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Breaking: Ondo poll: Gov. Akeredolu beats Jegede, others hollow

  The All Progressives Congress candidate, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu has coasted to victory in the October 10 Ondo governorship poll. Akeredolu polled 292,830...

Obaseki is “free” to return to APC if …., says Gov.Wike

  By Boye Ajayi Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, says Edo Gov. Godwin Obaseki, who was on September 19 re-elected on the...

Ekiti APC crisis: President’s Adviser’s Ado-Ekiti home invaded by thugs, guard assaulted

    The political standoff between Ekiti Gov. Kayode Fayemi and Sen.  Babafemi Ojudu, the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President and...

Edo poll: APC overrules Ize-Iyamu, congratulates Obaseki

… says Sept. 19 election a new watershed The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has joined President Muhammadu Buhari in congratulating re-elected Edo Gov....

Edo poll: Relics of godfatherism extinct in Nigeria – Atiku

  Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has described the electoral victory of Edo Gov. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki as hard-won and a declaration of independence...

Edo poll results excite Pres. Buhari, says committed to free and fair elections 

  A spontaneous reaction from President Muhammadu Buhari on the Edo election has earned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commendation for ensuring...

2023: PDP Southwest group reads riot act to Fayose, others, vows to retire them from politics

  The PDP Unity Frontiers, Southwest zone, has vowed to retire from active politics those engineering unwarranted and unprovoked political crisis in the zone ahead of...

Situating Oshiomhole’s fictive “godfather” label

By Sufuyan Ojeifo It is a season of incendiary, partisan frenzy in Edo State. This is, perhaps, understandably so. Although he is not...

Ondo Governorship poll: Four governors storm Aso Rock for Buhari’s blessing for Akeredolu

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday handed over the All Progressives Congress’ flag to Ondo Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, at the State House,...

Uzodinma says Igbo Presidency is partisan not tribal issue

  The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma Tuesday after a visit to the presidential Villa appeared to take a dig at former...

Again, Atiku in a letter to NASS: Don’t approve fresh loans for Buhari

  Worried by Nigeria’s mounting debts in trillions, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has written a strongly crafted letter to the National Assembly, urging it...

Buhari ruminates over APC’s past electoral loses, blames internal bickerings, spats

  …says it cost party some states, NASS seats President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday reminisced about the electoral loses of the All Progressives...

Supreme Court upholds election of Gov Bello

  The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. A seven-man panel of the court led...

Clip on Edo poll: Presidency assures, Gambari as polished diplomat, will not undermine people’s will

    The Presidency has taken a swipe at the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over its disparaging comments on the Chief of...

Alleged come-back bid as APC chair, Oshiomhole calls DG Governors Forum empty brain 

  Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ex-Gov. Adams Oshiomhole, has taken a swipe at the Director-General of Nigeria Governors...

Breaking: Bayelsa Governor Diri sacked

    The Bayelsa State Elections  Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples...