The immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in Katsina State, Dr Mustapha Inuwa, has been appointed as Director-General of Atiku/Lado Presidential and Governorship Campaign Council. The PDP gubernatorial candidate in state, Sen. Yakubu Lado-Danmarke, stated this at the inauguration of the party’s presidential/gubernatorial campaign council on Saturday...
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Five governors of the PDP and some aggrieved party stalwarts have reiterated calls for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, before peace could return to the former ruling party. Rising from a closed-door strategic meeting on Sunday in Lagos State, hosted by its former Deputy...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has demanded an apology from ThisDay newspaper over an alleged campaign of calumny. Bayo Onanuga,Director Media and Publicity, APC PCC, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Onanuga said that the newspaper carried a fake report about the...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Presidential Candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso on Sunday, met with the leadership of the New Afenifere, a Yoruba Socio-Political group, to seek support ahead of the 2023 general election. Speaking at the meeting, Kwankwaso promised to run an inclusive governance that would positively touch...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Over 5000 members from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yabo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The defectors were happily received during the Progressive Youth Mega rally and...
The Rivers State All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Governorship Candidate, Prince Ugo Beke on Sunday said that the principle of Federal Character had not helped Nigeria to get to the dream of its founding fathers. Beke, a merchant banker and financial consultant, who spoke to newsmen in Lagos, was...
Five governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some aggrieved party stalwarts, on Sunday, announced the formation of the Integrity Group within the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the G5 Governors led by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers have been...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, says its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will win the 2023 general election in the state. The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Fatai Adams, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Akure. Adams...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party will secure a landslide victory in the 2023 presidential election. He spoke when he commissioned the campaign office of the PDP in Jos on Saturday.h “The party will record landslide victory in Plateau and...
No fewer than 2,000 members of other political parties on Saturday declared their support for Mr Arinzechukwu Awogu, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Ogbaru Federal Constituency in Anambra. Awogu received the defectors who came from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC) and...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has given reasons why the South should produce the President in 2023. He said for the purpose of justice, equity and fairness, it will be right for a Southerner to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari after eight years of Presidency...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, says he has no doubt in his mind that he will reclaim his mandate at the ongoing election petition tribunal. Oyetola said this on Saturday during the 31st Iragbiji day in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state. The governor said he is...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says his government will further re-activate the multi-billion dollars Gas Revolution Industrial Park Project. Tinubu gave the assurance on Saturday at the APC rally held at the Warri Township Stadium, Delta. Addressing the mammoth crowd, Tinubu said: “Our...
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North) has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Sokoto State to sustain rancour free politics ahead of the 2023 general elections in the state. Wamakko in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Sokoto by Malam Bashar Abubakar, his Special Assistant...
Bola Tinubu has accused Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of fighting his boss when he served as Nigeria’s vice president. Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate, was vice president under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration between 1999 and 2007. But speaking during the flag-off of the Delta APC...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Southwest on Saturday reiterated their commitment to the victory of Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, in 2023 presidential election. They spoke at the inauguration of meeting of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Grassroots Engagement and Civic Orientation (Southwest), on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Former Minister of Transport and one of the candidates that recently contested gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Yusuf Suleiman has affirmed that Sokoto is hundred percent behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) It would be recalled that Suleiman, defected from the...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has challenged his counterparts in the Niger Delta zone to account for the huge sums of monies received by them as backlog for the 13% oil derivation since 1999, which was approved and paid by President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike threw the challenge at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday commended Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers for his support to the legal education in the country. President Buhari made the commendation during the inauguration of the Dr. Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt. President Buhari, represented by Justice...
A group of lawyers under the auspices of Lawyers Network for Bola Ahmed Tinubu (LANBAT) have urged Nigerians to allow court to determine allegations against the APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. The lawyers, who made the call at a news conference in Abuja, said the growing trend of blackmail...