A former All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the 2023 primary election in Sokoto State, Amb. Faruk Yabo, has joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the general elections. Yabo, the immediate past Ambassador of Nigeria to Jordan and the APC running mate in the 2019 governorship...
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Supporters of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday in Ibadan staged Freedom Walk to mobilise supports for his aspiration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three prominent chieftains of the party in Oyo State, led the party members to...
A medical doctor, Mrs Oyebimpe Akinbunmi, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how one Dr Olufemi Olaleye allegedly defiled his wife’s 16-year-old niece. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olaleye, the Medical Director of Cancer Care Foundation, is facing a two-count charge...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu continued his nationwide campaign rally in Kano on Wednesday, urging the people of the state to vote him in next month’s presidential election. Tinubu who had been in Kano since midnight of Monday,...
Chief Afe Babalola, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) says the 1999 Constitution will not guarantee the emergence of credible leaders at the February general elections. “Unless a new Constitution similar to those of 1960 and 1963 Constitutions, with necessary amendments, is put in place, none of the aspirants, and...
Hajiya Fatima Abubakar, the Borno governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC) says she is optimistic of winning the March 11 governorship election, going by recent development. Abubakar, the only female candidate for the election told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Wednesday that she has started...
A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) in Ondo State, Mr Stephen Adeyeri, has described the endorsement of Mr Peter Obi by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a harbinger of better times to come. Obasanjo had in a letter on Sunday disclosed that Obi, the presidential candidate of the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has implored media practitioners in Cross River to ensure accurate and balanced reportage ahead of the general elections. The state Chairman of the party, Mr Venatius Ikem, gave the advice in a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Calabar. Ikem, who...
A former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Hazeem Gbolarumi, has said that Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would win the election with or without the G5 governors. He made the assertion on Tuesday during a news conference held at the Nigeria Union...
Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, promised to be fair and just to all, if elected. Tinubu gave the promise during a town hall meeting with North-West Muslim leaders in Kano. The presidential candidate, who asked the Islamic scholars to vote wisely, pledged...
Elder statesman and Ijaw Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) as his preferred candidate for Feb. 25 presidential poll. Clark said this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, saying that Nigeria needed a leader who was transparent and well educated...
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe on Tuesday pledged to deliver 99.9 per cent of the state votes for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the February Presidential Poll. Buni said this in Damaturu when he received members of the Tinubu/Shetima Independent Campaign Council (ICC)on a solidarity visit. He said that...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says no amount of fake news can save Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from defeat in the 2023 general elections. Its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, said in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan, that PDP was allegedly...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is the only flagbearer that can change Nigeria’s political fortune positively. Tambuwal, the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, made the assertion at the party’s campaign rally in Binji...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has commended former President, Olusegun Obasanjo over his endorsement of Peter Obi as the right candidate to win this year’s presidential election and provide the leadership that Nigerians desire. The Governor in a statement issued on Tuesday by his...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP), has appointed Mrs Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi as the Deputy Director-General of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for 2023 general election. Olu Agunloye, National Secretary, SDP, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He said the appointment of Okunnu-Lamidi alongside other PCC members was...
Mr Olisa Ifeajika, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Monday said that Okowa, Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), did not betray anyone in the party’s presidential primary. Olisa stated this at a news conference in Asaba. He said that as a loyal partyman,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has presented the flags of The All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Borno State House of Assembly LGC State Constituency ‘Candidates from Southern Borno, indicating that they are the authenticated party flag bearers for the State Assembly election in...
The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye, has responded to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over his comments on former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of Labour Party’s Peter Obi for the 2023 presidential election. Obasanjo had in a lengthy letter on New...
Osun State Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke has urged his predecessor Gboyega Oyetola to stop listening to the “devil’s whispering” on a possible return to government, saying God doesn’t support “electoral banditry and deceit”. During a welcome prayer organised for him by All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and supporters in...