Nigeria needs continuity in government – Osinbajo*_ With about a week to its presidential primaries, commendations have continued to pour in from state governors, their deputies, and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, who is running for president. On Sunday, in Kebbi...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday stormed Maiduguri city with his campaign team from Damaturu, Yobe State capital for a consultative meeting with the national delegates of All Progressive Congress (APC) from Borno state. On his arrival, the vice president went straight to...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State on Tuesday said it has successfully conducted primaries that began on Sunday across the 24 state constituencies. The PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr John Akans, said that the state executive committee of the party...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A presiding Magistrate, Mariya Haruna Dogon Daji has adjourned till June 15 for continuation of hearing on a case of child abandonment brought before her against one Jamilu Musa, who is a lecturer with the Department of Science and Laboratory, Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic,...
Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, former Minister of State for Education, says about 3,150 Nigerians contributed money to purchase his N100 million All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination form. Nwajiuba, who left the Buhari administration on May 10 to join the presidential race, said this when he spoke with newsmen in...
A front-line politician in South-East, Chief Ndubuisi Ebiliekwe, says the Presidency of Igbo extraction is not negotiable going with the premises of fairness, justice and oneness of the nation. Ebiliekwe, a popular Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in South-East, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has paid a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Monday to consult and solicit his support for his presidential ambition in 2023. He was accompanied on the visit by Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Gov. Samuel Ortom of...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi- Delegates from the seven local government areas that make up Benue North West senatorial zone have endorsed Governor Samuel Ortom as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in next year’s general election. The Governor was in March this year endorsed as the sole PDP...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed a new date for the screening of its presidential aspirants for the 2023 general elections. This was announced by the National Organising Secretary of the party, Suleiman Argungu, on Monday in Abuja. He said the party will be screening the 28 presidential...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Suleiman has been declared winner of the Ningi Central Constituency, under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the State Assembly primary election which was held on Sunday. Hon Suleiman, who is also the...
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday granted permission to the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain Alfred Fowler-Alfred for 60 days. The 60-day detention is to enable the DSS to conduct a thorough investigation bordering on alleged acts of terrorism leveled against the suspect. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Deputy Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Danlami Ahmed Kawule, has failed to secure the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. It was learnt that Aminu Ali Garu defeated Kawule...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The APC National Leader and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu has assured the people of Borno that if he is elected as the next President of Nigeria come 2023, he will exploit all the state’s natural endowment especially oil exploration and resuscitation of the Lake...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the screening of its 2023 presidential aspirants earlier scheduled for Monday, May 23. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the party regretted any inconveniences caused by the postponement, adding...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – One of the leading presidential aspirants of the APC, Chief Rotimi Amaechi has advised Borno State delegates to vote for their conscience in the forthcoming party primaries. Chief Amaechi also urged the delegates to ensure that they vote a credible and tested candidate who...
Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyeola, says he is not ready to engage in “fire for fire politics ” as being propagated by some politicians ahead of the forthcoming July 16 governorship election in the state. Governor Oyetola said that the desperation of some politicians in their campaign to engage...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) aspirants and delegates at Ikeja Constituency II say they are willing to wait all day and night to exercise their franchise in the party’s Lagos State House of Assembly and Federal House of Representatives primaries. The aspirants and delegates spoke on Sunday at the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) begins its primaries, concerned individuals amongst its folds in Sokoto State have advised that they should be transparent in handling its consensus arrangements so as not to lose members ahead of the 2023 general elections. Speaking with journalists...
Mr. Kayode Fayemi, the Ekiti State Governor and one of the Presidential aspirants under the All Progressive Congress (APC), says the unity of the country will be his main priority if elected President. Fayemi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), said this on Sunday...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo says it has suspended its primaries for the House of Assembly and House of Representatives indefinitely, over unreconciled delegates list. A statement by the Legal Advisor of the party in the state, Mr Kessinger Ikeokwu on Sunday, attributed the non-conduct of the...