Politics

Adebowale Olasoji was a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly during the botched Third Republic. He is also a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state and a member of Afenifere Independent Group. In this interview…

The performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the conduct of the general elections earlier this year in the country is still under scrutiny, months after the results were announced and winners sworn in. To some,…

Ambassador Godknows Boladei Igali is a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the September 3 primaries in Bayelsa State. A career diplomat, he was Nigeria’s Consul-General in Cameroon and…

George Akume, a former Governor of Benue State and three terms Senator, has been in power for 20 years. His recent appointment as a minister-designate by President Muhammadu Buhari, according to political observers, has altered political…

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lagos State has appointed Mr Olufemi Olaniyi, popularly known as Ferrari, as its acting Chairman. The party’s state Publicity Secretary, Lekan Adebiyi, said in a statement issued on Friday in Lagos…

Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday urged Nigerians to have faith in those that would be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari as ministers to move the country forward. Chairman of the party in the state,…

Vote credible candidate instead of party — governorship candidate

Ms. Rukkayat Ibrahim, an aspirant in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi has promised to be the voice for the voiceless women in the state, if elected governor. I also want to fight for women and youths; that is why I am coming…

The Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu, has assured Nigerians that the ninth National Assembly will not be a rubber stamp to the executive. Kalu said this on Wednesday in an interview with newsmen in his Camp Neya country home in Igbere,…

The significance of the Goaldcoast Dickson Memorial Cancer Centre was put into perspectives by some of the guests, who attended the launch in Toru-Oru. Their views, which mirror the increasing deaths arising from the dreaded disease also…