The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto state said it had gained another set of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 General Elections. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North),...
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The Court of Appeal says the transfer of 21 justices to various divisions has nothing to do with the judgment of the court that discharged and quashed the terrorism charges against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Contrary to some media reports, the...
The trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, for murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Mr. Usifo Ataga, was on Tuesday stalled due to absence of a prosecution witness. Ojukwu is standing trial before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. She is also...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A member of Borno State House of Assembly, representing Nganzai constituency, Hon. Mohammed Ali Gajiram has distanced himself from a purported and re-edited video portraying him to have threatened members of his constituency to cast their votes to candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, did not consult him before he picked members of his campaign council from the state. The governor, who spoke at the inauguration of the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council in Port Harcourt,...
Dr Abdul-Azeez Adeniran, PDP candidate for the Lagos State Governorship seat, on Monday met with some clergy men and traditional rulers in Ojo Local Government in continuation of his campaigns. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Adediran and his running mate, Ms Funke Akindele, flagged off their...
Mr Peter Mbah, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Enugu State will replicate Pinnacle oil successes in the state when elected governor in 2023, his support group said on Monday. Mr Emeka Ogbu-Nwobodo, Director-General, Peter Mbah Support Group (PMSG) said this on Monday in a message to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned four persons at an Osun High Court over alleged voters inducement. The defendants are Adeyemo Bahiru Abiodun, Abidogun Ismail, Jimoh Kazeem and Yekini Nurudeen Abiodun The commission’s prosecution counsel, Mr Sesan Ola and Mr Andrew Akoja, told the court...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar on Monday affirmed the nomination of Senator Bassey Otu as the validly nominated candidate for the 2023 general election. The court declared Senator Bassey Otu as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has reserved judgment in the application by the Federal Government seeking to stay the execution of the judgment that set free the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice Haruna Tsalmani...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the court’s deputy chief registrar to notify the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, of the pendency of Abdulrasheed Maina’s suit. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order shortly after Maina’s counsel, Ibrahim Idriss, SAN, informed that he had carried out...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – A former staff of African Alliance Insurance Plc, Mercy Aershimana Orga, had dragged the company to court to challenge the secret withdrawal of an Award Prize after it had been publicly presented to her. The Award Prize had been presented to Mercy at a...
Nigeria’s problems are essentially civilizational. Contrary to permutations that the 2023 presidential election will be significantly different from the past ones, it is still niche-carving, cult-following, and primordial sentiments that will produce Nigeria’s next president. The 2023 Presidential Election is upon us and surely it will be peculiar in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As the race for 2023 general election gathers momentum, former Minister of Transport and later Youths and Sports, Yusuf Suleiman has been appointed as the Sokoto State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign Director General. Making the announcement on Sundays at the International Conference Center,...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bode George has asked political parties to halt campaigns following the floods affecting several parts of Nigeria. He said this on Sunday after calls from Nigerians, notably the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, that parties should suspend campaigns following the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation says huge crowds that received its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in Edo and Niger were signs of victory at the 2023 general elections. Spokesman of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state has inaugurated its governorship campaign council for the 2023 General Elections. The party appointed Gov. Aminu Tambuwal as the Chairman of the council and Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, a former Minister of Sports as the Director-General. Inaugurating the council in Sokoto on...
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the PDP in Lagos State, Ms Funke Akindele, says God called her and the PDP Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) to change the story of the state if elected in 2023. Akindele, a popular Nollywood Actress, made this remark at the Sunday Worship...
Chief Joemartins Uzodike, Coordinator, Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Presidential Campaign Council in Anambra, on Sunday called on all the support groups to begin door-to-door and market campaign for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Uzodike made the call when he received members of Associates of...
The Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has pledged to ensure women-inclusive government if elected as president of Nigeria in 2023. Adebayo made the pledge while speaking at a three-day conference with presidential candidates, organised by the Nigerian Women 4 Good Governance on Saturday...