A former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Osun, Mr Kolapo Alimi, on Wednesday, defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alimi, one of staunch the supporters of the Minister of Interior and former governor of the state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, announced his defection at the PDP secretariat...
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Senate Chief Whip Orji Kalu says he will work for the success of All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential Candidate, Chief Bola Tinubu in the 2023 elections. Kalu told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that he would make for Tinubu, the same level of efforts he devoted to the Senate...
By SAM ADZEGEH, Makurdi – Even as the controversy over the gubernatorial elections in the Benue All Progressives Congress (APC( shifts to the Federal High Court, a similar crisis is currently brewing in the state’s Labour Party (LP) and is likely to also end up in the law courts....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Indications have emerged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has picked the Hovernor of Kano state, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, as the preferred running mate for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 presidential elections. This revelation was contained in a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The support group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO), has appointed the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, as patron. At the presentation of the award, the Director General of the group, Aminu Suleiman, said the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of North-East Concerned Citizens, has described a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Barrister Yakubu Dogara as the best running mate to be picked by Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman of the group, Muhammad...
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has boasted that no political party can wrestle power from the ruling APC. He said APC has brought so much development to the country that it will be difficult for any other political party to defeat it...
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has advised Nigerians to shun religious politics and avoid fanning the embers of ethnicity ahead of the 2023 general elections. The governor gave the advice when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House,...
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari did not suffer any form of constraints in arriving at decisions leading to the smooth conduct of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) party’s primary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu emerged winner of the party’s...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of youths under the auspices of the APC Youth Progressive Forum, has called on the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to pick a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as his running mate in the 2023 election. Speaking at...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dino Melaye, is confident that former President Atiku Abubakar will win the presidential election in 2023. He also declared that Atiku, who is contesting the election on the PDP platform, will beat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – It was celebration galore yesterday in the ancient town of Keffi LGA of Nasarawa State when thousands of supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) defected to the Social Democratic Party ( SDP) spearheaded by an illustrious son of the area, Alhaji Aliyu...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Architect Shehu Tukur has won the Nasarawa West Senatorial election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He defeated Labaran Magaji in a rescheduled primary election that took place last Saturday. The Senatorial candidate of the APC in his post election speech...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMGANI, Bauchi – The National Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Prophet Isa El-Buba, has said that it will be exercise in futility for any political party to present a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket to Nigerians in the 2023 general election. He said the move is...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Stakeholders have called on the party’s leadership to narrow the search for its 2023 Vice Presidential candidate to a northern Christian. Malam Aliyu Audu, National Coordinator of the group, made the call at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. He added that...
When Lord Aton, the British historian, stated that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely he had some leaders like Governor Dave Umahi in mind. The governor of Ebonyi State reminds one a lot about the Lord of the Manor, the English lord who enjoyed manorial rights (the rights...
The former Secretary General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr Anthony Sani, has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to run a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential race. Sani give the advice while interacting with some newsmen on Monday in Jos, adding that a Muslim-Muslim ticket would...
Barring any last-minute changes, APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, will on Wednesday, June 15, and Tuesday, June 14, unveil their running mates for the 2023 Presidential election. According to reports, Tinubu will conclude his consultations with APC Governors on Tuesday, June 14, and...
President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the week appraised the series of consultations held so far towards getting a widely acceptable presidential standard bearer for the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). The president, who met with members of the National Advisory Council of the APC on June 5,...