POLITICS

Embattled Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has revealed how the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, pushed him out of his office when he went to the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja in his quest to actualise his ambition of becoming the …

Barely three weeks before the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari, for his second term, it appears all is not well with the ruling party politically. Although, the party has downplayed any tension in the party, President Buhari, on Friday May 10, 2019, hosted Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the …

Following the political drama that played out in Ogbomosho North Local Government during the 2019 general election when the Chairman, Olamijuwon Akala, was suspended and sacked by the Oyo state government. Olamijuwon, the son of former governor of Oyo state, Christopher Alao-Akala, was suspended and subsequently sacked over allegations of …

There have been rising concerns over the mode of relationship President Muhammadu Buhari has sustained with notable state and political actors  in the South West Nigeria who have been having latent battle and cold war overtime in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The South West APC leaders had since …

Chairman, Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Adegbola Dominic, on Friday April 26, 2019 called on the state Commissioner of Police, Zubair Muazu, to arrests Otunba Segun Adewale aka Aeroland, who he said has been laying claim to the same chairmanship post, even though he is not …

A member of the House of Representatives, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, who represents Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, has declared her intention to contest for the seat of the Speaker. Onyejeocha made the declaration despite the decision of the leadership of her party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to support the …

By Olasunkanmi Akinlotan Strong indications have emerged that the President of the Nigerian Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, seems to have disbanded the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Chinwe Onyeabo. A source in the judiciary reliably hinted PLATFORM TIMES that an internal memo had …

Adebayo Adelabu, All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State. Five weeks after he lost the gubernatorial election, the gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, has described his defeat as a “blessing in disguise.” Mr Adelabu, who lost the March 9 …

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state says he will talk more on politics, the 2019 governorship election, as well as other elections in the state, after he leaves office as Governor on May 29. Amosun who made this known during a Press Conference on the 2019 African Drum Festival, at …

The ruling party, APC has finally responded to the long petition submitted at the court of Appeal by the opposition PDP and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar praying the court to nullify the election of APC’s Mohammodu Buhari as the original winner of the February 23rd, 2019 Presidential election. The …