Politics

President Bola Tinubu has broken his silence on the ongoing crisis in Rivers State, calling on political stakeholders to exercise caution. Tinubu has been silent about the Rivers situation since the intervention he made fell through last year. The warring camps had returned to the battle field months after the …

Former President Donald Trump has expressed his displeasure over Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent surge in the polls ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Speaking on a primetime Fox News appearance, Trump lamented that “somehow a woman is doing better” than him in the race. He claimed Harris’ success “can’t …

JD Vance says it would be ‘very hard’ for Trump to win without North Carolina GREENVILLE, N.C. — Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said on Saturday that it would be “very hard” for the Trump campaign to win in November if it does not hold on to North Carolina, a state …

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election Peter Obi, speaks on the Presidency futile effort to tarnish his reputation by drawing comparisons to the American presidential election. In a statement released through his Media Office on Sunday, titled “Why Desperate OBI Traducers Are Kissing the Dust?” and …

Is Donald Trump gearing up to blame old folks if he loses the presidential election to Kamala Harris in November? It sure sounded that way Thursday at a rally held by the former president in Tucson, Arizona, where he took note of the changing demographic of his supporters and wondered aloud …

For the last one week I have been in Kano, and sadly I noted with great disappointment the Federal Government distribution of rice palliative to 35 states all through their Governors, except Kano State in the whole federation. Kano’s share was handed over to APC stalwarts to handle. This is …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has revealed that one of the reasons for his fallout with his predecessor, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, was his decision to declare a state burial for the late Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Tony Anenih. Speaking at a PDP campaign rally at Opujie Primary School, …

  Former US President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama delivered powerful speeches at the Democratic National Convention underway in Chicago today, rallying the country around the candidacy of Kamala Harris, who is poised to become the first Black and South Asian woman to secure a major party’s …

  Although Donald Trump isn’t physically in Chicago, his influence is palpable, and he’s evidently keeping an eye on the events there. Before Kamala Harris’s speech on Thursday, a few of Trump’s aides claimed, somewhat unconvincingly, that the former president wasn’t paying attention to the Democratic National Convention, dismissing it …

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party has thrown its weight behind the call for former President Goodluck Jonathan to join the presidential race for 2027. In the past few weeks, there has been a growing rumour that northern elites and politicians are not happy with President Bola Tinubu’s administration and subtly …