Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the Accord governorship candidate in Oyo State, says the alleged unsolicited telephone calls by Gov. Seyi Makinde’s campaign team to prospective voters in the state would not stop his defeat. This is contained in a statement issued by the Bayo Adelabu Campaign Organisation (BACO) on Saturday...
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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to establish a gold refinery in Zamfara, toward addressing the state’s numerous challenges. Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, said this he spoke with newsmen in Gusau on Saturday. Matawalle, also Northwest APC Campaign Coordinator, said...
City Boy Movement, a support group for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress(APC) says his track record will ensure victory for the party in the Feb. 25 general election. Gbodi Ajose, Director, Programmes, City Boy Movement, said this at ‘Door to Door’ campaign for Tinubu/Shettima on...
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has admonished politicians in the country to allow the judiciary perform its constitutional functions, saying society is dynamic. Jonathan gave the admonition during the book presentation/reception of a week-long activities marking the retirement of the Bayelsa Chief Judge, Justice Kate Abiri, in Yenagoa, the...
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Saturday said if Kogi people would vote for him in the February Presidential poll, the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and other challenges of the people would be solved and made history. Abubakar made the pledge while addressing a mammoth crowd at the Kogi Confluence Stadium, venue...
Usman Dakingari, Director-General, Kebbi State All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council, says the party will record landslide victory in the state in 2023 general election, going by its popularity. Dakingari stated this at the launch of the state APC governorship campaign in Shanga, headquarters of Shanga Local Government Area...
A support group, Likeminds Initiative for Tinubu, says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of All Progressives Congress(APC) is better qualified to lead Nigeria, than any other candidate in Feb. 25 presidential election. Mr Augustine Esiekpe, the National Coordinator, LikeMinds Initiative For Tinubu, said this at a strategic meeting to mobilise voters...
Traders have occupied the corridors of Kogi Confluence Stadium, the venue of the presidential campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with their wares, to make brisk business. The venue, on the Hassan Katsina Road, on Saturday wore a new look with the display of goods such as...
Rep. Tunji Olawuyi (APC-Kwara) has shown excitement over the judgement of Appeal Court which recognised him as the candidate of APC for the House of Representatives in the Feb. 25 general elections. Olawuyi is contesting to represent, Ekiti, Irepodun, Isin and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara. The legislator said...
A former PDP Board of Trustees (BOT) member, Chief Aduke Maina, has urged Lagos State residents to vote massively for the party’s Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, because of his great plans for them. Maina, who was in Adediran and Mrs Funke Akindele’s campaign train on tour of 12...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo have disagreed over Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s scorecard within three years in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Uzodimma assumed office on Jan. 14, 2020, following a judgment of the Supreme Court...
Chief Seipkowei Aperaman, the National Coordinator, Sagbama/Ekeremor Progressive Vanguard, on Friday said zoning formulate should be respected within the Senatorial District. He stated this at a gathering in Yenagoa where the stakeholders urged the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Sen. Seriake Dickson, who had shown interest to return for the...
The Osun Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday adjourned for judgment, the petition filed by former Gov Gboyega Oyetola, challenging the victory of Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 16 governorship election. The Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Tertsea Kume, reserved the judgment...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Katsina State has berated Sen. Ahmed Babba-Kaita (PDP-Katsina North) for alleging that the state government plans to use N1.1billion of state funds to campaign for the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kaita was elected on the platform of APC...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alhaji Rabi’u Kwankwaso, says both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have failed Nigerians for the past 24 years of ruling the country. Alhaji Kwankwaso, who said the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The First Lady and wife of Nasarawa State Governor, Hajiya Sulifat Sule, has called on women in the state to come out and participate actively in the forthcoming general elections. Hajia Sulifat, made the call during the statewide “Meet the women tour”, at the...
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, sentenced a 21-year-old man, Abeeb Magaji, to 14 years imprisonment for attempting to steal from the court’s premises in Isabo. Magaji, whose address was not provided, pleaded guilty to the three-count charge of intent to commit felony, unlawful damage and causing breach of...
The Oyo State Chief Judge, Munta Abimbola, on Friday officially disengaged from active service in the state’s judiciary after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65 for High Court Judges. At the Valedictory court session in his honour at the state’s High Court Ibadan, the Commissioner for Justice, Prof....
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has expressed gratitude to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for selecting him as the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate. Okowa stated this while addressing PDP supporters during the party’s campaign on Friday, in Ika South and...
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked online medium reports that some Special Advisers to Gov. Bello Matawalle have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris....