Dr Boniface Aniebonam, Founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has described as divine intervention, the current gale of defections into the party from other political parties in the country. Aniebonam told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former...
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Members of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State have begged former the national leader of the party and presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to pick the state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, as his running mate in the 2023 presidential race. Tinubu had last Thursday visited Kaduna to canvass...
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), says if he is elected president of Nigeria, he would work with the National Assembly to restructure Nigeria. Abubakar said this on Saturday in Calabar while addressing party delegates and stakeholders as the party prepares for its May...
Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Abuja charged stakeholders in the All Progressive Congress (APC) to rally support for female Aspirants of the party. She gave the charge at a summit of APC female aspirants ahead of the party’s primary elections. She said the summit aimed...
Dr. Bukola Saraki, one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has vowed to restructure Nigeria if elected president in 2023. Saraki made the vow on Saturday in Benin, while addressing PDP national delegates from the state ahead of the presidential primaries. He...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers and PDP presidential aspirant on Saturday, said that he remained the only PDP aspirant that could win against the ruling APC. Wike, in company of some PDP chieftains, made this remark when he met national delegates of the Lagos chapter of PDP in Ikeja....
Bauchi State Governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed says Nigeria has the potential to become the world’s biggest economy if properly developed. Governor Mohammed who has made his intention to contest for president on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said this in Jos on Saturday while soliciting for the...
The Chief Whip of the Senate , Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu says nine presidential aspirants from the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to step down to support the presidential ambition of the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan. Kalu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in...
As Akwa-Ibom monarchs describe VP as symbol of unity, love By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In choosing leaders into elective positions, Nigerians must put sentiments aside and elect the best, especially in 2023, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in his interactions with stakeholders...
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that if voted president of Nigeria, he will replace sharing formula of monthly allocation with production formula. Obi, an industrialist, said this in Calabar when he visited delegates of the PDP toward the forthcoming party’s presidential...
Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that his experience as Vice President under former President Olusegun Obasanjo will come handy if elected as president of Nigeria. Atiku said this on Friday in Benin, the Edo capital, while speaking with...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said that he had withdrawn his presidential aspiration to contest in the 2023 General Elections. Ngige said this in a statement he signed and issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. According to him, on April 19, I publicly declared...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) says it is the best option to form the next national government in view of current economic and security challenges facing the country. Its National Chairman, Dr Victor Oye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Friday, that APGA is...
The National Leader of the APC and presidential aspirant on the platform of the party, Ahmed Tinubu, says he is the only one running for the presidential race in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. He disclosed this on Friday while addressing delegates of APC at the Niger State Government...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressive Congress (APC) delegates in Katsina State have been called upon to grant a consensus to DR. Umaru Dikko Radda as the candidate of APC in the 2023 Governorship Elections in the state. A group comprising of The Coalition Of Civil Society...
Mr Peter Obi, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, on Friday pledged to transform Nigeria from a consumer nation to a productive nation, if elected president in 2023. He made pledge while addressing Kebbi State PDP Executive Committee and delegates at the party secretariat in Birnin Kebbi, the...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says no automatic ticket for All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other aspirants willing to contest for elective positions in 2023 on the party’s platform. The Acting National Chairman of SDP, Chief Supo Shonibare, who stated this at a news conference...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi and a presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that security, job creation and provision of electricity are the three major problems that must be solved by any leader if tension, agitation for secession and other challenges...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Thursday, rejected the prayer by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join a suit filed by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over his presidential bid in the forthcoming 2023 elections....
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – The race for the Delta Central Senatorial seat continues to attract public interest as members of Delta’s elite line up to declare their interest to run. The latest entrant is Chief Oghenovo Edewor, the son of renowned Delta business man, Chief James Ogboko Edewor,...