By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shifted it National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting earlier scheduled for May 5 to Tuesday, May 10. The PDP National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday night in Abuja Senator Anyanwu said the...
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Former Governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja has decried the exorbitant fees charged for nomination forms by the two major political parties in the country, saying it would encourage corruption. Ladoja made the disclosure on Monday while fielding questions from journalists at his Ibadan residence. The News Agency of...
A founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Osita Okechukwu, says Nigerians should hold the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) responsible if the 2023 Presidency is not zoned to the South. He said APC has been watching with studied interest the desperation of PDP to prey on President...
An aspirant for the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) presidential ticket, Chief Stanley Osifo, has pledged to build new refineries and tackle national debts if elected president in 2023. Chief Osifo said this in a statement he issued on Monday in Lagos. “The Nigerian economy has witnessed calculated and orchestrated...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the preferred candidate of Nigerians to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. This was revealed by a recent nationwide survey carried out by the Intellectual Forum on Politics and Governance(IFP&G). The survey, which was carried out by the group in February, indicated that Osinbajo...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Federal Government to resolve the industrial action embarked upon by The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in other to halt an imminent collapse of Nigeria’s education sector. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba,...
Dr Nicholas Felix, a 40 -year old U.S based APC presidential aspirant, says the N100m Expression of Interest and Nomination forms will not stop him from pursuing his ambition. Felix, who said this on Saturday in Lagos while formally declaring his aspiration to contest the 2023 presidential election said:...
A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed his loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC. Amaechi, in a statement, said this at a consultative meeting with executives, delegates and other party faithful at the Rivers APC Secretariat on Friday....
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,...
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...