The Media Subcommittee of the Convention Planning Committee of the APC has described as strange news and totally untrue, the media report that the subcommittee spent N800 million at the party’s convention. The Media Subcommittee was headed by Gov. Abdullahi Sulaiman of Nassarawa and co-chaired by Alhaji Lai Mohammed,...
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BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – APC stakeholders and members of Askira/Uba and Hawul LGAs of Borno South Senatorial District have endorsed the incumbent member of Borno State House of Assembly, Hon Ayuba Wakawa’s aspiration to contest for the House of Representatives election come 2023 Hon Wakawa who has been...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says only its national chairman and the national secretary that are vested with power to authenticate party membership cards. The party made the clarification in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Saturday. The party stated this while...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that it was not easy aspiring to be president while serving as a state governor at the same time. Mohammed said this while hosting leadership of the Nigerian Labour Union (NLC), media chiefs, and Traders Artisans Association to a Ramadan fast break...
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says he will appoint a “Minister of Stomach Infrastructure” if he emerges president of Nigeria. Fayose stated this while speaking with newsmen, shortly after his appearance before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Screening Committee in Abuja, on Friday. The former governor...
A former President of the Senate, Sen. Ken Nnamani, on Friday, formally declared his interest in the 2023 presidential race on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). Nnanani, while making the declaration in Abuja, called for reduction in the nomination fees for elective offices. He also urged Independent...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday began the screening of its 17 aspirants for the 2023 presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the screening, under the Chairmanship of former President of the Senate, David Mark, is being held at the Legacy House, PDP presidential...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the N100m presidential nomination form fee set by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as “immoral” since the country’s minimum is N30,000. Falana made the comment on Thursday, days after the APC fixed the prices for nomination forms for those...
A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday wooed members of the party’s National Working Committee, saying he already has 11 million votes. Addressing the PDP NWC in Abuja, the former vice president said he is the best candidate to win the 2023 presidential...
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II, says co-contestants for the position of the President of Nigeria are shivering because of the intimidating dossier of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. The traditional ruler expressed this view on Thursday when he received the vice president on a courtesy visit...
Minister of Transportation and 2023 presidential aspirant, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, met with the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Lagos to seek its support. Amaechi said he was in Lagos to seek support though he knew that the state is the base of APC...
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Thursday said that former President Goodluck Jonathan cannot run for the 2023 presidential race. In a statement, Falana said Jonathan cannot contest the 2023 presidential election by virtue of Section 137 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal...
The Minister of Justice and Attorney -General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, sAys he has accepted calls from Kebbi people to run for the state governorship. Malami will be running on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He made the acceptance in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday,...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has said he is neither too young nor too old to run for Nigeria’s presidency by 2023. Tambuwal, speaking during his meeting with PDP former Ministers Forum, in Abuja on Thursday, described himself as the perfect...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday granted bail in the sum of N20 million to Philips Fatuyi, the Chairman of Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA), charged with N43 million oil fraud. Justice Mojisola Dada granted the bail following a prayer by defence counsel, Mr...
By Yemi Itodo, Markudi – The Benue State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for falsely accusing the state Governor, Samuel Ortom of setting up a security outfit called “Hunters and Forests Security Guards”, to harass and intimidate citizens ahead of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – It was unusual sight and experience for many within Sokoto metropolis on Wednesday as motorists have to feel the pains of gridlock following crowd that enveloped the town in support of Sokoto Deputy Governor, Hon Muhammad Dan ‘Iya. Hon. Dan’Iya stormed the party’s secretariat...
BY ANKELI EMMAJUEL, Sokoto – Ahead of 2023 general elections, no fewer than 11 commissioners, the Secretary to the State Government as well as the Chief of Staff to governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal have resigned. The resignation of the 13 cabinet members however did not come to many as...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Wednesday, picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for presidential race, saying he is not intimidated by anyone. Bello who was the first aspirant to pay the N100 million fee for the forms, told newsmen shortly after picking...
The Nigerian Youth and Diaspora Forum for Bola Ahmed Tinubu E-Campaign (NYD4BAT) says it is set to mobilise five million youths for the presidential aspiration of the All Progressives Congress aspirant, Sen. Bola Tinubu, beyond the party line. Speaking at the inauguration of NYD4BAT on Wednesday in Lagos, its...