A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, convicted and sentenced Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, to two years imprisonment. Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by the...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted the Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Doyin Okupe over money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign in 2019 on a 59-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the Katsina State Government has denied it the use of Muhammadu Dikko Stadium for its presidential rally. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party has scheduled Tuesday, 20, 2022 for its campaign in the state. Dr Mustapha Inuwa,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is bringing up allegations against Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, because of his popularity. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said this in a statement he...
Sen. Umaru Al-Makura has pledged continued loyalty and support to the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. A statement by Al-Makura’s Media Aide on Sunday in Abuja, Ibraheem Muhammad, said that the former Nasarawa State governor made the pledge when he visited Tinubu. “I visited...
A federal lawmaker representing Bauchi North Senatorial District, Adamu Bulkachuwa says the cash withdrawal limits by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has serious implications on the 2023 general elections. He said the apex bank’s policy is political though the CBN has said it no political target. “It looks...
A political group known as the Igbo Political Voice (IPV) on Saturday said that only credible candidates would earn its support in the 2023 general elections. The Convener of the group, known for its grassroots voter mobilisation, Mr Earnest Okoye, stressed the position of the body at a political...
Traditionalists in Oyo State on Saturday threw their weights behind the aspiration of Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, to emerge the next Nigeria President in 2023. They made their position known at a ceremony held at the Ilaji Hotel and Sports Resort in Ibadan. The...
Mrs Uju Ken-Ohanenye, Vice Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has advised Nigerians to discard the rumour that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate is not healthy. She gave the advice, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja,...
Supporters of Alhaji Jamil Gwamna, first runner-up in Gombe State’s Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship primary election held on May 25 defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Saturday. Alhaji Gwamna had earlier defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging support for Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...
Sen. Sandy Onor, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate in Cross River, said that the poor performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in the state had made the campaign easier for his party. Onor, who currently represents Cross River Central in the Senate, stated this on Saturday...
SBM Intelligence, a research firm that analyses West African geopolitical and economic situation, has released its projection of the forthcoming 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. The firm predicts the states that will be won by the top three candidates in the election, namely: 2023 presidential election set to be the tightest,...
The Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LPPCC) in Bayelsa, on Friday visited the Igbo Traders Union leadership at the Swali Mini Market in Yenagoa to mobilise support for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the 2023 general elections. The state coordinator for the LPPCC, Mr Alagoa Morris, who...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Friday inaugurated its 110-member East Senatorial Campaign Committee to mobilise votes for the party, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Inaugurating the committee, Sen. Ganiyu Solomon, the Director General, APC Presidential Campaign Committee (PCC) for Lagos State, said the committee...
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa on Friday urged electorate to vote for All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 general elections for the crude oil deposit in the state to be explored. Badaru, while addressing party supporters during the APC governorship rally in Malammadori Local Government Area (LGA), said...
A Grade I Area Court, Nyanya, Abuja has ordered the remand of the estranged wife of former member of House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, in Suleja Correctional Centre over allegations bordering on attempted murder. Kazia Robinson Uwak and two others were arraigned by the Nigerian police before Justice M....
An Osun High Court sitting in Osogbo, on Friday adjourned further hearing in the murder case against Rahman Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife and six other defendants. Adedoyin and others are standing trial before the court over an alleged murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of Obafemi...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Appeal Court sitting in Calabar has reaffirmed the ruling of the Federal High Court Calabar, which declared Senator Bassey Edet Otu, as the authentic candidate of the All progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River state. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court Calabar,...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto State said it has received more defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties in the eastern zone of the state. This development is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Assistant...
Mr Ben Kure, the Kaduna State Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPC) on Thursday resigned from the position. Kure said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, saying he has also resigned his membership of the party. He said...