By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has led candidates and stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress, APC, to campaign rallies in five local government areas in northern Borno senatorial zone. The LGAs were Monguno, which is political headquarters of northern Borno and four other LGAs:...
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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has denied a claim that it is in alliance with a political party regarding the forthcoming general polls. The party National Publicity Secretary, Rufus Aiyenigba, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, urged members of the public to disregard the “false claim“ saying...
The Leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has visited and consulted the home of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, foremost Igbo leader and the Ezeigbo Gburugburu of Igbo land. The delegation, led by Chief Emma Eneukwu, Deputy National Chairman of APC (South), came to Ojukwu’s home...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking an order to disqualify Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State from contesting the state governorship election later this year. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit for being incompetent and an...
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor has vowed to end what he described as the 24-year monopoly of a former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu. “We will come in and do things differently. The problem...
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, said in Enugu on Wednesday that Nigeria is so blessed that her citizens needed not to seek greener pastures elsewhere. Tinubu, who made the declaration while addressing a campaign rally, said there is no country like Nigeria in Africa,...
The Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Canada, Mr Omololu Akpata, has said that victory for Sen. Bola Tinubu at the presidential polls would stop exodus of Nigerian citizens abroad. In a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from Canada on Wednesday, Akpata said that the...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu says he will stand as surety for the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu if granted bail again. “I will stand surety for him (Kanu) if the Federal Government wants to release him to me,”...
President Muhammadu Buhari, has urged the Adamawa people to vote massively for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election, for posterity. Buhari said this at the APC presidential campaign rally in Yola on Monday, urging them to also vote for the...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke has assured the people of the state that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), remain the only viable option to restore the country’s lost glory and should be voted into power in 2023 elections. Senator Imoke, who is...
The ancient town of Yola in Adamawa is full of activities as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to arrive the state for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari is expected to arrive the Yola International Airport by 10.30...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked media reports that its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar was flown to London, over health challenges. The spokesperson and Director, Public Affairs, PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Sen. Dino Melaye, stated this in a statement in Abuja. Dino...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The lawmaker representing Nasarawa South at the National Assembly, Sen. Umaru Al-Makura (APC), has expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari, for approving the establishment of a Federal Teaching Hospital, in Lafia. Sen. Al-Makura, who is the immediate past governor of Nasarawa State, gave the...
With less than 50 days to the presidential election, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, took a swipe at his co-contender in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, over his antecedents. Amid some criticism, Obi has remained unapologetic about his efforts to...
The Police Command in Adamawa has deployed additional assets to ensure a hitch-free visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state. The command also ordered officers to display high level of professionalism and respect for human rights. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesman, disclosed this in a statement issued...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council is targeting over 500,000 votes for 2023 general election. The state Chairman of APC, Alphonsus Ogar Eba, disclosed this on Friday at the party’s secretariat in Calabar, the state capital. According...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has kicked against denying political parties access to government-owned facilities in the ongoing campaign rallies in the state and the nation at large. He instructed the Ministry of Youth and Sports to grant the Labour Party (LP) the use of the State stadium for...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has dismissed claims mostly circulating on the social media, suggesting that 11 governors under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), are secretly meeting with the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku...
The Former Speaker, Kogi House of Assembly, Alfa Imam, on Thursday led scores of supporters of the ruling APC to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former speaker described their defection as “decisive” and “a step in the right...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, Thursday, dismissed the notion of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) firm grip of the state. He told journalists after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja that “Delta is very ripe for...