The Edo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday inaugurated its presidential campaign council ahead of the 2023 general elections. Gov Godwin Obaseki, while addressing the council members shortly after their inauguration in Benin, urged them to give the campaign all the seriousness it deserved to ensure...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja declared that despite the unfavourable circumstances of global economic downturns, the Covid-19 pandemic, and very low international oil prices resulting in low revenue, the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government has ”managed to make Nigeria stable,” laying...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Mr David Edevbie, challenging Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori’s nomination as candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Delta. The apex court on Friday dismissed the appeal for lacking in merit. Edevbie, a former Delta State Commissioner for...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orohwedor, as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Delta State. The Apex Court upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal delivered...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday fixed Dec.6 for trial of of the former Attorney-General of Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, charged with corrupt offers to public officers. Shasore served as the Attorney-General of Lagos State and the Commissioner for Justice during the tenure of Mr Babatunde Fashola...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the party is intact, refuting claims that some aspirants who lost at the presidential primaries have left. Adamu said this when he spoke with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. He said: “To the best of our...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State have continued to record cross defections of members ahead of the 2023 General Elections. APC, in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Thursday by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser, New Media to Sen....
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday sentenced one Olasunkanmi Fapohunda to three years imprisonment over offences bordering on internet fraud. Fapohunda, 23, a laundry man and an indigene of Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State, was prosecuted on a count charge by the anti-graft agency, which he pleaded...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, lead All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and members of the National Working Committee (NWC) when he inaugurates the party’s 2023 Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) at the State House Banquet, Abuja. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC),...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As campaigns for the 2023 general elections continue to gain momentum, the Miyatti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has declared their support for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at all levels. Making their positions known in Sokoto, the state Chairman...
The National Industrial Court on Thursday restrained the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria ( PASAN), from embarking on its proposed strike. The judge, Justice Ibrahim Galadima, gave this directive in a ruling on a motion ex-parte application filed by the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC). The judge granted an...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed on Wednesday, warned members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state against anti-party activities. Governor Mohammed gave the warning during the inauguration ceremony of the PDP Presidential and Governorship joint campaign council in the state. The governor assured the people of Bauchi...
A former Attorney General of Lago State, Mr Olasupo Shashore, was on Thursday arraigned before a Federal High Court Lagos on a four-count charge of money laundering. He, however, pleaded not guilty to all counts. Details shortly….
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State Olajide Adediran better known as Jandor says he is not “surprised” by Governor Nyesom Wike’s endorsement of his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Wike, a PDP chieftain, had on Tuesday endorsed Governor Sanwo-Olu during a visit to...
Four persons were on Wednesday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 52 head of cattle valued at N10 million. The defendants, Musa Mohammed, 30, Suleiman Musa, 65, Ibrahim Musa, 35 and Ali Mohammed,45, whose addresses were not provided, are facing a count charge of stealing. The...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, insisted that Mr Kanu Agabi (SAN) was the counsel on record representing former Governor of Adamawa, Muritala Nyako in his ongoing alleged N29 billion money laundering case. The trial judge, Justice Okon Abang said this in a short ruling following the announcement...
The PDP governorship candidate in Lagos state, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), on Wednesday promised to return governance and state resources to the people. Adediran alongside his running mate, Ms Olufunke Akindele, who flagged of his campaign at the Akowonjo area in Alimosho LGA, said that he was depending on...
The Federal High Court in Gusau adjourned until Oct. 27 for definite hearing”, the suit filed by a group: Northern Youth Assembly and other against Gov. Bello Matawalle and three others for alleged perjury. The group in the suit, alleged that there were discrepancies in the academic and birth...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Chairman of All Progressives Congress, (APC), Hon Ali Bukar Dalori has debunked social media reports alleging that there is fracas among APC stakeholders in Borno, which may truncate the success of the ruling party in the forthcoming general elections. Hon. Dalori...