An advocacy group has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use the supplementary elections slated for Saturday, April 15 to redeem its image. Executive Director, Peering Advocacy and Advocacy Centre in Africa (PAACA), Ezenwa Nwagwu also tasked stakeholders such as security agencies and political parties to view the supplementary election as another test of the integrity and commitment …

Ahead of Saturday’s supplementary elections in some parts of the country, President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the electorate to conduct themselves peacefully, eschew violence and any act prejudicial to orderly electoral processes. Supplementary governorship elections will hold in Adamawa and Kebbi States, while five senatorial districts, 31 federal and 58 state assembly constituencies will have their winners decided. …

In the strong move to put forward their best hands for the forthcoming governorship contest in Edo State, the Esan ethnic nationality, located in the Central Senatorial zone, has listed criteria that aspirants from the zone must meet to enjoy overwhelming support. This, the people, argue is to ensure that only viable and capable aspirants who will also elicit the …

A Special Assistant on Public Communication to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for allegedly trying to present the $460,000 forfeiture case as one relating to tax evasion and not drug charges. In a statement on Thursday, Mr Phrank …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi state has suspended the current federal lawmaker of the Koko/Besse, Maiyama federal constituency, Hon. Shehu Muhammed Koko over alleged anti-party activities. The suspension was announced by the state chairman, Abubakar Muhammad Kana. According to him, “sequel to the complaints instituted against Him. Shehu Muhammed Koko by the members of the party from Koko-Basse …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would swing to action immediately he returns from vacation in Europe. The party also said Tinubu, who has been out of Nigeria since 22nd March, would soon return ahead of his inauguration on 29th May. Asked about the whereabouts of the President-elect on Channels Television’s Politics …

Another major political alliance has emerged in the House of Representatives about two weeks after members-elect on the platform of minority parties in the chamber formed a coalition against the All Progressives Congress (APC). On Thursday, a member of the ruling APC and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) jointly issued a statement in Abuja to announce an alliance across …

Against the backdrop of the imminent assumption of office, the World Bank Group (WBG) has given a long list of challenges that need to be addressed in the immediate term by the new leadership of the Federal Government. At a press briefing on Thursday during the ongoing Spring Meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions in Washington D.C., United States, WBG …

Ahead of the Kogi State’s primary election for the governorship of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Yahaya Bello has declared Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, the state’s Auditor-General, as his preferred candidate. As a result, the governor’s Chief of Staff, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulkareem Asuku, a pharmacist; and Deputy Governor Edward Onoja withdrew from the race. This was announced at the …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has denied allegations that he is working against his deputy, Hon. Idris Wase and eight others to succeed him in the 10th National Assembly. In a tweet on Thursday, Gbajabiamila insisted he has not endorsed any of the candidates battling for Speakership. It was reported that Gbajabiamila is supporting …