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Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, in this interview with GBENRO ADEOYE and other journalists, speaks on 2019 elections and on the executive bill on water resources sent to the Senate, among others Some people believe that without a strong political coalition or merger of opposition parties...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed concerns over the alarm by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the Federal Government plans to arrest Mr Obasanjo on trumped up charges. Mr Obasanjo raised the alarm on Friday through a statement by his spokesperson, Kehinde Akinyemi...

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained that the constitutional provisions that make it mandatory for an elected President to remain in office four years, makes it possible for bad leaders to remain in office, since their first four years is guaranteed by the Constitution. The … Read more...

A former President of Nigeria and the leader of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Olusegun Obasanho has stated why President Muhammdu Buhari cannot seize his international passport. He said the President had plans to get him arrested and detain him just as a former military Head of …...

Senator Dino Melaye has criticised the current state of the All Progressives Congress (APC), noting that the party is sick and “suffering from a dreadful continental abnormality.” The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District said this on Friday, on Channels Television Programme...

The Federal Government has reacted to claims by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that it is plotting to silence him using false witnesses to indict and possibly arrest him. Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed said in a statement on Friday that the … Read more via...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s hope of continuing in office beyond 2019 would be put to test in the months ahead following the imminent defection of former members of the PDP, which teamed up with the All Progressives Congress, APC to effect a change in government in … Read more via Vanguard...

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President has expressed worry over ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s claim against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. Obasanjo on Friday claimed that Buhari’s government was planning to frame him and consequently kill him. The former President, in...

President Muhammadu Buhari has invited Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana, to the conferment of posthumous Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on the late Chief MKO Abiola. Both men were key players in the June 12 … Read more via...

In the run up to the 2015 general elections in Akwa Ibom State, Governor Udom Emmanuel, clearly defined his agenda towards the renaissance of sports development in the state. His vision at that time was to lay a … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...

On Tuesday, a U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. gave judgment affirming a $6.59 billion arbitral award, plus $2.30 billion interest, against Nigeria. The judgment was given after the country failed to show up in court to defend the matter. The naira value of the … Read more via...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state on Friday declined comments after a meeting held behind closed doors at the Oyo State Governor’s Office, Agodi secretariat, Ibadan. DAILY POST reports that Osinbajo, who arrived the governor’s office at about 3.30pm in...

John Shiklam in Kaduna A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC ) in Kaduna State Isa Ashiru has withdrawn his membership from the party. Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2LuSYQ3 -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Asiwaju Olanrewaju Gentry, the estranged husband of Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has declared his intention to vie for the Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun State. Gentry made the declaration on Thursday via his official Instagram page. Read more via Daily Post Nigeria –...

The senatorial leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State South Senatorial District, Dr. Taiwo Malumi, has been discharged and acquitted by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, of charges of obtaining money by false pretence. Malumi, a medical doctor and Managing...

Samuel Mbonu, is a US based Nigerian and a former commissioner for Housing and Community Development in Maryland. He has declared his intention to dislodge President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential contest. He argues that for Nigeria must move forward and compete favourably …...

The Inspector General of Police (IG) Thursday dragged the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Senate to the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court over the resolution … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2sRtiVY Get More Nigeria Political News

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is in a fix after the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the freezing of its accounts over a N34bn contract, thereby threatening the upcoming elections in Ekiti and Osun states. The Court also ordered the deduction of over N17 billion …...

A senior advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has disagreed with a retired Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Alfa Belgore, on the legality of the national honour conferred on MKO Abiola – the presumed winner of the June 12, !993 Presidential Election. President Muhammadu Buhari had …...

IVM Innoson Group of Companies Limited on Thursday donated two vehicles - SUV IVM G5 and Innoson bus IVM 5000A to Muhammadu Buhari/ Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group ahead of 2019 elections. READ MORE HERE