A coalition of Northern youths within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday accused the national chairman of the party Uche Secondus of plotting to impose his preferred presidential candidate on them. The youths also accused the leadership of the party of conniving with the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to rig the presidential…

Nigerian Senate president and 2019 presidential hopeful Bukola Saraki said he has the formula for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to produce the next governor of Lagos state in the 2019 elections. Lagos state since 16 years of democratic rule has been governed by parties spearheaded by the national leader of the ruling All Progressives…

Nigerian Senate president and 2019 presidential hopeful Bukola Saraki has said his position in the National Assembly is in the national interest, saying he will not step down until his term runs out. Saraki had been under fire by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to resign as Senate president since he left the party…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomohle, has continued in his insistence that Dr Bukola Saraki must leave his position as the Senate President. In an interview on Channels Televison's Road map 2019, Oshiomhole said the Senate President had to step down from his seat as a matter of honour. He further…

Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki said he is confident of unseating president Muhammadu Buhari in next year's elections should he emerge presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). To emerge PDP's presidential ticket Saraki has to win the party’s October 6 primaries which is keenly contested by former Vice president Atiku Abubakar, former senate…

Nigeria Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has responded to the claims of the Not Too Young To Run movement over his declaration to run for president in the 2019 presidential election. Saraki announced his bid in Abuja on Thursday, August 30, 2018, in a town hall meeting organised by the movement. The meeting was an efforts…

Nigeria Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Thursday officially declared his intent to run for president in the 2019 general elections. "I hereby announce my intention to run for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the coming General Elections in 2019 on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). I…

Nigeria Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the claims of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu about his exit from the ruling party are "wrong, false and mischievous impression". Saraki said in a statement on Monday while reacting to Tinubu's statement on his defection from the ruling party to the People's…

Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday called on the Senate president Bukola Saraki to reconvene the National Assembly "immediately" to consider the 2019 general election Budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). “The National Assembly must be convened immediately,” APC's acting national publicity secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena said in a statement. This…

Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an alarm that there are fresh plans by the opposition People's Democratic Party to attack some of its Senators. The party said while several attempts to buy over APC Senators with N100million each have failed, the PDP has 'real and imminent sinister plans' as part of 'PDP’s…

Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the last Tuesday’s siege on the National Assembly. Masked operatives of the Department for State Services last Tuesday besieged the National Assembly, preventing federal lawmakers and journalists from entering the national assembly for a meeting to deliberate on urgent national matters including…

Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress has reacted to the latest allegations of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu. PDP on Sunday alleged that there was a fresh plot by APC and “the cabal in the Buhari Presidency to use compromised security agencies and the…