Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Saturday said the country will tremble when the South makes a declarative statement concerning the 2023 presidential election. This is according to a statement signed by Wike’s spokesperson, Kelvin Ebiri. Governor Wike reportedly made the assertion at a grand reception organised in his...
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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Segun Oni has announced his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Oni, who is aspiring to govern the state for a second time, is apparently displeased with the outcome of the recent PDP governorship primary which left him in second place behind...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), United Kingdom (UK) chapter, says it is totally in support of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) on the Feb. 26 date for its national convention. Dr Phillip Idaewor, Chairman of the party in the UK and a presidential aspirant, made the declaration in...
Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, believes it is necessary for politicians and civil servants in Nigeria to go to prison. Kalu, a presidential aspirant and lawmaker representing Abia-North senatorial district, described the prison as a learning facility. “I am not guilty, I am as free as anything,”...
By YEMI ITODO, Abuja – Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, was on Friday appointed by the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to head a crack team of proven election winners on the party’s campaign council for the forthcomingLocal Council Elections in the Federal Capital Territory...
A presidential aspirant, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, says former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, will not be a hindrance to him in his bid to become the next president. He stated this on Friday during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today where he spoke about his plans for...
The immediate past commissioner for Commerce and Industry in Plateau, Mr Abbey Aku, has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rerun primaries for Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency by-election. The rerun primaries was held on Friday in Bassa Local Government after the initial primaries that took place...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has said the state House of Assembly is always critical of his policies, hence cannot be described as a rubber stamp. Governor Umahi said this on Thursday in Abakaliki while signing the 2022 appropriation bill into law. He said that the house is knowledgeable...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Zamfara House of Assembly has commenced an impeachment process against the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Mahadi Aliyu. The Director General, Press Affairs and Public Relations to the legislature, Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura, confirmed the development in a Statement issued on Friday in...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Sunday Zakka has charged youths to conduct themselves peacefully during the Area Council Chairmanship elections in the FCT. Mr. Zakka made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at a voter...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Forum of Serving and Former House of Representatives members, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to jettison the idea of zoning the 2023 presidential ticket to any region in the country. The spokesman of the Mr Mukhtar Ahmed, who made the...
Suspected armed thugs on Thursday attacked the campaign office of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osogbo. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the building, popularly known as “Oranmiyan House”, located along ever busy Gbongan-Ibadan road in Osogbo, reports that empty bullet shells...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to hold the convention on February 26, 2022. The Chairman of APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni disclosed this...
Dr Kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer and Coordinator, Progressive Lawyers For Osinbajo, says the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration to run for President in 2023 is non-negotiable. Ajulo stated this in Abuja, while reacting to the 30 days ultimatum given to Osinbajo by a pro-APC group, National Coalition...
Nigerian publisher and activist, Omoyele Sowore has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be succeed by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Yemi Osinbajo or even Peter Obi at the expiration of his tenure in 2023. Recall that Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had in January declared...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Elder Shuaibu Oyedokun and former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola to Co-Chair a committee to resolve all issues ahead of the party’s July 16 governorship election in the state. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, told journalists at...
Arraignment of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Golden Tulip Hotel, Amaechi Ndili, was on Wednesday stalled at an Ikeja Special Offences Court. Also, the court has ordered that the case file should be returned to the Office of the Chief Judge of Lagos State for reassignment. Justice Sherifat...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Councilors from Bakassi Local Government Legislative Council have impeached its leader, Emmanuel Effion for failure to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the by-election for Akpabuyo State Constituency It was gathered that the leader of Bakassi LG legislative council, who represent...
Sen. Mohammed Hassan, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a former senator representing Yobe South, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Mai Mala Bun in Damaturu on...
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Prosecution Counsel, to pay N200, 000 for stalling the day’s proceeding in the trial of co-defendants in Nnamdi Kanu on treasonable felony charge. Justice Nyako ordered that each of the four defendants be paid N50,000 by...