Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, is of the opinion that Nigeria might be in a very critical position at the moment, however, all hope is far from lost. At an event on Sunday put together by the Columbia Africa Business Club and...
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A 45-year-old man, Yusuf Muhammad on Monday prayed a Sharia court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State to order his wife, Murjanatu Nasiru to pay him N1.6million in exchange for divorce. Muhammad made the request following Nasiru’s prayer for divorce by way of redemption (Khul’I). She had earlier promised...
Rep. Lawrence Ayeni (APC-Osun) says Pastor Enoch Adeboye has tried to settle the political rift between Osun Gov. Gboyega Oyetola and his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola, to no avail. Adeboye, who is the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and Aregbesola, the incumbent Minister of Interior,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said the recent visit of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, its 2023 Presidential Candidate to former President Goodluck Jonathan was a strategic move for national unity and cohesion. Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary gave the explanation in a statement on Monday in...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 28- year-old teacher, Mohammed Algoni, to Kirikiri Correctional centre for allegedly sexually molesting his 11-year-old pupil through anus. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi, refused to listen to the defendant ‘s plea. She then ordered him to be remanded...
The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Enugu State, Uchenna Nnaji, has said that the current crisis rocking the party was predicated on the campaign money for the state. Nnaji revealed this on Sunday at an emergency stakeholders meeting held at the South-East zonal office of the party. He...
A Labour Party chieftain, Pat Utomi, has said Peter Obi’s presidential campaign team will set up donation portals which will be made public by next week. “It is those young people who will give from their allowances, what they earn working here; $10 but these portals are not up...
Major stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State have said that the party is not ready for the 2023 general elections in the state. Arising from a stakeholders meeting on Sunday in Enugu, the party chieftains reiterated their resolve to institute a caretaker committee to oversee...
The Labour Party flag-bearer for the 2023 Nigeria presidential election, Mr Peter Obi has pledged to increase electricity generation, address brain drain, and implement Diaspora voting, among others if elected. Obi made the pledge on Sunday at Columbia University, New York while having conversation on economic and government policy...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District at the 2023 election, Alhaji Bashir Machina, has denied stepping down for Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan. Alhaji Machina, who debunked the report in a statement issued on Sunday in Damaturu, said it...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Dodo Oroji says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has antidote to Nigeria’s myriad of challenges. Oroji, who spoke to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday said, ”the PDP presidential candidate would take Nigeria out of its current situation, if...
Prof. Attahiru Jega, former INEC chairman and leader of People’s Redemption Party (PRP), has urged women and youths to be agents of peace to ensure rancor -free 2023 general elections. Jega gave the charge on Sunday while commissioning the PRP Youth and Women Wing office in Birnin Kebbi, the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has warned stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state not to get involved in the controversy of the party at the national level because it is beyond them. He stated this in a speech during a...
As Nigerians reflect on the polity, barely 24 days to the takeoff of campaigns for the 2023 general elections, Osita Okechukwu, Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) says Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has boxed itself into irretrievable tight corner. Okechukwu, also a chieftain of the APC, said this when...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has appointed a former gubernatorial aspirant in the last primary election of the All Progressive Congress in the state, Farouk Mustapha as the Director General of his campaign organization. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Mustapha contested the APC primary but...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says his team has the foresight to identify Nigeria’s problems and solve them headlong. Tinubu stated this at the inauguration of campaign logo and vehicles of the “APC Northern Door-to-Door for Tinubu/Shettima 2023’’ by the Northern APC Speakers Forum...
Dumebi Kachikwu, embattled African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, says he remain the party’s candidate for 2023 election, in spite of his purported suspension by the National Working Committee (NWC). Kachikwu said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
The state chairmen of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have declared the purported suspension of the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu as null and void. The National Working Committee of the party suspended Kachikwu on Friday over alleged anti-party activities. His suspension was contained in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has suspended its Presidential Candidate for the 2023 general elections, Dumebi Kachikwu. ADC’s Deputy National Chairman (Politics), Bamidele Ajadi, announced the suspension in a statement after an emergency meeting of its National Working Committee (NWC) which was held on...
The Ogun State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, David Bamgbose, has died. He died at a private hospital in Abeokuta on Friday, according to his personal assistant, Oduntan Olayemi. Olayemi said Bamgbose had complained of tiredness and he was rushed to a hospital around the Olomore area...