The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has urged the Nigerian people to reject moneybag politicians in the February 25 election. “Moneybags have played a lot of roles but they brought us to poverty,” Obi said during a campaign in Ekiti State on Thursday. The LP...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the commitment and courage of the people of Oyo State for their support for its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and all other candidates of the party in the 2023 general elections. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP,...
Princess Chichi Ojei, Presidential Candidate of Allied People’s Movement (APM), has expressed confidence of winning the February presidential election. Ojei said this on Friday in Abuja, in a New Year statement tagged 2023: A glorious future beckons for Nigerians. The Presidential hopeful said being the only female candidate in...
Mr Julius Nyananyo, Head, Media and Information at the High Court Of Justice, have said all is set to the programme of activities for retiring Chief Judge of Bayelsa, Justice Kate Abiri, indicating that the event will kick start on Saturday, January 7, 2023. He gave this indication in...
Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra has described Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as a man of tenacity and a strong believer in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement on Friday in Awka by Mr Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to Soludo. Soludo...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has kicked against denying political parties access to government-owned facilities in the ongoing campaign rallies in the state and the nation at large. He instructed the Ministry of Youth and Sports to grant the Labour Party (LP) the use of the State stadium for...
The Court of Appeal Sokoto division on Friday upheld the primary election which produced Dr Dauda Lawal-Dare as candidate of the PDP for the March 11, governorship election in Zamfara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the first PDP Governorship Primary election was held on May 25,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has dismissed claims mostly circulating on the social media, suggesting that 11 governors under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), are secretly meeting with the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku...
The Former Speaker, Kogi House of Assembly, Alfa Imam, on Thursday led scores of supporters of the ruling APC to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former speaker described their defection as “decisive” and “a step in the right...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday pleaded with the state residents to cast their votes for him in the forthcoming governorship election to enable his administration to complete the good work. Makinde made the plea at the flagging off ceremony of campaign for his re-election on the...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, Thursday, dismissed the notion of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) firm grip of the state. He told journalists after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja that “Delta is very ripe for...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its Presidential Campaign Council and Management Committee for the 44 local government areas of Kano State on Thursday. The party’s Northwest Chairman, Hon. Bello Hayatu-Gwarzo, who represented the National Chairman, Mr Iyorchia Ayu, also inaugurated the campaign council, management team and leadership...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governo, Samuel Ortom says the G5 Governors are committed members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and are working round the clock to ensure that the party wins all elections in their respective states. Governor Ortom stated this on Thursday, in Ibadan,...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu on Thursday, slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his endorsement of Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential poll. Tinubu spoke at a rally held at the University of Benin Sports Complex in...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, rejected an appeal by the sacked Chairman of the Action Alliance (AA) party, Chief Kenneth Udeze, seeking to reverse the nullification of the candidacy of retired Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha and others. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by its President,...
A chieftain of the APC, Dr Abiola Oshodi, says victory for the party’s presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu in the presidential election will speed up a lot of developmental projects in Ondo State. Oshodi, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday ( NAN) on the expected...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Borno State , Hajiya Fatima Abubakar, has vowed to defeat Governor Babagana Zulum, the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2023 election. Hajiya Fatima argued that despite the volume of capital projects and...
Legal luminary, Afe Babalola, has raised fears that the coming presidential election will be won by the highest spender and not the best among the candidates. Babalola at a media briefing in Ado Ekiti expressed worry that the 2023 general elections will be conducted under the 1999 constitution against...
Chief Emeka Chigbo, Southeast National Vice Chairman of Accord Party, says the party is re-strategising to fully participate in the general elections and beyond. Chigbo said this at an inaugural meeting and interactive session with party stakeholders from the five southeast states on Thursday in Awka. He said that...
An Enugu state-based political group, known as Njiko Forum (NIF), has begun a house-to-house campaign across rural communities in the South-East in support of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi. NIF, an affiliate of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, has pledged to deliver 90 per cent...