Alhaji Saba Adamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Feb. 25 election in Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency of Kwara, will be arraigned on Feb. 14 for alleged certificate forgery. Justice Angela Otaluka of Court 12, High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), fixed the date following a...
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The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun State’s ex-Governor and his Deputy, Gboyega Oyetola and Bendict Alabi in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. In a judgment by a five-member panel of justices...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari is in total support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the forthcoming 2023 election. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 22nd edition of the President Mohammadu...
Chief David Kente, a Governorship of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba says the chances of winning the Marc 11 election in then state is bright, Chief Shuaibu Ataka, Secretary of the David Kente Governorship Campaign Organisation, made this known while reacting to a Supreme Court judgment which...
Mr Sadiq Obanoyen, the Chairman of Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee, has promised that the party will clear the state’s votes in the 2023 general election. Obanoyen said this shortly after the inauguration of the committee at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. “We believe by the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – As the February general elections draw closer, over 365 Independent Campaign Council (ICC) support groups in Nasarawa State, have commenced door to door campaigns for Tinubu/Shettima. The state Coordinator for Tinubu/Shettima Grassroot Independent Campaign Council, Hon Yusuf Omaki, disclosed this at the launch of...
A spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode has said some members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) may be working for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The former minister made this known on Channels Television’s special election programme, The...
A Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has stopped the planned rerun primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Aboh-Mbaise/Ngorokpala Federal Constituency of the state scheduled to hold this Thursday. According to the stay of execution order given on Tuesday by Justice Rita Pemu...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and his counterpart in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso do not pose a threat to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is according to a spokesman for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Charles...
The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari on Wednesday, shared a video of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State saying that elements in Aso Villa are working against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu ahead of the February 25 poll. Tinubu, a former Lagos...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Wednesday unveiled Hajiya Hadiza Mohammed as its Vice-Presidential Candidate for the Feb. 25 general election. Edozie Njoku, National Chairman, APGA, unveiled Mohammed at a ceremony on Wednesday in Abuja, naming Jonathan Elendu as Director-General, of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Njoku...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared the candidates who emerged from the primaries conducted by the Gov Godwin Obaseki-led faction of the PDP in Edo as the authentic representatives of the party. This judgment delivered by Justice Centus Nweze brings to an end the long-drawn legal battle to decide...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says its Presidential Candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has neither met nor discussed with his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opponent, Atiku Abubakar or his representatives, on any working relationship on 2023 presidential election. The spokesperson, Kwankwaso/NNPP Presidential Campaign Council, Ladipo...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC)says the party’s leadership and President Muhammadu Buhari are strongly united behind Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, toward a victory in 2023 general election. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity APC PCC said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja....
The Supreme Court on has Wednesday nullified the election of Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Taraba in the March 11 elections. The apex court in a judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro, affirmed the decision of the Federal High Court...
Sen. Teslim Folarin, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate in Oyo State, has predicted the emergence of Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, as the winner of Feb. 25 election. Folarin, while featuring on the maiden Guest Forum of Oyo State Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists...
A Magistrate court in Ondo state has ordered the remand of a 43-year-old clergyman identified as Paul Oyewole who was arraigned for allegedly publishing and posting his obituary on social media in his bid to evade payment of N3 million he owed one of his church members. Vanguard reports...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Wednesday, admitted two Shari’a Court judges, a cashier and 16 other financial registrars to bail for alleged N580.2 million theft. The defendants: Sani Muhammad, Sani Buba-Aliyu, Bashir Baffa, Garzali Wada,, Hadi Tijjani Mu’azu, Alkasim Abdullahi, Yusuf Abdullahi, Mustapha Bala Ibrahim, Jafar Ahmad,...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Feb. 6 for judgment in the long drawn legal battle over the authenticity of the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC. Entangled in the legal battle for the Senatorial ticket is the incumbent Senate’s President, Ahmad Lawan and Bashir Machina. The...
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...