Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has clinched the Kebbi Central Senatorial ticket for All Progressives Congress (APC). Declaring the election result held at Haliru Abdu Secretariat, Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, the Returning Officer, Mrs Kelechi Njoku said Bagudu scored 455 votes to be the winner of the election....
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Police in Taraba State on Saturday rescued the four members of the committee to conduct primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Senate and House of Representatives from being lynched. Aggrieved party members waylaid the quartet at Pupile, a community between Yola and Jaingo, having gotten wind...
Claim: A website (https://freeclaim-it.online/Osinbajogrants) impersonating Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and promising grants in his name. The site asked users to share their information via WhatsApp to get the grant. Clicking on the link to the website directs one to a page containing an image of Prof. Osinbajo...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has on Saturday, thanked delegates and party stakeholders following the victory of Senator Kashim Shettima at the primaries for Borno Central Senatorial election. Shettima won unopposed with 479 votes cast by delegates at an election that...
The Peoples Democratic Party has frowned on INEC’s decision to extend the deadline for party primaries by six days. PDP spokesperson, Mr Debo Ologungba, said INEC has changed the goalpost in the middle of the game, stressing that certainty of elections is the bedrock of democracy. He was speaking...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the State House Assembly primaries in Nasarawa state over alleged tampering with the authentic list of delegates in the state. Dr John Mamman, Nasarawa state APC chairman, in a press conference on Friday in Lafia, said the party was sad after discovering...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has faulted the ongoing political party primaries across the country because it lacks standard practice and the process has failed Jonathan stated this on Thursday during a book launch titled “Political Party Governance” authored by Dr. Mohammed Wakil, a former Minister of State for Power....
A member of the Taraba State APC governorship primary electoral committee has been shot and is in critical condition at a hospital. Chairman of the Committee, Lawrence Onuchukwu, informed journalists of the development at the Police Headquarters in Jalingo, the state capital on Thursday night. A protest had erupted...
Says rebuilding Borno more urgent By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has been declared winner of the APC governorship primaries ahead of the forthcoming general elections in 2023. Uba Maigari Ahmadu, Chairman of the APC Governorship and House of Assembly primaries for Borno State,...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Few hours to the commencement of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State, one of the eight aspirants, Muhammad Al-Amin, has withdrawn from the race. Al-Amin while speaking to journalists at a press conference held on Thursday at the NUJ Secretariat...
By EJIROGHENE BARRETT, Asaba – The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries held in Asaba on Wednesday resulted in a major upset as the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, emerged as the party’s choice for the top job, defeating former...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved a revised timetable and schedule of activities for its governorship, House of Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives primary elections. APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday...
The race to the 2023 presidential elections is becoming intense and defining as it poses a vital phase for rethinking Nigeria’s survival and reality of the future from May 29, 2023 when a new set of leaders that will pilot the affairs of Nigeria will be inaugurated. Many have...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A youth group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State under the aegis of “Coalition of APC Groups” has accused the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Social Development and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouk, of financially inducing delegates of the party to vote for...
Some women in Kogi State, on Monday, staged a peaceful protest in Lokoja, demanding support for Mrs Adedoyin Eshanumi, the only woman aspiring for Kogi West senatorial seat on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). They insisted that Gov. Yahaya Bello must use his influence and position to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly has sympathized with the All Progressive Congress (APC) supporters over the recent stampede that took place in Biu Town during his recent tour of his senatorial district. It will...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed a new date for the screening of its presidential aspirants for the 2023 general elections. This was announced by the National Organising Secretary of the party, Suleiman Argungu, on Monday in Abuja. He said the party will be screening the 28 presidential...
Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, withdrew the suit he filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation over his presidential ambition. Emefiele, through his counsel, S.T. Maliki, told Justice Ahmed Mohammed that a notice of discontinuance had...
Dear Party delegates, Nigerians have come a long way together and have more to lose dividing now. However, the components that make up Nigeria must first unite and resolve all the contradictions in nationhood to make way for development. Give me a moment or two to share some thoughts with...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The APC National Leader and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu has assured the people of Borno that if he is elected as the next President of Nigeria come 2023, he will exploit all the state’s natural endowment especially oil exploration and resuscitation of the Lake...