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A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has said that the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is on his own on the plot to deny the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki’ the party’s governorship ticket in 2020

The NWC member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said...Continue reading: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/10/oshiomhole-on-his-own/

The zoning of the presidential ticket in 2023 may be a big challenge to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reports that the party may not be in a hurry to do so because of likely backlash.

The debate in the country for some time now has been where the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 would come from... Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/10/pdp-2023-presidency/

Jigawa State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar Badaru says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not tolerate any form of rigging during the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State.

Badaru, who is the chairman of the 56-member APC National Campaign Council for the oil rich State, said...Continue reading at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/09/we-wont-allow-pdp-to-rig-bayelsa-election/

A former deputy national chairman of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, Bode George PDP has said that the party may be on its way to regaining power at the centre in 2023 if the right things are done. George in this interview also spoke on the presidential ambition of APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu among other controversial issues. Read the full interview at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/09/how-pdp-will-bounce-back-in-2023/

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has replied the ‘mosquito buzz’ comment by National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Comrade Oshiomhole had in July likened political situation in the state to that of a buzzing mosquito around the ear...Read More: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/08/mosquitoes-malaria-obaseki-oshiomhole/

The Presidency has confirmed the sack of some aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, saying that the aides were sacked to reduce cost of governance in the country.

There had been hues and cries over the sack of 35 aides of the Vice President with Laolu Akande, his spokesman dismissing a list published on Thursday.

But in a statement on Friday, Special Senior Assitant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, said...Read more: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/08/we-sacked-osinbajos-aides-to-cut-cost/

The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State has affirmed the decision of the Benue Election Tribunal sacking the Deputy Speaker Benue Assembly Christopher Adaji (Ohimini/PDP).

Presiding Judge of the three -man panel Justice I. G. Mbaba, who delivered the lead judgment....Read more: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/08/court-sacks-benue-deputy-speaker/

The power play over who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 may have created a wedge in the relationship between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his political mentor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Though he is yet to confirm or deny reports that he is nursing a presidential ambition in 2023, ...Continue Reading: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/08/osinbajo-tinubu-2023/

A day after signing Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Amendment Bill into law in London, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sacking of at least 35 out of over 80 aides in the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo....Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/06/buhari-fires-osinbajos-aides/

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal of Zamfara State sitting in Abuja has on Monday dismissed a petition seeking to invalidate Governor Bello Matawalle’s election.

The petition was filed by Muhammed Takori of the Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance, APDA, against Matawalle...Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/04/tribunal-affirms-matawalle-zamfara-governor/

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Monday has sacked the member representing Tudunwada/Doguwa Federal Constituency in Kano state, Alhassan Ado Doguwa.

Doguwa, who is the Majority Leader...https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/04/appeal-court-sacks-doguwa/

Kano State governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has released the list of the long awaited commissioner-nominees to the Kano state house of Assembly for screening and confirmation.

The list, which was read by the Speaker of the House, Abdul’Azeez Garba Gafasa.... https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/04/ganduje-names-kwankwaso-garo-19-others-as-commissioner/

Associates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate in the 2019 polls, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have started mounting pressure on him to take another shot at the presidency in 2023.

This followed the failure of....https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/04/atikus-associates-want-him-to-run-in-2023/

Former Imo State governor and the senator representing Imo West Rochas Okorocha has said there is no such thing as Igbo presidency in Nigeria.

Speaking at the weekend in Kano, the lawmaker said what obtained was...https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/04/2023-like-igbo-presidency-okorocha/

"...Well, we all know that Bayelsa is 75 per cent water. Therefore, our movement of man and materials is going to be difficult. I was able to convince our national secretariat to allow us to conduct the election over three days. Now, we have concluded arrangements with boat owners... Read more: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/03/bayelsa-elction-three-days/

A former political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of Reformed All Progressives Congress, rAPC, Alhaji Buba Galadima, has declared that Nigerians should not be surprised to see the President contesting in the 2023 presidential election.

Mr Galadima, who is now an ally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said that the forces controlling Mr Buhari... Read more at:
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The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday, refused to give an update on a petition they received against the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Magu, who was asked by journalists in Abuja to give an update on how far the Commission had gone with the petition, responded swiftly: “Do you want me to start discussing Tinubu’s petition here?....Continue Reading: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/02/why-i-cant-discuss-petition-against-tinubu-magu/

I admit that it’s always ill-advised to use the word “never” when you prognosticate the outcome of a future event. The vagaries of life can throw a wrench to the works of the most auspicious auguries. I know that. Nevertheless, I am prepared to go out on a limb and proclaim that in spite of his feverishly desperate, frenzied, backstabbing machinations, Bola Ahmed Tinubu can never be Nigeria’s president. Here’s why....https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/10/10/bola-tinubu-farooq-kperogi/

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Friday has nullified the election of a member representing Kiru/Bebeji Constituency, Abdulmumin Jibrin and ordered for a fresh election.

The appellate court dissolved the entire election conducted in the two local governments on the grounds that the final result...https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/01/appeal-court-sacks-jibrin/

The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, Plateau state capital a while ago on Friday nullified the election of Hon. Garba Muhammad Gololo, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing Gamawa federal constituency of Bauchi state, in the House of Representatives.

Hon. Isa Muhammad Wabu of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP)...https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/01/apc-loses-rep-in-bauchi/

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said the Electoral Act Amendment Bill did not pass because most of the provisions were targeted at....Continue reading at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/11/01/electoral-act-targets-one-person-gbajabiamila/

The All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State has alleged that the police disrupted its meetings in some Local Government Areas of the state.

Mr Lawal Liman, the state chairman of the party, made the allegation...Continue reading...https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/10/31/police-zamfara-apc/

The member representing Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Victor Mela Danzaria, has appointed 36 legislative aides.

In a statement he issued to newsmen....Read more at: https://politicsdigest.ng/index.php/2019/10/31/danzaria-appointed-legislative-aides/