Some members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) from Daura Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina, have protested against what they called “plans to impose another candidate in place of the one who won the primaries”. The leader of the members, who is also the state Chairman of ex-councilors,...
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Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, says All Progressives Congress (APC) will takeover Delta in 2023, going by recent developments. Omo-Agege said this on Wednesday in Asaba, at the inauguration of the state APC executives, at the party secretariat in Asaba. “Let me start by saying that am full of...
The trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu resumed on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja with him wearing his regular Fendi outfit. This is contrary to the order made by Justice Binta Nyako in December 2021 that he be...
The Zamfara Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) says Gov. Bello Matawalle, would not resign his position as the state governor, as demanded by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PDP had urged the governor to resign following his defection from PDP to APC, as well as his inability to...
A High Court sitting in Akamkpa, Cross River has sentenced Ayanime Udo to death by hanging for killing his twin daughters on allegation of being witches. Delivering judgment on the case with suit number HK/6C/2018, Justice Agnes Onyebueke said; “Udo’s act is satanic, demonic, and beyond human comprehension.’’ She...
Former Imo State Governor and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, has advised Nigerians to elect leaders that will be committed to the unity, oneness and progress of the country as the election year 2023 approaches. He said at this critical time in the life of the...
An FCT High Court in Kubwa, on Wednesday ordered a 21- year-old barber, Isaac Clement to sweep the police station in Kwali Area Council for 90 days for cheating. Clement who pleaded guilty to fraud filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), begged the court for leniency....
The Department of State Services, on Wednesday, complied with the advice of a Federal High Court, Abuja, not to block the court premises and environs ahead of the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Chief Sherriff Oborevwori, the Speaker, Delta House of Assembly, has joined the race for the state 2023 governorship election. Oborevwori disclosed this at the resumed plenary of the House after a break on Tuesday in Asaba. ”My dear colleagues, I have offered myself to serve our people in a...
The former Nigeria Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, has advised political leaders not to negotiate the unity of the country for anything. Babangida gave the advice on Tuesday, when he received a Presidential Aspirant, Prince Adewole Adebayo, who paid him a consultation visit at his Minna hilltop residence. Adebayo, the...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has urged past governors to reconcile and bring back their colleagues who defected to other parties. Senator Ayu stated this at a meeting of the members of PDP National Working Committee (NWC) with past governors and some...
The tricycle owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN), on Tuesday in Abuja endorsed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to contest the 2023 Presidential election. The endorsement was made known when the leadership of the Osinbajo Support Movement (OSM) paid a courtesy visit to the association’s office in Gwarinpa, Abuja. The OSM...
The Zamfara House of Assembly declared in Gusau on Tuesday that no court order could stop its impeachment of the state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau. “No court can stop the impeachment,’’ Chairman, House Committee on Information, Alhaji Shamsudeen Bosko, told a news conference. He argued that the process...
A Kogi chieftain of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Mr Ahmed Aruwa, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the new electoral bill to checkmate money politics. Mr. Aruwa made the call in an interview with Newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday. “It’s our belief as a socialists...
The trial of former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, in the alleged N400 million fraud has been reassigned to a new judge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Obiora Egwatu of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, had fixed Oct....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari is unwilling to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Following the refusal of the president to sign the document over the mode of primaries, the National Assembly had on January 31 transmitted the reworked bill to the...
Nigerians in Germany under the aegis of the Nigerian Union have declared their support for the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu as their preferred candidate for president in 2023. A statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Orji Uzor Kalu Media Office, said that the group...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola says he is confident of clinching the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket at its primary slated for Feb. 19. Governor Oyetola said this during his strategic Engagement Tour to Ejigbo Federal Constituency on Monday. The governor, while addressing traditional rulers in their palaces,...
The Concerned Members Forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow the 2023 presidential ambition of some top members of the party to destroy it. Convener of the forum, Mr Okpokwu Ogenyi, made the appeal in a letter he addressed to the...
A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Mrs Patience Key, has vowed to ratify Diaspora voting, in her first 100 days in office, if elected in the 2023 presidential election. Key made the pledge while answering a question from a participant on Diaspora voting...