The African Union Commission announced on Tuesday that it would be sending a 90-strong observer mission to Nigeria for this month’s elections. Africa’s most populous country goes to the polls on 25 February for the presidential and National Assembly elections but has been plunged into crisis in the run-up to the vote with dire shortages of cash and fuel. The …

The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised concern over the invitation of its Director of New Media, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode by the Police while he was being investigated by the Department of State Services (DSS). Fani-Kayode was a guest of the DSS on Monday in respect of what its Public Relations Officer, Dr Peter Afunanya …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to accord a prime place to agriculture in Kebbi State, if he wins the election holding in a fortnight. Also in his plan for the state is the revamping of the Argungu Fishing Festival and its overall tourism potentials to yield more revenue for the Northwest state. …

The Police Command in Lagos State has said that a traditional ruler in the state would be invited for questioning over a recorded audio which appeared to threaten and intimidate residents of a community in Eti-Osa area. While reacting to the audio that had gone viral, the command’s spokesman, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin said to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has urged his supporters to vote for human beings in the forthcoming elections. Addressing supporters who turned out in large numbers at the Tafawa Balewa Squash in Lagos on Saturday, Obi said that people had, in the past, voted for “brooms and umbrellas” but it did not work. He stressed …

With the 11 March governorship election just around the corner, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) rerun primary. He polled 778 votes to defeat Senator Yusuf Yusuf who got five votes out of the 796 accredited delegates. At various times, two Federal High Courts in Jalingo and Abuja had nullified the APC governorship primary election and …

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the upcoming general elections are trustworthy and devoid of violence. In a statement on Friday, CAN exhorted Nigerians to thwart any attempts to sow discord and cynicism. The religious organisation asked that relevant authorities should step up security, particularly in communities that are …

Former Enugu State governor, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani has written the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejecting his expulsion from the party. In a letter addressed to the National Working Committee (NWC), his lawyer, Olusegun Jolaowo, the Enugu East senator said the NWC has no powers to suspend or expel him from the party. He said the committee did not follow due …

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in the state on Friday launched into a war of words after the PCC Director-General, Dr Abiye Sekibo said he escaped an attempt on his life by those he described as agents of the state government. Sekibo, a former Minister of Transport, told …

The newly-appointed Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yusha’u Ahmed (rtd.) has given assurance of safety to corps members during the forthcoming general elections. During his official visit to the Oyo State NYSC Orientation Camp in Iseyin on Friday, Ahmed informed the corps members that he had on assumption of duty visited all service chiefs in the …