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...
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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...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, says the North East remains the only alternative to South East presidency. Kalu, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, reaffirmed his support to the North East in the absence of the Presidency being zoned to the South East by...
In continuation of his consultation with delegates across the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo arrived Katsina on Saturday. The vice president and his team had a unique and fruitful consultation with the Katsina State delegates. Below are pictures from the engagement of the vice president with the delegates in...
The Emir of Kastina, Dr Abdulmuminin Usman, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has got the experience needed to effectively steer Nigeria as president. The traditional ruler expressed this view while receiving the vice president who was on a courtesy call to his palace on Saturday in Kastina. Osinbajo was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its primary elections to nominate candidates for the 2023 general elections will commence as officially scheduled on Sunday, May 22. The party, in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Mr Umar Bature, on Saturday night in Abuja...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called for unity and oneness in the party as it prepares for the 2023 general elections. Tambuwal gave the advice on Saturday in Abakaliki while addressing party faithful, delegates...
Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he is more experienced than Osinbajo, Tinubu and other aspirants vying to clinch the party’s presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 general elections. Amaechi stated this in an interview with newsmen shortly after an interactive session with...