A group, known as North East Business Forum, on Thursday purchased the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination form for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this came less than 24 hours after the party commenced sales of nomination and expression of interest...
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Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has declared his intention to run for the office of the President in 2023. Addressing journalists after meeting with State Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja, Governor Tambuwal said he considered the State Chairmen as grassroot mobilisers. While calling for unity...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress’ Caretaker/Extraordinarily Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni, has refuted claims that he has reversed some actions taken by Niger State Governor, Muhammed Bello. Governor Bello assumed the National Chairman position last week while Buni, who is also the Governor of Yobe...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has discharged and acquitted a former Chief of Air Staff, retired Air Marshal Mohammed Umar of diverting N66 million from the account of the Nigerian Air Force, (NAF). The court, however, ordered Umar to refund N57 million to the Federal Government or else his...
An FCT High Court in Kubwa has fixed Friday to hear a suit seeking to stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention. The plaintiff in the matter, Salisu Umoru, dragged APC, the Chairman Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Gov. Mai Mala Buni and the Independent National Electoral...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has passed a Vote of no Confidence on its Secretary, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe. This is contained in a letter dated March 8 and made available on Thursday in Abuja. The letter was...
An Anambra lawmaker, Dr Timothy Ifedioranma, has urged the incoming governor of the state, Prof. Charles Soludo, not to repeat the mistakes of his predecessor, Dr Willie Obiano. Ifedioranma, representing Njikoka Constituency I, under the platform of All Progressives Congress in the Anambra State House of Assembly, made the...
Popular Nollywood actress, Chioma Toplis, has been remanded at the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Afara over defamation charge. Actress Toplis was dragged before Magistrate Court in Umuahia, Abia for allegedly using her Facebook page to post “a malicious publication” against the Chairman of Abia State Traditional Prime Ministers Council, High Chief...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni on Wednesday visited President Muhammadu Buhari in London, where he is currently on a medical checkup. This is contained in a release by the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Buni, Malam Mohammed Mamman in Abuja on Wednesday....
Mr Ismaeel Ahmed, Youth Representative in All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) says the party’s zoning arrangement is a guide for its members not a constitutional issue. Ahmed who is the spokesman of the committee, said this on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking with...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has urged members of the party not to attack one another, but unite ahead of the 2023 general elections. Ayu said this in his remarks at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja...
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the party’s guidelines, timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this while reading the communique issued at the end of the 95th NEC meeting...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot get the certificate of return for the governor from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The state Chairman of APC, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha, said this on Wednesday while briefing newsmen on the party’s...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday met with the APC Senate Caucus at the National Assembly. Tinubu, at the meeting held in Abuja, said he was at the National Assembly to seek counsel, partnership, and support of the lawmakers for his presidential bid....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A veteran journalist and a presidential aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dele Momodu, on Wednesday in Maiduguri, said he is contesting for the 2023 presidential election to deliver what past and current leaders could not do due to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun the sale of forms to aspirants vying for elective offices at its March 26 national convention. Mr Ismail Ahmed, National Youth Leader in the APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) made this known on Tuesday in Abuja. He was speaking...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called on the Board of Trustees members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be united in working towards the victory of party in 2023. Abubakar in an interactive session with BoT members to seek their support for his presidential aspiration in Abuja,...
Ahead of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a frontline Chairmanship aspirant, Saliu Mustapha, has purchased the nomination form, thereby becoming the first among other contestants to do so. Mustapha, a long time ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, is a former Deputy National Chairman of the...
Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has reemphasized that there is no leadership crisis in the party as being reported in the media. He said this when speaking with newsmen at the party’s national secretariat on Tuesday in Abuja, adding that the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, threatened to strike out a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari against National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice Inyang Ekwo, gave the warning following the delay by Kyari’s lawyer, Cynthia Ikena, to serve NDLEA counsel, Joseph Sunday,...