Politics

Politics at Per Second News covers news, opinion and analysis of Nigerian, African and world politics, elections and interviews.

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Strident attacks, editorials: Buhari Presidency will not stamp down dissent — Garba

  In spite of strident baseless criticisms and attacks on the government, the Presidency says it will not stamp down entrenched culture of...

Oshiomhole rips apart Obaseki, calls him a ‘snake’

The immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),  Adams Oshiomhole, has said the recent move by Gov.Obaseki is a sign of...

Foreign Affairs Minister, Onyeama, contracts Covid-19

  Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama,  said Sunday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first minister in the...

Ibn Chambas, Ejime urge ruling party to stave off constitutional crisis in Cote d’Ivoire

  The recent death of Amadon Gon Coulibaly, Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire, has put the political permutations of the ruling RHDP party...

Covid-19: FG bans meetings, political gatherings, non-essential travels by its officials

  In a bid to scale up its COVID-19 response and halt virus transmission, the Federal Government has slammed a ban on meetings...

Former NSA Dasuki denies report he campaigned for APC, Buhari in 2015

Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser, NSA, on Sunday denied a report that he campaigned for the APC and Buhari while serving as NSA...

Lagos lawmaker, Mr Tunde Braimoh, dies

  A member of the Lagos State House Of Assembly, Mr Tunde Braimoh, has passed on, according to family sources.   The lawmaker...

Splinter 14 members of Ondo House of Assembly move to impeach Deputy Governor

  …for defecting from APC to PDP  In Ondo State, a day after Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu resurfaced from the three-day COVID-19 isolation...

Thunderbolt! Ondo SSG slaps COVID-19 racked Gov. Akeredolu with resignation letter 

Like a bolt from the blue, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, currently quarantined for COVID-19 pandemic and has barely recovered from the...

Ize-Iyamu coasts to victory, emerges APC flagbearer in Sept. 19 guber polls

    Within hours, erstwhile 2016 PDP governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the September 19...

APC swears in Boms as Giadom’s replacement 

The All Progressives Congress newly appointed Acting Deputy National Secretary, Barrister Worgu Boms, was on Monday sworn in by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in...

Party crisis: Buhari, APC governors in crucial meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressive Congress (APC) governors are right now meeting in the presidential villa, Abuja, in an apparent bid to...

Bulama takes office as APC National Secretary

  Arch. Waziri Bulama on Monday took his seat at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the new National...

Suspension: Oshiomhole’s appeal suffers setback Appeal Court adjourns hearing indefinitely 

    The hope of the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),  Mr Adams Oshiomhole, to vacate his suspension order...

Ihedioha loses as Supreme Court upholds its Imo judgment

    …judgment that declared Uzodinma winner was entered in error, says minority verdict Expectedly, the Supreme Court has thrown out the appeal...

Five months after, Court declares ex-Kogi Deputy Gov. Simon Achuba’s removal nullity 

The impeachment of a former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Mr Simon Achuba, in October 2019 is an exercise in futility and therefore...