Mr Nanzing Bako, the Coordinator of Obi/Datti Campaign Organisation in Plateau, says the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, will unite Nigerians if elected in 2023. Bako, who stated this in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Jos, also said that Obi was a nationalist and not...
POLITICS
Rep. Danjuma Shiddid (APC-Taraba) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene over alleged political persecution against the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State. He fingered Gov. Darius Ishaku as the arrowhead of the persecution of the major opposition party in the state. The lawmaker, representing Wukari/Ibi Federal...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has said the 2023 governorship election in the state will be a walk over. The state Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Yusuf Idris, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He said:...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), is collaborating with Arise Television to host series of presidential Town hall meetings, ahead of the 2023 General Elections. Director of CDD, Idayat Hassan, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the first of these sessions would hold on Sunday, and...
As gale of endorsements for candidates of political parties continues ahead of 2023 elections, family heads (Mogajis); Baales and other notable groups, including Agbekoya in Ibadan, have endorsed Bola Tinubu, as their preferred Presidential candidate. They declared their supports for Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday...
Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorcha Ayu, on Saturday, held a consultative meeting with Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. Ayu accompanied by the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, former governor of Jigawa, Sule Lamido and Mohammed met behind closed...
No fewer than 1,000 card-carrying women members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have defected to the All progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by Mr Jamilu Iliyasu, Press Secretary to Gov. Bello Matawalle. The decampees who announced their...
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a 385-member campaign council for the reelection bid of Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State ahead of the 2023 general elections. Speaking at the inauguration on Saturday in Lafia, the President, represented by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, said the campaign council would...
The Coalition for Better and Greater Nigeria (CBBN)a pressure group, says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) has the capacity to address most of the challenges facing Nigeria. Prophet Isa El-buba, the Convener of the coalition, stated this at a summit organised by the group on Saturday...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Presidential Candidate, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, has advised all eligible voters in the country to create time and read his blueprint which seeks to ensure good governance. Kwankwaso gave the advice on Friday in Abuja shortly after the two-raka’at Jumma’at prayers at the Al-Habibiyyah...
A U.S. court has sentenced popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Abbas Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, to 11 years imprisonment over fraud and money laundering. He was sentenced by Judge Otis Wright of the United States Central District Court in California on Friday, November 4, 2022. Recall that in June 2020, the...
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, one of the prominent elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state, Alhaji Sahabi Bojo-Bodinga, had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bojo-Bodinga, a PDP stalwart from Sokoto South Senatorial District was received by the APC leader in the state,...
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Sen Bola Tinubu is the best man to lead Nigeria at this moment of its history. Lalong said this on Friday in Jos when he received Mr Dayo Israel, APC National Youth Leader. The...
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, of Delta and the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged members in the state to settle differences among them to remain a stronger family. Okowa gave the advice in Asaba shortly after the inauguration of the campaign council of the party in...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has commended the judiciary for its performance on the quick dispensation of Justice in the state. Governor Umahi gave the commendation on Friday, during a ceremony to mark the 2022/2023 Legal year in the state. The governor pledged continuous support for their welfare in...
The Federal High Court, Kaduna, has affirmed the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Sen. Uba Sani as the substantive candidate for the 2023 election in the state. Delivering judgment, Justice Mohammed Garba, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Nov. 18, deliver judgment in a suit filed by Abdulrasheed Maina against the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, and Haliru Nababa, Controller General (C-G), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Friday after counsel for Maina, Ibrahim...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed property linked to Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President. Justice Inyang Ekwo following an ex -parte motion filed and moved by Ibrahim Buba, lawyer to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The News...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, on a 14-count money laundering charge. Shasore was arraigned on a fresh charge before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The News Agency...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting at Ibadan on Friday, has granted bail of N200,000 each to two nurses and two security personnel working with Ibadan Central Hospital, Ibadan, for allegedly cutting off flesh from a corpse in their hospital. The defendants are nurses Muibat Olatunji, 27, and Oluwafunmilayo...