By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Wednesday promised to make the multi-million naira Tinapa Business Resort functional if elected to office on February 25th, 2023. Addressing party supporters at the UJ.Esuene Stadium, the Labour Party candidate lamented that despite...
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The LP Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has said that the country’s biggest challenge is basically that of poor choice of leadership. He said this during the party’s rally in Calabar on Wednesday. Obi, who was received by a large crowd of his supporters at the UJ Esuene Stadium,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates that he will ensure electoral victory for the party’s presidential and other candidates in the 2023 general elections. President Buhari gave the assurance in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s visit to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday in Abuja was not for any political purposes but a friendly one, APC sources have said. APC officials who witnessed the meeting said expectations in some quarters might suggest something different but...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its electioneering campaign in Delta, over Tuesday’s boat mishap involving some of its supporters. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday by Mr Ima Niboro, the Director, Communications and Media Strategy, Delta APC Campaign Council in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja, to strike out a suit filed by former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuba, against its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Mr Julius Ishola, counsel to the APC in a suit filed by Nwajuba against...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304, 490,160.95 recovered from a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court also forfeited 15 properties recovered from Idris in Kano and Abuja....
A Pan-Yoruba group, Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation (YKLTF), has dragged the governors of Yoruba speaking Southwest States to a Federal High Court the worsening insecurity conditions in the region. The suit filed at the Ibadan division of the Federal High Court is marked: IB/CS/189/22. Besides, the Southwest...
The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State on Wednesday said that the resignation of Mr Doyin Okupe, Campaign Director-General of Labour Party’s 2023 Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, had projected Nigeria positively to the world. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okupe stepped down from the position...
Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Ogoja in Cross River to protest against “political arrest” of their children by the Gov. Ben Ayade-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government. The women who were carrying placards of various inscriptions, alleged that the APC government was witch-hunting its perceived...
The Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday endorsed the resignation of its Campaign Director-General, Dr Doyin Okupe from the party. Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the party said this in a letter addressed to Okupe in Abuja, while acknowledging that he received his resignation letter. The News Agency of Nigeria...
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced a 38-year-old man, Oladimeji Ayodele, to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict was arraigned before Justice Monisola Abodunde on Sept. 9, 2021 on a count charge of rape. According to the charge,...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday has lowered the bail condition of the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye from 50 million to 40 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Ramon Oshodi reduced the bail after the...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 38-year-old travel agent, Elijah Samson, in a correctional center for alleged N2.8m visa fraud. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel gave the order after the prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo, pleaded that the defendant be remanded as investigation in the matter was ongoing....
Mr Daniel Asuquo, says that the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s visit to Cross River will change peoples perception about him. Asuquo who is the LP candidate for Cross River South senatorial district, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday. He said that...
Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, on Wednesday ordered that the court should be vacated during proceedings in the trial of Dr Femi Olaleye charged with defiling his wife’s niece. The prosecution had requested that journalists should be stopped from covering Wednesday’s proceedings...
Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, the Presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), says smaller parties will take the lead in 2023 General Elections to project Nigerians political reawakening. Kachikwu said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja while celebrating his victory over the court case involving the party and...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Zamfara State has condoled with the victims of the military airstrike incident in some communities of Maru Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the...
Some groups of Northern Christians, have adopted and endorsed the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. The various groups on Tuesday in Kaduna, adopted Tinubu as their candidates at an endorsement ceremony, organised by the Christian Northern Nigerian Political Forum (CNNPF). The endorsement followed...
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...