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...
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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...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Benue State Governor-elect, Hyacinth Alia, at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Wednesday. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with the president, Alia frowned at the condition of the Benue State civil service. According to him, the state’s civil...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The executives of the Kukadi/Gundari Ward of the All Progressives Congress in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, have expelled the State Chairman of the Party, Babayo Misau, for alleged engagement in anti- party activities during the March 18th governorship election. The Ward...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, Abuja that six aggrieved applicants who challenged the party’s Feb. 7 election to nominate delegates for Kogi governorship primaries were not its members. Counsel to APC, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, who told Justice James Omotosho in a preliminary...
Many persons have been feared killed after gunmen on Sunday invaded communities in Oganenigu Ward of Dekina Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State. Authorities suspect that the assailants were herdsmen. Sources say the invaders stormed the communities shooting sporadically, and burning hundreds of houses in the early morning...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River wants all those elected at the just-concluded general elections to work together, irrespective of party affiliations, to move the state forward. APC chairman in the state, Mr Alphonsus Eba, gave the charge on Monday in Calabar when he spoke with the...
Mr Samuel Adaga, a Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, on Sunday urged the party to review the strategy that gave the party victory in 2019 or risk losing the Nov. 11 gubernatorial poll. Adaga, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Some Muslim clerics on Sunday said that the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, would write his name in gold if he focused on delivering his campaign promises to the people and did not derail. The clerics made the submission at the Companion’s 10th Annual Ramadan Lecture, organised by the Alimosho...
A group- PL-25: Twenty-five APC Progressive Leaders, has endorsed Ahmed Wase, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, as its preferred candidate for 10th Speaker of the House. Mr Lekan Ogunleke, the Secretary of the group said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Elections, has distanced himself from a purported audio recording of a telephone conversation between him and Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide. Obi said the audio recording is a product of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed no fewer than nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend its conduct of the February 25, 2023, presidential election. The team, according to City Lawyer, is to be led by former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A support group, Tinubu Vanguard, has endorsed Sen. Godswill Akpabio as the 10th Senate President of Nigeria. The Director-General of Tinubu Vanguard, Dr Johnny Benjamin, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to Benjamin, a proper analysis of the current political...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi has assured Nigerians and the global community that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will perform creditably well in his tenure. Maigari who premised his assertion on the fact that, Tinubu has unimaginable leadership qualities, added that,...
A two-term Lagos lawmaker of Igbo extraction, Mr Jude Idimogu, says politicians against the victory of Sen. Bola Tinubu at the Feb. 25 Presidential election must avoid actions capable of truncating democracy. Idimogu, representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, told the News Agency of...
The Amalgamated All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups (AASG) has dissociated itself from its former Director-General, Dr Nasiru Ladan. The group has said anyone who does business with him on behalf of the group does so at his own risk. The Deputy Director-General of the group, Hajiya Maryam Danjaki, made this known on...
The Kano State Government on Friday said Gov. Abdulhahi Ganduje is still in charge of the administration of the state. The government also advised the Governor-elect, Malam Abba Yusuf, to restraint himself from issuing official pronouncements in form of public advisory in order not to cause unnecessary confusion in...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has slammed a fine of N5 million on Channels Television for breaking the broadcasting law in a programme with Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party Vice Presidential candidate. This is contained in a letter addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of the television station and...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has queried the silence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in responding to a petition submitted by the party. The petition was submitted following alleged irregularities in the gubernatorial election conducted in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Mr Oyakhilome Bello, APC United States National Youth Leader, says the call by some individuals to protest the emergence of Sen.Bola Tinubu as President-elect on April 3 in the U.S has no merit. Bello who is also the Deputy Director North America Youth Wing Campaign Council said this in...