Kayode Fayemi. PHOTO: NAN A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Ekiti Development Front (EDF), has boosted Kayode Fayemi’s campaign by empowering 150 residents of Ikere Ekiti, and five other local councils. Convener […]
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Female PDP aspirant makes case for woman president
PDP Chairman, Secondus. Photo: TWITTER/UcheSecondus As the 2019 election is approaching, more women are beginning to express interest in contesting the presidential election on different political platforms. One of such […]
Adelabu, ex-CBN deputy governor, joins Oyo governorship race
Chief Adebayo Adelabu Chief Adebayo Adelabu, a former Deputy Governor of the CBN, on Wednesday declared his intention to contest the Oyo State governorship election in 2019 on the platform […]
Why Buhari ignored nPDP, by Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB • Says talks’ll continue President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision not to meet with the aggrieved members of the New Peoples Democratic Party, […]
In Nasarawa State, opposition parties mull alliance against APC
Labaran Maku If democracy is truly the game of numbers then it is imperative for the two main opposition parties in Nasarawa State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the […]
Why SDP has no anointed presidential candidate, by Falae
National Chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Oluyemisi Samuel Falae National Chairman, Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae […]
Accidental millionaires, political office holders
Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP Politics in Nigeria has become a money-making venture rather than service. It has over the years become a huge industry. […]
Democracy and optimism for Nigeria’s future
“No one leaves home,” the poet Warsan Shire once famously wrote, “unless home is the mouth of a shark.” That certainly seems the case for the many Nigerians who trekked […]
Osun PDP guber aspirant debunks link with Buhari, Tinubu
Akin Ogunbiyi A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for the September governorship election in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, has refuted being linked to ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The […]
‘Odigie-Oyegun factionalised APC’
APC National Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun The 2015 governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, Senator Julius Ali Ucha, in a telephone chat narrated how the outgoing national […]