The Vice President-elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima, says the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu-led administration will give priority to gender based issues. Shettima made this known on Saturday in Abuja at the reading session of a book written by a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman. The...
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Gov. Nyesome Wike of Rivers has said that the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has the capacity to turn around the fortunes of the country in the interest of all. Wike said this on Friday in Abuja when he, alongside his Oyo State counterpart, Gov. Seyi Makinde, visited Tinubu. The...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the international community to impose a visa ban on President Muhammadu Buhari and his family for allegedly rigging the 2023 presidential elections. Recalled that President Buhari through his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said the opposition parties...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said It is yet to zone the leadership positions of the incoming 10th National Assembly as speculated in some quarters. APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Mr. Morka...
A Pro-democracy group- the Natives, has cautioned the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against internal wranglings, ahead of the May 29 takeover of the president-elect Sen. Bola Tinubu. Mr Olalekan Edwards, the supreme leader of the group said this when he led a team on a visit...
By ABUBAKAR SULEIMAN, Abuja – As Senator Godswill Akpabio’s chance of becoming the next Senate President is getting brighter and brighter, this writer has reliably learned that the incumbent Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan is plotting to work against Akpabio a payback for Akpabio’s support for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asserted that while the All Progressive Congress, APC was working hard to retain power in the recent elections, the combined opposition was a victim of over confidence- the main reason why he believed they lost. Speaking at his residence...
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the President-elect Bola Tinubu has dual citizenship of Nigeria and Guinea. Atiku, in a fresh process he filed before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, also accused Tinubu of not disclosing facts of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) executive in Ward 8, Calabar Municipality, Cross River, has suspended Mr Ekpenyong Iso, the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, for alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of funds. The suspension is contained in a statement, jointly signed on Wednesday in Calabar by the Chairman...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the president-elect returned to Abuja on Monday after a month-long trip to Paris. He said he returned strong and ready to work. One of his media aides Mr Tunde Rahman quoted Tinubu in a statement issued on Monday as saying: “I am ready for the task...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again expressed his readiness to welcome Tinubu to the State House as President, assuring that the May 29 handover date to a new administration remained sacrosanct. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Buhari gave the assurance in the course of the week...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Integrity Group, has endorsed Sen. Osita Izunaso for President of the 10th Senate due to his patriotism, competence and political experience acquired in the National Assembly. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday and signed by...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – In line with the resolution of the Esan Assembly, held last weekend, to reach out to Edo North and Edo South Senatorial Zones in the quest to get them concede the governorship contest to persons of Esan extraction, the Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), the...
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Kano, Alhaji Danbalki Kwamanda, has described Senator Barau jibrin as the best man to be the president of the 10th senate. Kwamanda disclosed this during a news conference on Saturday in Kano. The Kano APC chieftain explained that the Senator, representing Kano...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The member representing Hawul Local Government Area at the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ayuba Wakawa has felicitated with Muslim Ummah after the successful completion of this year’s Ramadan fasting period and the peaceful conduct of the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. Hon. Wakawa, who...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) I’m Plateau State has felicitated with Muslims across the country, urging them to fervently pray for peace, unity and stability of the polity and the nation. Plateau APC Chairman, Chief Rufus Bature made the call in a goodwil mesage signed by the State Publicity...
The G36 Supporting Groups, a body of support groups for Sen. Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambition, has urged the President-elect not to give room for cabals in his administration. The Chairman of the group, Dr Samson Bilesanmi, who spoke at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, also urged Tinubu...
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not confer any advantage on his ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) during the Feb. 25 Presidential election. Mohammed briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kano Chapter, on Wednesday recommended Sen. Barau Jibril (APC-Kano North) as the President of the upcoming 10th senate. APC Chairman in Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, made the call while speaking with news men in Kano. Abbas said that APC performed well in Kano State...
Two members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have pleaded with an Abuja High Court to void the party’s Governorship Primary election which held on April 11. Mr Realwan Akpanachi and Yahaya Seidu-Nuhu, in an originating Summons filed by their Counsel, Mr Promise Ogbodu, sued six of the contestants...