Emeritus Prof. Shuaib Oba, Kwara’s New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) governorship candidate, says politics should not be seen as a dirty game left to politicians alone if Nigeria is to be fully developed. Oba, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, urged Nigerians, especially the...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has promised to introduce new social investment program and make Cross River State a new tourism wonder of the world. Tinubu said the investment programmes will improve business productivity,widen access to affordable finance...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi One person has been killed and one other injured after they were shot during the campaign rally of the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) t Akuyam town in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Bauchi State Police Command confirmed the incident...
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday struck out a suit seeking to compel INEC to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards or Voter Identification Number at the 2023 general elections. The Incorporated Trustees of the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law had dragged INEC...
Sen. Smart Adeyemi (APC-Kogi) has urged former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to beg Nigerians for forgiveness for selling Nigeria’s assets, rather than seeking to occupy the presidential seat. Adeyemi, who represents Kogi West at the National Assembly said this when he interacted with indigenes of Kogi residing in Minna on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi chapter, has inaugurated its Elders Council ahead of the party’s local government rallies for 2023 general polls. Inaugurating the council on Tuesday in Abakaliki, Dr IfeanyiChukwuma Odii, PDP Governorship candidate in the state, said the party is ready for victory. Odii, represented by...
Gov. Yahaya Bello has led the campaign train of Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential, National and State Assemblies to his country home in Agasa-Uruvochinomi, Okene Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Speaking at the campaign on Tuesday, Bello assured of their continued effort to galvanize votes...
Alhaji Alhassan Bawu, the Bauchi State campaign director of the Labour Party (LP), Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has dumped the party to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He switched camp to the PDP alongside other officials of party in the North-East. Bawu stated this at a news conference in...
A former Minister of State for Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, on Tuesday narrated before a Federal High Court in Lagos State how N1.2 billion was allegedly taken to former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti, using an aircraft. Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded seven men at the Makurdi Correctional Centre for allegedly kidnapping the Benue Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ekpe Ogbu on Ado/Otukpo Road. The suspects, Nuhu Musa, Mohammed Danjuma, Yunusa Usman, Abubakar Usman, Usman Saleh, Hamza Sani and Monday Samuel...
The New Nigeria Political Party (NNPP) Candidate for Kano North Senatorial District, Sen. Abdullahi Baffa, says the party’s Presidential Candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, is better prepared to win the 2023 presidential election. Baffa in an open letter to kwankwasiyya members and NNPP supporters, made available to newsmen in Abuja,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked speculations by opposition political parties that President Muhammadu Buhari was attacked by miscreants during his Kano visit on Monday. In a statement issued on Monday, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Mr Bayo Onanuga,...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Presidential candidate of The All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is expected in Calabar for a campaign rally on Tuesday. Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee, Senator John Owan Enoh, disclosed this at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press...
Ready to Lead Africa, a civil society organisation, on Monday said it would lead Presidential Candidates to commit against exploiting youths for violence ahead of the General Elections. Mr Godbless Otubure, Founder, Ready to Lead Africa, made this known at a news conference, themed: “Youth-led Presidential Peace Accord and...
Chief Femi Babalola, Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, says decision of the five governors under the aegis of G-5, will not affect chances of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the party’s presidential candidate, in the state. Babalola told journalists in Ibadan on Monday that Atiku would...
Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will win the February election with wide margin. Akeredolu, who said that APC was lucky to have a personality like Tinubu, stated this at the Ondo Central Senatorial District campaign rally of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The wife of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) Presidential Candidate, Hajiya Fati Atiku Abubakar has appealed to the Emir of Damaturu, Alhaji Dr. Hashimi ll Ibn Umar Elkanemi and the Emir of Biu , Mai Umar Mustapha ll to urge their subjects to...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Campaign Coordinators of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) governorship candidate in Bauchi State, Senator Haliru Jika, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) alongside his supporters in Misau Local Government Area of the state Speaking while announcing their defection at a...
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has commenced investigation into allegations of data breach by Guarantee Trust and Zenith Banks. Mr Babatunde Bamigboye,Head,Legal Enforcement and Regulations of NDPB said this in a statement issued in Abuja. Bamigboye said the investigations were triggered by allegations of unlawful disclosure of banking...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish Fred Atteng’s name as Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate for the Feb. 25 Rivers South East Senatorial District election. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that the refusal of INEC...