Politics

The Lagos State House of Assembly is poised to ensure that the 2022 budget works in the interest of the residents of the State, Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has said. Obasa said this on Thursday at the opening of a 3-day budget retreat with…

The clamour for free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria is timeless. Elections in the country have always drawn national and international attention over concerns of rigging, voter inducement, violence and other electoral vices.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Prof Chukwuma Soludo as governor-elect of Anambra State. Professor Florence Obi, Returning Officer of the election, made the declaration at exactly 1;50am on Wednesday. She…

Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), is currently maintaining a healthy lead in the Anambra governorship election. After results from 20 our of the 21 LGAs were collated on Sunday night, Soludo had…

Uche Secondus, suspended chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he will appeal the judgement rejecting his request to stop the party’s national convention. Secondus had approached an appeal court in Rivers seeking an order of…

Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, says anybody that wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with the northern region of the country. Speaking in an interview with ThisDay, Bakare said he doubts if the…

Ahmad Gumi, the prominent Islamic cleric, says foreign jihadists will come into the country if bandits are declared terrorists. The cleric who is known to have access to bandits had once asked the federal government to grant them blanket…

Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor of Kwara, says Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has no political influence in his ward. The minister and the governor have been at loggerheads in recent months, resulting in a division…

A former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that he was optimistic, "that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would take over power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2023". Speaking with…

Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, says no political position is worth the blood of anyone. The governor said: “It is only God that enthrones leaders” and admonished political parties and their followers to eschew violence by…