Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has denied the allegation that he ever solicited for a third term as the president of Nigeria, saying it was the national assembly that included it amongst the other clauses of the constitution, that was to be amended. While commenting on the challenges of deepening democratic institutions in Africa; the former president for the first time, in an exclusive interview with C ...

Deji Bademosi the anchor of Channels Television political programme Politics Today to a look into the recent governorship rerun election at Kebbi state which was conducted last weekend. Eventually Saidu Dakingari; the former governor who was elected during the 2011 general election before the court ruled that the state governorship election will have to be re-done,came out victorious amongst other contender ...

Four weeks 27 days after the fuel subsidy probe into the oil subsidy management ended and the report nor the outcome of the probe is yet to be made public. Whether it would go down like the probes that has been staged in the country or it would come out different to prosecute the offender is question yet to be answered. Nigerian are awaiting the outcome the probe going the Nationwide NLC strike where Nigeri ...

Four weeks and 27 days after the fuel subsidy probe into the oil subsidy management ended, the report nor the outcome of the probe is yet to be made public. Whether it would go down like other probes that has been staged in the country or it would come out different to prosecute  offenders is question yet to be answered. Channels Television had a live interview from our Lagos headquarters to our Abuja offic ...

The debate on the action of the bank led to a rowdy session and a walk-out by some of the lawmakers, as some of the lawmakers argued that the functions of the bank does not include making such donations. The lawmakers argued that the CBN governor exceeded his powers and misused public funds. Mr Sansusi has in recent times come under immense criticism for the CBN’s donation of N100 million to the victims of ...

The Federal Government has vowed to take calculated action against South Africa if the country fails to retrace its steps on the "Yellow Card" hostility meted out to Nigerians, Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru warned. Diplomatic tension between Nigeria and South Africa appear to have heightened with Nigeria denying 28 South Africans entry into the country on Monday. The South Africans arrived Nige ...

The Cross River State Governorship Election has come and gone as Governor Liyel Imoke of the Peoples' Democratic Party was declared winner of the election by the Returning Officer;Professor James Epoke scoring 455,554 votes and the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the State;Mr.Mike Igini commented on the whole process. However,it was not all sweet as the indigenes of the Bakassi complained bitterly about ...

On Politics Today,our correspondent Charles Erukaa went to the streets of Lagos to speak to Lagosians on the Lagos Council polls as the result of the election are being awaited. Charles Erukaa also tried to reach senior member of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission ( LASIEC) to comment. Representatives of the ACN and the PDP were also invited into the studio to comment. ...

Our Senior political correspondent; Deji Bademosi on Politics Today looked into the recently concluded Lagos council poll which the PDP claimed was not free and fair as they were irregularities. ...

Residents in Anambra North senatorial district, on Thursday, took to major roads and streets in protest of the continued delay by the Senate leadership to swear in a representative from the district. Nine months after last April’s polls, nothing is settled in Anambra North. The decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the legislative seats in the zone are still subjects of litigat ...