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Zone your presidential ticket to South-East – Group urges political parties

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Zone your presidential ticket to South-East – Group urges political parties

Bode January 7, 2022

A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), The Concerned Igbo Stakeholders Forum (CISF), has urged political parties to consider zoning their presidential tickets to the South-East, for fairness and equity to prevail. The forum noted that the South-East was blessed with competent and qualified candidates who can unite the country and...

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Ekiti election: APC, PDP, 6 others so far notify INEC of primaries – Okoye

Bode January 7, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says only eight political parties have notified it of their intentions to conduct primaries for the Ekiti Governorship election, as at Friday afternoon. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in an interview with...

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APC governors to meet President Buhari over February convention

Bode January 7, 2022

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to meet with President Muhamadu Buhari on Sunday to decide on a date for the February convention. Governor of Plateau State Simon Lalong, disclosed this to State House correspondents after a meeting with the President in his office on Friday....

Judiciary

US Court sentences Nigerian man to 46 months imprisonment over fraud

Bode January 7, 2022

A Nigerian man identified as Shalom Olumide Ayotunde will spend the next 46 months in US prison after being convicted by a court. He was sentenced to federal prison for fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Shalom Olumide Ayotunde, 39, who pleaded guilty on July 1, 2021,...

Judiciary

My husband wants to kill me with too much sex – Woman begs court for divorce

Bode January 7, 2022

A mother of three, Olamide Lawal, on Friday pleaded with a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan to grant her divorce on grounds that her husband, Saheed Lawal, engages her with too much sex. In her petition, Olamide who lives in Ibadan also accused her husband of being...

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2023: Group urges active participation in electoral processes

Bode January 7, 2022

In the build up to the 2023 general elections, a group, Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI) has called for active participation of Nigerians in the electoral processes. The President of VAI, Mr Wale Ogunade, who made the call in a statement on Friday in Lagos, said Nigerians cannot continue to...

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Badairi calls for calm as court reaffirms Gaddama as Borno PDP Chairman

Bode January 6, 2022

By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former Borno State Chairman of The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Usman Badairi has appealed to all PDP members and his supporters to remain calm over the Court of Appeal’s verdict that reaffirmed his rival, Hon Mustapha Gaddama as authentic PDP Chairman in...

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2023: Southeast group drums support for Tinubu’s presidency

Bode January 6, 2022

The Southeast Destiny Movement for Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2023 (SDMBAT), says it supports calls for Tinubu to run for President in 2023. SDMBAT, said Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, has the pedigree to pioneer the affairs of Nigeria from 2023. Chief Ekene Enefe, Convener of SDMBAT, expressed...

R L Yobe State Governor Mala Buni Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya and Sen. Danjuma Goje after the reconciliatory meeting in Abuja

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2023: APC Caretaker Committee reconciles Yahaya, Goje

Bode January 6, 2022

The Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has reconciled Gov. Mohammed Yahaya of Gombe and a former governor of the state, Sen. Mohammed Danjuma Goje. Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Buni, announced this in a...

PDP urges Buhari to declare state of emergency on security now

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PDP adjusts timetable for Ekiti poll, to hold primaries on Jan. 26

Bode January 5, 2022

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the adjustment of its timetable and schedule of activities for the primary election, for the June 18 Ekiti governorship poll. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Mr Umar Bature on...

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2023: I never endorsed any candidate for C’River governorship election – Donald Duke

Bode January 5, 2022

PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has dismissed media reports that he endorsed Senator Sandy Onor for the 2023 governorship election in the state. ‘I never endorsed any candidate, it will be wrong for me to do that, those using my name...

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2023 presidency: Northern women drum support for Yahaya Bello

Bode January 5, 2022

Some women from Nigeria’s 19 Northern States have declared their support for the 2023 presidential ambition of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The group, under the aegis Yahaya Bello Network (YBN), made their known on Tuesday when they visited Bello at the Kogi State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja. Hajiya Hadiza...

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4,000 PDP members to join APC in Jigawa – Official

Bode January 4, 2022

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Jigawa, says it has concluded arrangements to receive 4,000 members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into its fold. Alhaji Aminu Sani-Gumel, the Jigawa APC Chairman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that all the necessary required procedures for their smooth...

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Osinbajo saleable candidate for 2023 presidency, says Hon. Kawu

Bode January 4, 2022

By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – A Federal lawmaker representing Tarauni Federal Constituency in Kano, Hon. Hafizu Kawu, has said the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is a saleable presidential candidate if he chooses to contest the 2023 presidential elections. Hon. Kawu stated this on Monday during a press briefing with...

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PGF boss faults campaign for postponement of APC National Convention

Bode January 4, 2022

Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), has described the call for the postponement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention by some persons from February to a later date as illogical. Lukman said this in a letter to APC leaders on Monday in Abuja while reacting...

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Zoning has never been practice in Cross River since 1999 – Senator Onor

Bode January 3, 2022

PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Federal lawmaker, Senator Sandy Onor, representing Cross River Central has said zoning had never been practiced in Cross River State since the advent of the current democratic experience . Senator Onor said as a state, “we cannot afford to sacrifice competence on the altar...

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2023: Female entrepreneur, declares interest for presidency

Bode January 3, 2022

A 38-year-old female media entrepreneur, Mrs Khadija Okunnu-Lamidi, has declared her intention to seek a political party’s nomination to contest next year’s presidential election. Okunnu-Lamidi, Founder, Slice Media Solutions, made the declaration while addressing newsmen in Lagos on Monday. She declared that she had become the arrowhead for the...

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PDP ‘ll participate in Katsina LG elections – Chairman

Bode January 3, 2022

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared its readiness to fully participate in the forthcoming local government elections, scheduled for March in Katsina State. PDP Chairman in the state, Alhaji Yusuf Salisu-Magiri, disclosed this on Sunday while receiving one of the party’s aspirants for Katsina Central Senatorial District, Alhaji Sirajo...

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2023: I don’t think APC will breakup after Buhari’s tenure – Governor Sule

Bode January 3, 2022

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has allayed fears of the All Progressives Congress (APC) breaking up in 2023, saying he doesn’t think the ruling party will fold up after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. Buhari, 79, was elected under the APC platform in 2015 and would complete his mandatory two-term...

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2023: About 2,500 Islamic clerics offer prayers for Tinubu’s presidential bid

Bode January 2, 2022

About 2,500 Islamic clerics have offered prayers for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Kano as speculations continue to mount over the former Lagos State Governor’s plan to run for President in 2023. The Director-General of Tinubu Support Groups Management Council, Hon. Abdulmumin Jubrin, said on Saturday that Tinubu was the...