File photo of elder statesman, Edwin Clark Ahead of the 2023 general elections, elder statesman Edwin Clark has asked the North to allow the South to produce Nigeria’s President. Although two dominant political parties – the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe state, Alhaji Jamil Gwamna, on Tuesday, resigned his membership of the party. In his resignation letter addressed to the APC ward chairman, Jekadafari Ward, Gwamna said his decision to opt out of the party was taken after wide consultations...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the rumours making the rounds about him being the running mate to presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Wike stated this on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting of Rivers State PDP Chapter...
The absence of John Idumange, who raised an alarm over alleged diversion of N3 billion Agriculture loan by government officials was on Monday stalled in a High Court in Yenogoa. When the case came up, the Prosecution Counsel, Mrs Iyobosa Apulu expressed disappointment over the absence of the defendant...
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi says he will contest in the 2023 presidential election if his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), throws it open for all to contest or zones it to the south. Obi, who was PDP’S vice-presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential polls,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Following calls from diverse quarters asking Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to join the race for 2023 presidency, the governor has declared that he will begin consultations across the length and breath of the country to the end of February before taking any...
The National Reconciliation Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday submitted its report, three months after inauguration. The committee was inaugurated on October 12, 2021, by the party’s National Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mal Buni, to reconcile, harmonise and integrate members of the party in...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday, ordered that a 23-year-man, Usman Omidinran, be remanded in a correctional facility for attempting to kill his father. The police charged Omidinran, who resides in Igangan, Oyo State with attempted murder. The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Munirat Giwa – Babalola, who...
In this dispensation, I honestly crave for a repeat of the political contestation between the late Chief Tony Anenih and Chief Tom Ikimi in Edo State during the ill-fated Third Republic. This could spice up the 2023 political contestation between the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition...
The Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, has confirmed investigation of Mr. Simbi Wabote, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), and preliminary findings showed that he has no filing of his assets with the Board as required by law. This is contrary to what...
Akwa-Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has finally ended months of speculations and permutations with the announcement of one of his cabinet members, Mr Umo Eno, to succeed him as Governor in 2023. The Chief Press Secretary/Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on media, Mr Ekerete Udoh, on Sunday confirmed...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has revealed that he might contest in the 2023 Presidential election. Ngige, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this in Awka, Anambra state capital, during the empowerment of some graduate trainees in the state. Some beneficiaries of the...
Dr Salihu Lukman, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called for the sanctioning of party leaders working to undermine the national convention slated for Feb. 26. Lukman, immediate past Director-General of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body of serving governors elected on the platform of...
The Founder, Joint Professional Training Support International, Prof.Christopher Imumolen, has declared his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election. The frontline academic and philanthropist, declaring his intention at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday, said he was out to address the`leadership deficit’ affecting the development of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Head, Media and Public Relations of The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Dr. Fabian Benjamin, has dragged Mr Ahmed Isah of Human Rights Radio (2nd defendant) to court over injurious broadcast, false allegations and innuendos which amounted to defamation of the claimant’s...
The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Bola Tinubu, has hosted Mr Ade Omole, leader of the United Kingdom (UK) chapter of the party and the Nigeria Diaspora for Asiwaju (NDA) team in London. Alhaji AbdulRasaq Danjuma, Omole’s Personal Assistant, announced this in a statement made available...
Sen. Datti Baba-Ahmed on Sunday declared interest to vie for the Governorship Seat of Kaduna State, under the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2023 General Elections. Speaking while submitting his letter of interest to the leadership of the PDP in Kaduna, Baba-Ahmed, who is the...
Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), a gubernatorial aspirant in the just concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Ekiti has assured his supporters that he is seeking redress for “the blatant abuse” of trust during the exercise. Bamidele who stated this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday lamented...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the time has come to call out senior lawyers whose actions demean the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). Osinbajo, himself an SAN, made the call at the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) 2021 Annual Dinner and Scholarship Awards on Saturday...