Gov. Bello Matawalle on Friday thanked the coalition of 102 groups that handed him a N50 million cheque to buy the expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Matawalle’s appreciation is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Gusau by Malam Zailani Bappa,...
2023 Election
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Professor Eyo Etim Nyong, a governorship aspirant of the APC in Cross River State has revealed why he wants to become Governor Ben Ayade’s successor come 2023. Speaking while paying homage to the state executive in Calabar, Prof. Nyong noted that his vision and...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has explained that he did not at any point promised to anoint his former Chief of Staff, Hon. Terwase Orbunde or any other aspirant as his successor. The Governor made the clarification on Wednesday when stakeholders from the Kwande...
Chief Francis Chima, an aspirant for the House of Representatives for Ajeromi/Ifeolodun Federal Constituency has promised to take miscreants “Ajegunle boys’ from the streets using various vocational programmes if elected. Chima is eying the Reps seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State. The...
Alhaji Salisu Barau, All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholder in Bauchi State has expressed dissatisfaction at the vandalism of aspirants’ billboards and campaign materials by suspected hoodlums. Barau told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Bauchi that such vandalism of billboards, posters and other materials was unhealthy...
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has called out Southern youths lamenting that they show less interest in politics. Speaking on Tuesday, Omokri lambasted Southern youths, saying they invest their time and resources in popular reality show, Big Brother Naija than the forthcoming presidential elections. According...
The Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, has refuted allegation of distributing expensive vehicles to officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi. Malami refuted the allegation on Tuesday in an interactive session with journalists in Birnin Kebbi. He said “At this...
By YEMI ITODO, Markudi – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has warned that any attempt by anyone or group to rig elections in the state will be met with stiff resistance. The Governor who stated this on Tuesday at the expanded caucus...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja charged media professionals to be mindful of sponsored, inciting publications capable of inciting hatred, division, violence, and chaos. The president made the call in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina. Buhari said the admonition...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi chapter has urged citizens across the country to elect credible and good leaders in the 2023 elections. Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, the State Chairman of the NLC, made the call at a news conference in Abakaliki on Monday. Nwafor said that the briefing was...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the nation that it will spare no effort in ensuring that elections conducted by the commission continue to get better, freer, fairer, more credible and more inclusive. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the pledge in a message he released to...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the N100m presidential nomination form fee set by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as “immoral” since the country’s minimum is N30,000. Falana made the comment on Thursday, days after the APC fixed the prices for nomination forms for those...
Minister of Transportation and 2023 presidential aspirant, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, met with the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Lagos to seek its support. Amaechi said he was in Lagos to seek support though he knew that the state is the base of APC...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja advised those planning to rig the 2023 general elections to perish the thought. He vowed to use every legitimate means to protect the votes of Nigerians. The president gave the advice at a dinner he had with members of the diplomatic corps...
The Minister of Justice and Attorney -General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, sAys he has accepted calls from Kebbi people to run for the state governorship. Malami will be running on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He made the acceptance in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday,...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has said he is neither too young nor too old to run for Nigeria’s presidency by 2023. Tambuwal, speaking during his meeting with PDP former Ministers Forum, in Abuja on Thursday, described himself as the perfect...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – It was unusual sight and experience for many within Sokoto metropolis on Wednesday as motorists have to feel the pains of gridlock following crowd that enveloped the town in support of Sokoto Deputy Governor, Hon Muhammad Dan ‘Iya. Hon. Dan’Iya stormed the party’s secretariat...
BY ANKELI EMMAJUEL, Sokoto – Ahead of 2023 general elections, no fewer than 11 commissioners, the Secretary to the State Government as well as the Chief of Staff to governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal have resigned. The resignation of the 13 cabinet members however did not come to many as...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has said that he will only support an aspirant that will work to develop the state, when elected. Kalu said this on Tuesday, when a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress visited him in his Camp...
Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Women Leader, Prof. Stella Effah-Attoe, said on Monday in Abuja that 250 female aspirants had bought the party’s Expression of Interest forms for the 2023 general elections. Effah-Attoe, said this at a meeting she held with some of the aspirants at the party’s Wadata...