Category: Politics

The Peoples Democratic Party has again decried the failure of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and his ruling All Progressives Congress to contain the incessant killings of vulnerable Nigerians by bandits in Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, Kaduna, Kogi and Taraba states and other parts of the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the...

Int’l Parliament for Tolerance and Peace Backs Egypt’s Peace Initiative for Libya The International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP) has thrown its weight behind Egypt’s Initiative for Peace in Libya. This was made known in a statement issued by the Speaker of the IPTP, who is also a Member of the National Parliament of...

A politician in Benue state has donated ropes to the members of his community so that they can tie their goats. Daniel Ukpera, who contested for the Guma State Constituency seat in the 2019 Benue State House of Assembly Election under the platform of Labour Party, donated bundles of ropes to the people of Makurdi...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the alleged shooting and security breaches within the precincts of the Presidential villa, just after report of an alleged fight in President Buhari’s family gained attention on social media.  The opposition party in a statement released by its spokesperson Kola Ologbodiyan, expressed worry that the protracted spat between wife of...

The Screening Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress has upheld the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki. The appeal committee presented its report to the National Working Committee headed by Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday. UgamaTV learnt that the committee led by Dr Abubakar Fari cited discrepancies in the dates on Obaseki’s University of Ibadan certificate. Presenting the committee’s...

The screening committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC) which disqualified Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, Engr. Chris Ogemwonyi, and Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, from the June 22 gubernatorial primary election has given reasons for their disqualification. The chairman of the committee, Prof. Jonathan Ayuba, while giving details of the outcome of the screening on...

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said that there was nothing to celebrate in terms of democratic governance, declaring that democracy would only return to the country when President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office. According to his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, the former governor, who was speaking on the occasion of Democracy Day celebration, said...

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the party will suffer “dire consequences” in Edo State on account of the disqualification of the Governor by APC screening Panel. . Odigie-Oyegun described the outcome of the screening as a hatchet job aimed at installing a stooge that will allow some...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for the immediate reform of the nation’s electoral process. In his Democracy Day message, he also stressed the need to ensure the integrity of the electoral process. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, asked authorities to ensure that the votes...