POLITICS

Leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has said the North was not interested in ceding power to any of the geo-political zones in the Southern part of the country in the ruling All Progressives Congress. The elder statesman made…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has agreed to lift the suspension on Continuous Voter Registration(CVR) which was placed following the attack by gunmen on its staff in Imo State. INEC had suspended the CVR registration citing insecurity and loss of life of…

The ripples generated by the consensus report of some northern elders, which endorsed former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Bauchi State governor as the preferred Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) northern presidential candidates, assumed another dimension yesterday after the Northern Elders’…

Leader of the Afenifere sociopolitical group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum, Pa Edwin Clark, will attend the Greater Nigeria Conference on Monday in Abuja to deliberate on emergence of the next Nigeria President from the…

Barring a last-minute change, the rescheduled sales of expression of interest and nomination forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will now begin nationwide on Tuesday. The exercise which was scheduled to have begun yesterday (Saturday) was postponed due to some logistics…

A former Governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido has said that the position of the Northern Elders was not only injurious to the North but equally injurious to the Northern aspirants ahead of the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).…

Fourteen political parties out of 18 political parties have notified the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of their readiness for the presidential, governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly primaries. This was disclosed yesterday by the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, during…

Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal has denied being part of any agreement that produced former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed as consensus candidates for the People Democratic Party(PDP) presidential primary. The presidential aspirant said the drive for a consensus arrangement…