PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A governorship aspirant and caucus leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong has raised an alarm over plot by some state actors to intimidate and harass the party before and during the February 26 by-election...
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Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant has promised to use modern technology to re-secure Nigeria if elected. He stated this after a consultative meeting with Kebbi State PDP executives, delegates and other key stakeholders of the party held at the state secretariat in...
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Daniel Bwala, has said that contrary to popular opinion, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not be contesting for presidency in 2023. Mr Bwala who was a guest on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday said this while addressing concerns about the...
Former Aviation Minister and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osita Chidoka, says the main opposition party is in a dilemma over the zoning of presidency to any region. Chidoka, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said he would personally want the PDP...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Following the resumption of the murder charge preferred against a former Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Joseph Mbu by the Department of Public Prosecution in Cross River State, the accused has been involved in legal tango with the state over issues of jurisdiction and service....
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) residents and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to come out en masse and exercise their franchise in the Feb. 12 area councils election. Abubakar made the call in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Pastor Bassey Ita says his ambition is to help change the narratives of the party in those states that have remained in the dark of progressive politics. Pastors Ita stated this...
The former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Adedibu Ojerinde, who is standing trial in an alleged N5 billion fraud, has opted for a plea bargain with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) in order to get a soft landing. At...
Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential aspirant, Mrs Patience Key, has said her administration will implement a 3-Point agenda of Peace, Equity, and Wealth Creation (PEW) if elected in the 2023 election. Mrs Key, a Nigerian diaspora disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
BY SAA-AONDO ADZEGEH and PHILIP AGADA, Markudi – In the build up to the 2023 general election, Benue State is witnessing a gale of decampments sweeping across the state with thousands cross carpeting into the two major political parties in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The lingering crises facing the Ohanaze Ndigbo in Cross River State has taken a new dimension as a High Court sitting in Calabar has adjourned hearing of the matter between parties in the tussle for leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo in the State. The matter came...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said Nigeria is bleeding under the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government. Governor Wike stated this on Monday during a visit to former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi at his residence in Kaduna. Wike said Nigerians were yearning for the Peoples...
Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara, on Monday struck out the suit filed against Gov Bello Matawalle and four others for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in June 2021. Justice Aminu Bappah Aliyu while ruling on the suit on Monday said the court lacked jurisdiction to...
The Zamfara House of Assembly has formally served the state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau, with notice of impeachment for alleged gross abuse of office. Alhaji Shamsudeen Bosko, the Chairman, House Standing Committee on Information, confirmed this at a news conference in Gusau on Monday. Alhaji Bosko said the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi State has swept all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s Local Government elections conducted across the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed-Mera, the Chairman, Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission (KSIEC), issued to newsmen in Birnin...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has called on politicians in the state to join hands, irrespective of their political differences, and fight insecurity in the state. Governor Tambuwal made the call during a consultation meeting with the People Democratic Party (PDP) delegates in Gusau on Monday. He said the...
Sen. Ademola Adeleke, one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in Osun, says he did not walk out of peace and reconciliation meeting on Monday in Okuku. The meeting was hosted by a former Governor in the state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Adele made the clarification following allegations...
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed May 6 for judgment in a legal tussle between Rivers and Imo over the ownership of 17 oil wells in their territories. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who led a six-man panel of justices, fixed the date after taking arguments from lawyers involved in the...
The Africa Polling Institute (API) has tipped Dr George Akume, Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs as the most suitable aspirant for national chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Prof. Bell Ihua, Executive Director, API said this in a statement in Abuja. He said that the pronouncement...