A leading 2023 Benue state governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Prof. Terhemba Shija (PTS) has made a covenant with the people to prioritize security and development of the state simultaneously, if entrusted with the mandate of state leadership. Prof. Shija spoke yesterday...
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The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Saturday visited the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, in Abeokuta, to seek his support for the presidential ambition. After a closed-door meeting with Gbadebo, at his Ake Palace, Tinubu told a larger gathering that he...
The Rescue Nigeria Mission (RENMISS) North East chapter, on Saturday, launched its movement in Gombe to mobilise support for the presidential aspiration of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. RENMISS is a youth support group agitating for good and youthful governance in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Mr Amido Sarki, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kuje Chairmanship candidate in Saturday’s FCT Area Councils Poll, has expressed dissatisfaction over lack of enough polling units in his voting centre in Gaube, Kuje. Mr. Sarki said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Oji-River Local Government Area of Enugu State have said they are 100 per cent behind Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in the forthcoming local council elections. The stakeholders disclosed this on Friday at a rally in the council area, ahead of the Feb. 23...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A group, Progressive Consolidation Group, PCG, in support of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, has paid a courtesy call to Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum. The group, led by its National Chairman, Dr. Aliyu Kurfi, was at the Government...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its North-West Zonal Congress earlier slated for Saturday. The National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Mr. Bature said that a...
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, says contending interests in the 2023 presidential primaries and other elections will not stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) from establishing a consensus. He explained that such a consensus would help consolidate its unity and national progress. According to a statement issued on Friday...
One of the aggrieved governorship aspirants in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Jan. 27 primary in Ekiti State, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, has sheathed his sword. He said on Friday in a statement he issued in Ado-Ekiti that he was no longer interested in dragging the party or individuals to...
Southern Youths For Sustainable Development (SYFSD) has lauded Arewa Movement For Actionable Change (AMFAC), for backing Gov. Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom, as a candidate for the 2023 Presidential election. Mr Edward Emosa, the spokesperson for the group in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that the move...
The Supreme Court has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional, Executive Order 10 (EO10) on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature. In a split decision on Friday, a majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10. Six of the...
Senator Chimaroke Nnamani (PPD-Enugu) has said that Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi brought him back to political limelight in the state after 15 years as governor. Nnamani, who represents Enugu East Senatorial District, stated this during the PDP campaign in Nkanu West for Feb. 23 2022 Local Government Elections in the...
The Tinubu Northern Region Support Group, has described Chief Bola Tinubu as most suitable aspirant to lead Nigeria at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023. Dr Danladi Hammandikko, the National Coordinator of the group, said this when he spoke with newsmen on Thursday in Yola. Hammandikko...
A businessman, Mr Uchenna Okolie, In Thursday prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi to grant him divorce on grounds that his marriage has been ruined by his mother-in-law. The respondent who resides in Abuja, said this in a divorce petition he filed. “My mother-In-law has ruined my marriage. She...
Absence of Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, stalled the hearing of a suit filed by a group against the police over the suspension of DCP Abba Kyari. Although counsel to the applicant, the Incorporated Trustees of Northern Peace Foundation, Hamza N’Dantani, was in...
Statutory Adamawa delegates to the Feb. 26 national convention of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have promised to support Malam Saliu Mustapha’s quest for the national chairmanship position. The statutory delegates include serving and former Adamawa lawmakers, who made the pledge during a courtesy visit on the aspirant at...
The Enugu State Chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday flagged off its campaign ahead of the 2022 local government elections in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has fixed Feb. 23 for the elections in...
The Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District, Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, has said his constituents will abide by the decisions to be taken by Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in respect of the 2023 general elections in the state. Senator Nnamani stated this on Wednesday during the flag off of the PDP...
Former National Secretary of the Labour Party, Kayode Ajulo, on Wednesday said most governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are backing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the presidency in 2023. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Ajulo said Osinbajo...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the February 26th by-elections in Cross River State, a socio- political group known as the All Progressives Congress (APC) lobby group made of young professionals in the Governor Ben Ayade led administration has vowed to mobilized over 30,000 youth across the 196 political...