The presidential candidate of United Democratic Party (UDP) Mr. Ishola Balogun, has called for less emphasis on money politics to enable the best hands/brains come forward and participate actively in nation-building. The 59-year-old Molecular Biology expert and television programme host, who owns and runs Amen Radio/Television in the United States (US), listed job creation, youth/women…

The threats to remove the President of the Senate Bukola Saraki from office may have come to nought, as Leader of the Senate and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday declared that going ahead with the impeachment plan was not in the overall interest of the country. Senator Lawan made…

The presidential candidate of Grassroots Development Party of Nigeria (GDPN), Dr. Davidson Akhimien, has said that visionary leadership remains key to Nigeria’s development. Akhimien, who said this in Abuja after he was declared the party’s presidential candidate in next year’s elections, lamented the lingering poverty in Nigeria, stressing that the country has no reason to…

A faction of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) has returned to the fold after leaving the party, following the fallout of its presidential primary that produced Fela Durotoye as the flag-bearer for next year’s general elections. The faction, consisting of state chairmen from Gombe, Zamfara, Jigawa, Taraba, Kaduna, Yobe and others, reached an accord…

The Director of Strategic Communications, Coalition of Nigeria and a former political adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Akin Osuntokun, has said aides of President Muhammadu Buhari, who have been frothing over the reunion of his former boss and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, were correct in the observation that this is an…

The campaign organisation of Atiku Abubakar has explained the reason for the selection of former Anambra State governor as the running mate to the People's Democratic Party's presidential candidate. Obi, a former banker, is from the same state as Senator Ben Obi, whom Abubakar picked as his running mate when he was the presidential candidate…

The presidential candidates of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, on Friday morning attacked each other over plans for the national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Currently, Nigeria’s minimum wage is N18,000. The government and organised labour are discussing the possibility of increasing it. Already, the government has…

A coalition of young Nigerians, the Young Professionals For Progress, YPP, Thursday hailed the emergence of Olusegun Mimiko as the presidential candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP. Mimiko, a two-term governor of Ondo state between 2009 and 2016 on the platform of the Labour Party and People"s Democratic Party (PDP), respectively, was unanimously elected…

I am happy to welcome the distinguished leaders of goodwill who have led the PDP Presidential Candidate and my former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, to my humble abode and I welcome the Presidential candidate himself.

The standard-bearer of Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2019 governorship election, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured the leaders of the party that his administration would focus extensively on the development of the grassroots....

The serenity of the Ekiti State House of Assembly was yesterday altered as 14 members impeached the speaker, Kolawole Oluwawole, and other principal officers.Comprising three All Progressives Congress..

On the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child, a coalition of women groups has come up to demand gender parity in elective and appointive positions in public service.