The race for the Speakership of the 10th Assembly has begun in earnest, following the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the poll, which produced Sen. Bola Tinubu as the President-elect on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
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‘Tinubu’s victory stands’ was the declaration of the Presidency as it replied to PDP, LP, and others on 9th March 2023, in a press conference. The Presidency has said despite the alleged shoddy and shady conduct of the presidential election and the harsh criticism against the Independent National Electoral...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency says the recently conducted presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023, was an improvement on past elections and due credit should be given to the government and people of this country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President, (Media & Publicity), Malam...
Across the land, Bola Tinubu is fondly called Asiwaju— the Lagos title for a leader, it depicts his strong character. Bola Tinubu is highly-talented in getting talents out of unexpected. Haven identified many talents to the development of Lagos and those talents, it was time to rally round him...
Mr Simon Egboh, Labour Party Ward Chairman in Bunyia/Okubuchi Ward, Boki Local Government Area, Cross River, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Egboh announced the defection on Monday in Boki LGA during the campaign tour of Mr Hilary Bisong, a lawmaker representing Boki 2 in the Cross...
Alhaji Garba Yusuf, Deputy Spokesman, APC Gubernatorial Campaign Council in Kano State has assured that the party would sweep the Governorship and State House of Assembly election with landslide victory. Garba told journalists on Monday in Kano that the credibility of APC governorship flagbearer, Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna and his running...
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged its National Assembly (NASS) members-elect to play down on issues of zoning and leadership of the 10th Assembly. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker, House of Representatives, and Ali Ndume (APC Borno-South), spoke with State House correspondents on Monday after the...
Ahead of the March 18 Governorship/House of Assembly election, Mr Isaac Omodewu, the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, says members of five pro-PDP groups have defected to the party. Omodewu, who made this known on Monday in Ibadan, while receiving the defectors to the party, said...
Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery
Osun poll: Oyetola asks Appeal Court to declare Adeleke unqualified over alleged certificate forgery
Mr Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, asked the Court of Appeal, Abuja to declared Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun unqualified to have contested the July 16, 2022 poll in which he emerged as winner over alleged certificate forgery. Oyetola, whose candidacy in the poll...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says he will continue to support the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr Sheriff Oborevwori. He told newsmen in Asaba on Monday that his decision was premised on the fact that Oborevwori was democratically elected at the party’s...
Members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday staged a protest against an alleged intimidation by the traditional ruler of Imota area of Ikorodu, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the mammoth crowd of protesters carried placards with different inscriptions like “Election is not war”, “Stop cursing...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun. The three-member panel led by Justice M. F. Shuaibu, after listening to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, some first term senators-elect from North East and North Central are rooting for the emergence of former Abia state Governor and Senate’s Majority Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the next senate President, describing him as bridge...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked a news report published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, alleging that he has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Mr. Emefiele debunked the report in a statement...
The Tinubu Shettima Diaspora Network (TSDN), an APC support group, has appealed to Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, to consider loyalty, commitment and competence in selecting members of his cabinet. Dr Uche Ogbonnaya, the group’s Director-General, made the appeal while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned commercial banks against granting loan request by Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, whose tenure will end on May 29. The Director of Communications, Alia/Ode Campaign Organisation, Mr Tersoo Kula, said this in a statement on Saturday in Makurdi. Kula alleged that the...
Former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has called on Rivers residents to go all out, vote and support Tonye Cole, the APC gubernatorial candidate of the state on March 18. A statement from Amaechi’s media office said he made the call when he visited the Northern community in Rivers....
A former APC Presidential aspirant, Chief Stanley Osifo, says Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu deserves reelection to sustain his commendable trajectories in Lagos State. Osifo, in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, commended Sanwo-Olu’s developmental strides and constant engagement with residents, the business habitat and other inhabitants of the state. “Many...
Kwara women led by female government cabinet members and ruling APC candidates held a rally on Saturday in Ilorin to mobilise support for the re-election of Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Organisers listed the rally as part of activities to mark the 2023 International Women’s Day, which held on March 8....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (COCSON) and National Association of Nigerian Youths Leaders (NANYL) have called on the leadership of the APC and the red chamber of the National Assembly to consider electing Senator Osita Izunaso as the next Senate President....