The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned commercial banks against granting loan request by Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, whose tenure will end on May 29. The Director of Communications, Alia/Ode Campaign Organisation, Mr Tersoo Kula, said this in a statement on Saturday in Makurdi. Kula alleged that the...
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Wakili Kabiru-Muhammad, Nasarawa West Senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections has dragged INEC to the election tribunal over omission of the party’s logo. Speaking to newsmen shortly after filing his petition on Saturday in Lafia, Kabiru-Muhammad said...
Accord Party in Ogun State says there is no going back in the adoption of Mr Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its candidate for the March 18 governorship election. Alhaji Tajudeen Olayokun, the state Chairman of Accord Party, said this at a news conference held...
Former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has called on Rivers residents to go all out, vote and support Tonye Cole, the APC gubernatorial candidate of the state on March 18. A statement from Amaechi’s media office said he made the call when he visited the Northern community in Rivers....
The Mbube community in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River has said that they would not sacrifice merit and competence for politics of ethnicity in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. This position is contained in a statement by the community’s spokesperson and chieftain of the PDP...
Kwara women led by female government cabinet members and ruling APC candidates held a rally on Saturday in Ilorin to mobilise support for the re-election of Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Organisers listed the rally as part of activities to mark the 2023 International Women’s Day, which held on March 8....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (COCSON) and National Association of Nigerian Youths Leaders (NANYL) have called on the leadership of the APC and the red chamber of the National Assembly to consider electing Senator Osita Izunaso as the next Senate President....
Members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State, say they are fully ready to defend their votes during the forthcoming governorship and house of assembly elections in the state. The Atiku/Lado campaign Director General, Dr Mustapha Inuwa, who disclosed this on Friday in Katsina, said they would...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Katsina State, has sacked its deputy gubernatorial candidate, Muttaqa Rabe-Darma, the state party Chairman, Alhaji Sani Liti, and other top executives. Alhaji Nasiru Usman-Kankia, the Director, media and publicity of the NNPP, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the decision of the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State says it is targeting no fewer than one million votes in the governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state. Mr Ayuba Aluke, spokesman of the state’s PDP Campaign Management Council, said this at a news conference in Gombe...
A High Court 1 in Abakaliki, has restrained the Nigerian Police Force from arresting Prof Benard Odoh, Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over the murder of Umuezeokoha Traditional Ruler, Igboke Ewa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the deceased, from Omege Village, Umuezeokaoha...
The Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Bauchi on Friday granted leave to Kani Faggo of the APC, to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Feb. 25 NASS election. Faggo contested and lost the Shira/Giade Federal Constituency...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the resignation, arrest and investigation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu over alleged manipulation of the February 25 presidential election result. In a keen contest, PDP presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar...
No fewer than 10 political parties have collapsed their structure in support of the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River, Sen. Sandy Onor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the statement to that effect was issued after the meeting of the political parties,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the electorate in Nasarawa State to vote for its gubernatorial candidate, David Ombugadu, for sustainable healthcare and infrastructural development. Mrs Louise Gyunka, Chief Coordinator of the PDP rally in Karu Local Government of the state made the call in an interview...
Mrs Ibim Semenitari, Director, New Media, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council for Rivers governorship election, says the state will become an investment hub in Africa, if Siminalayi Fubara is elected governor of the state. Semenitari, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, said that Fubara stood tall...
Taraba State Chapter of the Labour Party (LP) on Friday denied the purported endorsement of governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col. Kefas Agbu, for March 18 governorship election. Mrs Esther Gulmu, state chairman of the party, issued the denial at a news conference in Jalingo. The...
A Grade I Area Court, Dei-dei, Abuja, on Friday remanded a 24-year old man, Micheal Okoye in a correctional centre for allegedly threatening to kill his siblings. The police charged Okoye with mischief and criminal intimidation. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Babajide Olanipekun told the court that the matter was...
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Rufai Hanga as Senator-elect for Kano Central Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). In the Judgment prepared by Justice Uwani Aba-Aji but delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the court held that the INEC’s appeal lacked merit and...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he did not support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi during the Feb. 25 election because nobody discussed Igbo presidency with him.. Publicity Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia stated on Friday in Enugu that...