Renowned Ogun businessman and philanthropist Segun Senbanjo has declared interest to contest for the Ogun East Senatorial seat. Born to the Sogidi family linage of the Awujale of Ijebu royal
Yesterday, over 200 women’s groups laid siege on Nigeria’s federal legislature in Abuja to protest the rejection of all gender-related bills during voting the day before on the
As the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the raft of sanctions imposed on Russia start to take their toll, countries around the world brace up for inflationary
Members of Nigeria’s National Assembly on Tuesday voted on the report of its Joint Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bills, 2022, which consisted of 68
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met with governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House, Abuja, to discuss the forthcoming national convention of the party scheduled for
The United States has announced plans to expel 12 Russian diplomats from Moscow’s mission to the United Nations in New York, accusing the officials of engaging in “espionage activities” In
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially opened the political space for the 2023 general election after publishing the notice of election, in compliance with extant provisions of the
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, moves swiftly to announce a new timetable and schedule of activities for the
‘Peter Obi must Join the 2023 presidential race…he is the most qualified candidate from the south east” Law Mefor, the Vice chairman of the Igbo leadership development foundation call on
The purported endorsement of a former Governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as the consensus National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by President Muhammadu Buhari has further
Following the signing of the new electoral bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday released a new timetable for the 2023 elections,
Software engineer and House of Representatives aspirant, Abiodun Owokoya, discusses the electronic transmission of results aspect of the new Electoral Amendment Act.
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed into law the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill transmitted to him by the National Assembly on January 31, 2022, with a call on
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Friday signed Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law, about a month after the National Assembly sent the bill to him. The signing ceremony was held at
Reports that President Muhammadu Buhari might have settled for a former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as his consensus candidate for the office of the national chairman, seem
Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, has never hidden his desire to lead Nigeria. In 2014 and 2018, he made two unsuccessful attempts to secure the presidential
Barring any last minute changes, President Muhammadu Buhari may assent to the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill transmitted to him last month by the National Assembly, on Friday. Presidential spokesman,
The decision, Tuesday, by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone its presidential ticket to the Southern part of the country, might have put the opposition Peoples Democratic Party
25 civil society organisations in Nigeria converge in Abuja to protest the delay by President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The CSOs gathered at the
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, met with governors elected on the platform of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and okayed suggestions for a consensus option at the
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