Residents of Sokoto State residents had conducted a 20,000-man march in support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The APC leader in the state, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), Police Affairs Minister, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi and several other stakeholders of the party received the residents. This...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has vowed that his ruling party would win the 2023 presidential election by defeating other parties convincingly. Tinubu spoke on Tuesday during a one day Town Hall meeting with party’s stakeholders in Calabar, the...
The Director General of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, has stepped down from the position. He made this known in a terse letter addressed to Peter Obi, LP Presidential candidate on Tuesday. “Dear Peter, You will recall that I briefed you yesterday about my personal travails in seeking...
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday asked the people of the state to see the comeback bid of a PDP government as another plot to reverse the state after it has been placed on a right footing by the APC-led administration. The governor stated this at the inauguration of an...
A group, Christians Northern Nigeria Political Forum (CNNPF), on Tuesday pledged to mobilise support for APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2023 general elections. The group, which met in Kaduna, said that Tinubu was the best presidential candidate Nigerians should vote for. The CNNPF Coordinator, Mr Ibrahim...
The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, has applauded the Federal High Court decision removing the erstwhile Chairman of the party Ralph Nwosu and his management. Kachikwu said this in a statement by the Media Office of his campaign organisation in Abuja on Tuesday....
Mrs Uju Ken-Ohanenye, Vice-Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will ensure a sense of belonging for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) if elected as president in 2023. She gave the assurance when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, on Tuesday removed the Chief Ralph Nwosu led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The court also nullified all actions taken by executives from the Aug. 21, 2022 till date. The Court in its ruling affirmed the leadership of Sen....
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic party (PDP), has promised to site federal establishments in the South of Kaduna if elected next year. Abubakar made the pledge on Monday in Kafanchan while speaking at the 60th birthday celebration of Apostle Emmanuel Kure, founder of Throneroom Trust...
Federal High Court in Abuja has prevented the Department of State Services (DSS) from arresting and detaining the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice JT Tsoho who declined the motion ex parte — filed by an applicant in the absence of the respondent — informed that...
The Katsina State Government has approved the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) request for the use of the Muhammad Dikko Stadium for its presidential, governorship and other campaign rallies. This is contained in a letter signed by Alhaji Suleiman Kankia, the Permanent Secretary, Political and Common Service, on behalf of...
Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party Presidential candidate, has said the conviction of his Campaign Organisation’s Director-General, Dr. Doyin Okupe, over alleged money laundering would not break his resolve to be Nigeria’s President in 2023. Mr. Obi said this during interaction with journalists in Uyo at the Nigeria Union of...
Gov. Nasir El Rufai has promised to relocate from Kaduna state on May 29, 2023, after handing over to his successor, so as not to interfere with the incoming administration. The governor spoke at a Town-Hall meeting, organized by the central senatorial zone on Monday in Kaduna He expressed...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abiola Oshodi, says the 2023 presidential election would be beyond ethnic affiliation. Oshodi added that the election would be determined by all Nigerians through their votes and support. Oshodi is the Vice Chairman of the APC in Canada,. In a...
Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday evening, paid the sum of N13 million for the 52-year jail term bagged for N240 million money laundering offence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment,...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, about 25 female governorship candidates contesting on the platform of various political parties in the states, on Monday, unveiled their agenda for the poll. They spoke at a media engagement organised by the Women Radio 91.7FM in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Chief Ademola Ojo, Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, says he left the crisis-ridden All Progressives Congress (APC) about four months ago to support the developmental programme of the state government. Ojo made the clarification in a statement he personally signed on Monday in...
Mrs Aderemi Fagbemi-Olaleye, the wife of the embattled Managing Director of Optical Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye, on Monday said that her husband was suffering from sex addition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fagbemi-Olaleye testified before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. She...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima will on Tuesday visit Cross River State for a town hall meeting with the party’s stakeholders. The APC Deputy Director Presidential Campaign Council South South and Chairman of...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Zaria On Monday ordered that Musa Lawal , a 21-year old butcher be remanded for alleged attempt to kill his father. The police charged Lawal, who lives in Unguwar Karfe, Zaria with attempted murder. Magistrate Ramatu Dalhatu, who did not take the plea of...