By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has described the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima as APC’s Vice Presidential candidate, as the wisest choice made by the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed. Zulum stated this in a statement he personally signed on Sunday...
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Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has applauded Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for picking Sen. Kashim Shettima as his All Progressives Congress (APC) running mate for 2023 presidential poll. Okechukwu, also a founding member of the APC, said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. “On...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for 2023 poll, says he decided to pick Sen. Kashim Shettima as his running mate, because he possessed one of the best credentials for the election. Tinubu announced Shettima as his running mate in a letter personally signed on...
A leading support group for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu 2023 presidential ambition, Nigeria Diaspora For Asiwaju (NDA), has congratulated former Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima on his emergence as Running-Mate to All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the 2023 general elections. NDA in it’s congratulatory message...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the July 16 governorship election in the state by wide margin. According to him, winning his re-election is to consolidate on his achievements in the last three-and-a-half years. The governor said this during an engagement...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate for the 2023 General Elections, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has officially announced former Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno as his running mate. Tinubu made the announcement on Sunday while briefing journalists after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at Daura, Katsina State,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has commenced the door to door political evangelism tagged “Operation Get Your Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC)” across the 3281 polling units in the state. The Cross River State Chairman of APC, Alphonsus Ogar, disclosed during...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ugya/Umaisha State House of Assembly election in Nasarawa State, Hon. Ibrahim Sa’ad Abdullahi has vowed to take over the constituency from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Abdulahi stated this during the weekend when he flagged...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has reacted to the alleged plot to give Nigerians a Muslim-Muslim presidency. The group called the attention of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to an alleged plot by some people from the North to...
Senator Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North) has charged politicians to play politics without bitterness as the 2023 general elections approach. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by his Special Assistant on New Media, Malam Bashar Abubakar. “In the build-up to the forthcoming general polls, we...
Former Gov. Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo State says there is nothing wrong with the choice of the Muslim-Muslim ticket, if it will bring the desired growth and development to Nigeria. Ladoja made the assertions while speaking with newsmen on Saturday in his Bodija residence in Ibadan. The former governor...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and member of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Sterling Committee in Taraba State, Hon. Babangida Nguroje has been named as the new National Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress Forum of EX-Legislators in Nigeria. The forum consists...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital will on Wednesday, commenced the hearing on a suit filed by Barr. Labaran Shuaibu Magaji, a frontline Senatorial hopeful, who is challenging the outcome of the Senatorial primary election which produced Architect Shehu...
Three Governors of the All Progressives Congress on Friday arrived at the private residence of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for a closed door meeting. The Governors are Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. The details of the...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday granted bail in the sum of N20 million to Bola Fasasi, a co-defendant in a $156,700 fraud case involving Macmillan Nigeria Publisher, Prof. Adesanya Adelekan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adelekan is still at large, according to the Economic...
The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Friday presented Dr Yusuf Baba-Ahmed as his running mate for the 2023 General Elections. Obi made the announcement at a news conference with the theme “Journey to Nigeria’s Rebirth Begins Today” in Abuja . According to him, the party is...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a fake Army General Bolarinwa Abiodun, whose real name is Hassan Ayinde to seven years in prison for impersonation and N266.5 million fraud. The convict also disguised as the Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) to carry out the N266.5 million fraud....
Labour Party flagbearer, Peter Obi has said the 2023 Presidential elections will be based on saving the country and not on one’s turn, ethnicity, or religion. Speaking while fielding questions on Arise Tv Morning Show on Thursday, the presidential candidate of Labour Party said it would be based on...
The West Minister Magistrates Court, the United Kingdom on Thursday accepted that David Ukpo, the kidney donor in the case of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice is not a minor Ekweremadu and his wife were arrested by the British police on June 23 on...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been asked to stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) from replacing Kabiru Masari as the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Shortly after Tinubu emerged as the APC flagbearer, the party submitted Masari’s name to the Independent National...