The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has urged people of Ilaje constituency 1 to shun party affiliation and vote for competence in the 2023 House of Assembly election. Mr Tola Alabere, PDP State Deputy Chairman said this in a statement on Thursday in Akure. Alabere said that...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Jan. 25 for ruling on Sen. Ike Ekweremadu’s application, seeking an order setting aside the Nov. 4 interim forfeiture order on 40 landed property linked to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, inaugurated a campaign office and 33 vehicles in Minna, Niger, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu performed the inauguration shortly after addressing a crowd of supporters during the...
Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta All Progressives Congress(APC) governorship candidate, has pledged to restore the lost glory of the Ijaw people in the state, if given the mandate in 2023 poll. Omo-Agege said this on Wednesday in Burutu, headquaters of Burutu Local Government Area(LGA) during a campaign rally. He...
The National Industrial Court on Wednesday restrained the Commissioner of Police from meddling in the affairs of the suspended chairman of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti- Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado. Delivering judgment, Justice Oyejoju Oyewumi, also ordered the state government to pay Rimin-Gado his entitlements of N326,508.07....
Hundreds of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) supporters in Mashi Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State have defected to the All Progressives Congress(APC). Alhaji Ahmed Abdulkadir, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Campaign Council said this when he spoke with newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. Alhaji Abdulkadir said that...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded a 38-year-old man, Olalekan Rasaq, in a correction centre for allegedly causing his nephew’s death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Munirat Giwa -Babalola, who did not take plea of the suspect due to lack of jurisdiction ordered that he...
The All Progressives Congress’s (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, promised on Tuesday in Kaduna that he would ensure widespread industrialisation across the country when elected. He particularly assured of the completion of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (Akk) natural gas pipeline project when he addressed a rally in the Kaduna...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has promised to resuscitate the Ajaokuta Steel Company if elected Nigeria’s next president in 2023 general elections. He also pledged to bring prosperity to all the three senatorial districts of Kogi, with the enormous resources endowed naturally by...
After one and half year legal tussle, an Ilorin High Court on Tuesday sentenced killers of Olajide Blessing Omowumi, a 300 level student of the University of Ilorin, to death by hanging. The deceased, who would had turned 26 years this year, was raped and murdered in a merciless...
Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly Ibrahim Abdullahi has said that Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State will be victorious in the 2023 general elections. The speaker stated this on Tuesday while inaugurating his 60- man...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a certificate forgery suit filed by the Action Alliance (AA) against Sen. Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgement, held that the suit instituted by AA was statute barred, having not been...
he Federal Government on Tuesday berated former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar over a statement credited to him expressing surprise at the existence of Boko Haram insurgents. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was quoted as saying that he could not understand the Boko Haram phenomenon,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar has promised to address security challenge and revamp the nation’s economy if elected as president in 2023. Abubakar said this at the flag off campaign rally in Jos on Tuesday. He also promised to run a government that would work...
The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, (CCPT) has fixed Jan. 26, 2023 for hearing in a suit instituted by Mr Festus Onifade against Multichoice Nigeria Limited and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, (FCCPC). When the matter was called on Tuesday, Onifade told the tribunal that he had an...
I have heard from some sources that President Buhari is not supporting his party candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. My attention was drawn to his repeated pronouncements and body language that every Nigerian eligible to vote, will be left to vote for any party of their choice. Saying that...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – From Toto to Awe, from Keana to Wamba, Lafia, Obi, Doma, Nasarawa Eggon, Akwanga, Kokona, Keffi, Karu and Nasarawa, indeed all the 13 local government areas that made up Nasarawa State, APC’s campaign rally for the second term bid of Governor Abdullahi Sule, was...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, has stressed that if voted, his administration would set aside 10 billion US dollars for Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SMEs) for young men and woman. Atiku Abubakar, also promised the people of Nasarawa...
The Accord Presidential Candidate, Prof. Christopher Imumolen, has appealed to Nigerians to endorse his candidature in 2023 general election in order to break away from the nation’s ugly past. Imumolen at a news conference on Monday in Ikeja, Lagos, said that voting for him as the next president would...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has flagged off his governorship campaign for the second term in order to ensure continuity in improving the security challenges and post insurgency rebuilding processes and development of the state. Governor Zulum flagged off the campaign on Monday at...