Governor Nyesom Wike has mocked Atiku Abubakar over former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of Labour Party’s Peter Obi. Atiku was vice president during the Obasanjo administration between 1999-2007. But on Sunday, the former Nigerian president recommended Obi for the country’s number one seat next year, a move the Rivers...
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State has received hundreds of defectors from other political parties. The defectors included the nephew of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader in the state, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), Zayyanu Wamakko. Receiving the new members...
Former Osun Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday, returned to the state capital, Osogbo, amid cheers from his supporters, All Progressive Congress (APC) party members and his former cabinet members. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyetola left the state, two days after the swearing-in of his...
The APC Governorship Candidate in Abia, Chief Ikechi Emenike has declared 2023 as the year for the liberation of the state from over two decades of bad governance. Emenike in statement in Lagos on Monday, said that 2023 remained a “year of rescue” for the people and entire residents...
The All Progressives Congress Committee of Diaspora Chairmen (APC-CDC) has affirmed its commitment to mobilise Nigerians to ensure victory for the party’s presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, in the Feb. 25 election. The committee in its New Year message signed by Prof. Adesegun Labinjo and Mr Bola Babarinde, the...
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, Prince Dotun Babayemi, has urged political stakeholders in the country to ensure that the 2023 general elections is devoid of bloodshed. Babayemi, in a statement by his media aide, Deji Kayode on Monday in Osogbo, said that through the ballot,...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Mr Kola Abiola, has promised to restore the fortune and aspirations of Nigerians, if elected president in 2023. Abiola made the promise while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday during a novelty football match organised by PRP...
The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation says the “subjective support” for Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is his personal wish. The Spokesperson of the organisation, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said in a statement in Abuja that Obasanjo’s wish did not reflect the...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Council of Obas and residents communities in Sokoto State have thrown their full weight behind all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. This development came to the fore when the leadership of the two groups visited APC...
By PATRCK ABANG, Calabar – The General Overseer of Christian Central Chapel International Ikot Enobong Calabar, Bishop Emmah Isong, on Sunday said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State will not be in the news this year. According to clergyman, the game changer will be The former Minister of Transportation,...
Ekiti Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti has urged the people of the state to look forward to 2023 with great hope and expectations for overall development and positive turnaround in all sectors. Oyebanji stated this on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti in his first New Year speech as the State’s Chief...
Spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, won’t affect his principal. Obasanjo formally endorsed Obi for the February 25 election, saying that the former Anambra State Governor has an edge over other candidates....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has reacted to former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The Director, Media & Publicity of the Council Bayo Onanuga, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the endorsement is actually...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the oil producing states in Nigeria over “their failure to account for the spending of the oil derivation refunds of N625bn recently paid to them by the Federal Government, including details and locations...
by EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has urged Nigerians to support his presidential ambition. The former Vice President, in his new year message signed by himself in Abuja, described the Year 2023 a defining moment for Nigeria. “I am...
Some broom sellers in Dadin-Kowa community of Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State said they have had high patronage since the commencement of the 2023 campaigns in the state. They stated this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dadin-Kowa community on Saturday. Malam...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Dumebi Kachikwu, has felicitated with Nigerians, as they crossover to new year. Chief Kachikwu said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. He said: “Today, as Nigerians across our nation gather with...
The Deputy National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) (South), Chief Emma Eneukwu, has enjoined Nigerians to follow the path of progress by ensuring massive support for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. “Tinubu is a man that has shown immeasurable readiness to lead us as...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that the world would watch Nigeria soar higher under the presidency of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate in 2023, if elected. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC), made this known in in a...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Saturday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would reopen the nation’s borders, if elected at the 2023 general elections. Tambuwal, the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council made the assertion at the PDP campaign rally...