A member-elect for Chibok constituency in the Borno House of Assembly, Mr Nuhu Clark, is dead. The deceased died in India on Monday, while undergoing treatment, according to The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Babakura Abbajatau, The state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, confirmed the development in...
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Many foreign commentators were astonished by the outcome of the 2023 Nigerian Presidential election because of their wrong mindset prior to the polls, the Federal Government has said. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in London during his engagements with some international media organisations...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, on Tuesday said no power can deprive the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, of his mandate. Umahi, who made the assertion in Abakaliki, dedicated the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the State and across the country to God. According to him, those seeking to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship and the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidates have filed a petition against the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Lagos State Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The PDP candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran known as Jandor, and the LP candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vigour, separately asked the tribunal to...
The Labour Party (LP) candidate for Mbaitoli-Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Mr Uche Ogbuagu, has appealed to INEC to assign unbiased, uncompromised staff for the supplementary election scheduled for Saturday in Imo. Ogbuagu made the call on Tuesday at his Akabo, Ikeduru, country home while briefing the media ahead of the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, prayed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, against the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect in the Feb. 25 election. The APC,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State and its Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) have submitted a petition before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal of Lagos State. The party and Adediran are calling for the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) candidates...
The Takum Local Government chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of confidence the Senator-elect, Taraba South Senatorial District of Taraba, Emmanuel Jimkuta. Chairman of the party in the local government, Alhaji Mijinyawa Salihu, passed the resolution on Monday in Jalingo. Salihu said that the party...
Senator Godswill Akpabio has been confirmed as the frontline candidate in the contest for the leadership of the 10th Senate presently going on in the All Progressives Congress (APC). Former Edo State Commissioner for Information, Prince Kassim Afegbua, gave the report in a statement debunking rumours making the rounds...
PREAMBLE First, let me seize this opportunity to congratulate Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his well-deserved victory in an unarguably about the most keenly contested presidential election in Nigeria’s history. For me personally, I feel fulfilled in that the incipient seed of this outcome was sown by my humble...
Senator Godswill Akpabio has been tipped as the most deserving candidate for the leadership of the 10th Senate due to his governance experience, political skills, and the remarkable contributions of the South-South region to the victory of the APC in the last presidential election. He received the nod from...
Mr Ade Adetimehin, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in Ondo State, says the president-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, would assemble the best qualified Nigerians for good governance in Nigeria. Adetimehin, who described Tinubu as a builder and developer of human resources, applauded the people of the state...
A socio-political group, Ondo Democracy Front, has asked the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to give the position of Deputy Speaker to Ondo State in view of its role in the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect. In a statement on Sunday in Akure by...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has prayed the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss petitions filed by three opposition parties challenging the victory of its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, in the Feb. 25 election. The APC urged the tribunal to discountenance the petitions, in three...
Sen. Obinna Ogba (PDP–Ebonyi Central) has said that the party deservedly lost the 2023 general elections because of mismanagement of affairs by its National Working Committee (NWC). Ogba told a news conference at his Nkalagu hometown in Ishielu Local Government Area that the NWC shot itself in the foot...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun says it welcomes the filing of petition against the re-election of Gov. Dapo Abiodun by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Oladipupo Adebutu. Adebutu and PDP filed a petition challenging the outcome of the March 18 election at the...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Malam Muazu Dansarauniya, has advised the leadership of the party to zone the Senate presidency to the Northwest region. Dansaraunita told newsmen in Kano on Friday that the party in the zone had performed credibly well during the presidential...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun and its governorship candidate at the March 18 election, Mr Ladi Adebutu filed a petition against the outcome of the election on Friday in Abeokuta. Announcing the result of the election on March 19, INEC declared the candidate of the All Progressives...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The North-West Coalition of Youth, a pressure group has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC), to zone Senate Presidency to the North-West Geo-political zone. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by the Chairman of the group, Mr Zakariya Shuibu...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that there is pressure on him to leave Nigeria. Mr Obi, in a statement on Wednesday night, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and some government agencies, of trying to divert the country’s attention from the ills...