comment followed the PDP Governors’ Forum meeting in Zamfara State on Saturday. In a statement issued on Monday, APC National…
Read More » -
Atiku declares 2027 presidential bid, says Nigeria must be rescued from ‘ICU’
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has formally declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election, insisting that Nigeria must be rescued from what he described as the nation’s “intensive care unit.” Atiku made the declaration in a telephone interview with Tunde Olusunle, his former media adviser, after disowning remarks credited to a university professor who had suggested he was not…
Read More » -
2027: Ohanaeze Ndigbo backs Tinubu, says no Igboman will contest for President
The Igbo apex group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reaffirmed its support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027, saying no Igboman will contest president. Ohanaeze Ndigbo said the possibility of the Southeast producing the president of Nigeria cannot be achieved 2027. In a statement in Abakaliki signed by Deputy President General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo faction, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro,…
Read More » -
ADC accuses Tinubu, PDP governors of insensitivity amid killings in North-West
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised both President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over their responses to the worsening insecurity in Katsina and Zamfara states. In a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC described last week’s massacre in Malumfashi, Katsina State — where dozens of worshippers…
Read More » -
Group canvasses return of Jonathan in 2027
..asks Atiku, Kwankwaso, Obi, others to rally behind Jonathan as a consensus candidate A pro-Jonathan pressure group in Northwest, Bring Back Our Goodluck, has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election, declaring that Nigerians were “misled in 2015” into voting out his administration. Speaking at a press conference at the Aminu Kano Centre for Democracy,…
Read More »
Follow our WhatsApp Channel