The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has fixed Oct. 26 for hearing of the petition filed by Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the declaration of Sen. Ademola Adeleke (PDP), as the governor-elect. The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Tertsea Kume, fixed the date...
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Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra, Mr Basil Ejidike, said in Awka on Thursday that members have huge confidence to win the 2023 general elections. He told a news conference that the party in the state has full confidence in its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu...
Labour Party (LP) says it is set to release a supplementary list for its Campaign Council, saying that Ayuba Wabba and Festus Osifo were erroneously included. The party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, made this known in a communique he read at the end of the Expanded National Working Committee...
A Federal High Court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa on Thursday struck out a N36 billion corruption case against the former governor of Jigawa, Alhaji Saminu Turaki. Delivering a ruling, Justice Hassan Dikko, struck out the case for want in diligent prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)....
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has discharged the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is being prosecuted by the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja for 15 count charges bordering, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Nov. 30 for judgment in a suit filed against Sen. Stella Oduah, seeking an order invalidating her nomination as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra. Oduah is contesting for the Anambra North Senatorial District for the 2023 election, seat at the National...
No fewer than 11 political parties have fielded candidates for the 2023 governorship election in Borno. The lists of the candidates is contained in a document released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Maiduguri. INEC’s Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) in the state, Malam...
A neighbour of the late gospel singer Osinachi, Grace Nnaji on Thursday told an FCT Court in Abuja, that the singer on several occasions begged her not to report her husband, Peter Nwachukwu’s abuse. Nnaji, who is also a tailor, told the court that she met the singer when...
A political support group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to revisit the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council. The group stated that this became necessary to avoid the mistake made in 2019 where the Director-General of the Atiku Presidential...
The Labour Party (LP) is set to officially begin its presidential campaign in Nasarawa State, on October 18. Mr Alexander Emmanuel, State Chairman of the party told newsmen at a press conference on Thursday in Lafia that arrangements had been concluded for the exercise. According to him, the party...
Labour Party (LP) has unveiled a 1,234,member Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on Wednesday saying the party would secure at least 15 million votes at the 2023 presidential election. Unveiling the team, the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe said retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr...
A group, Arewa Joint Committee says it has concluded arrangements to hold engagement forum for presidential candidates on their plans for Nigeria, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Secretary of the group, Mr Abubakar Umar stated this at a news conference on Wednesday in kaduna. He said the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has denied allegations that the Federal Government is putting pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop electronic transmission of election results in 2023. Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, Director of Special Media Project, Operations and New Media of the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says it is delaying the take-off its Presidential Campaign for 2023 poll, to ensure that all necessary ingredients associated with such campaigns are captured. Mr Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Council said this when he spoke with...
Spokesperson for Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign, Kola Ologbondiyan, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has the capacity to address the challenges facing Nigeria. Ologbondiyan stated this when he interacted with some PDP youths in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the PDP and its Presidential candidate, Abubakar, were very concerned about the...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday announced commencement of his campaign for a second term in office in the 2023 elections. Sanwo-Olu announced this at the closing of the ninth Edition of Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit at Victoria Island, as he rolled out his achievements and plans...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday fixed March 7, 2023 to hear an application filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kani is seeking to be joined in the appeal challenging the proscription of the group by the Federal Government. Kanu had...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The African Democratic Congress (ADC), Presidential Candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has advised members of the public to discountenance any statement emanating from the discredited former chairman of the party, Ralph Nwosu and his team. Kachikwu said this in reaction to an illegal convention conducted by...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Oct. 21 for judgment in an appeal filed by Mr David Edevbie, Delta governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election. Edevbie is urging the Supreme Court to uphold the judgment of the Federal High Court which declared...
The Lagos State PDP Governorship Candidate , Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (popularly called ‘Jandor’), on Wednesday unveiled a seven-point programme of action for the state if elected governor in 2023. The programme tagged: ‘WEALTHY’ comprised: Works, Housing & Road Infrastructure; Education; Aquaculture & Ease of Doing Business; Law, Order &...