The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused former Senate President Bukola Saraki of rewriting history in a bid to claim credit for the United States of America’s deal with Nigeria on the purchase of the Super Tucano light-attack aircraft for the ongoing war against insurgency. This is in the...
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Former Governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja has decried the exorbitant fees charged for nomination forms by the two major political parties in the country, saying it would encourage corruption. Ladoja made the disclosure on Monday while fielding questions from journalists at his Ibadan residence. The News Agency of...
A founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Osita Okechukwu, says Nigerians should hold the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) responsible if the 2023 Presidency is not zoned to the South. He said APC has been watching with studied interest the desperation of PDP to prey on President...
The National Association of Nigerian Students has vowed it will not allow any political party hold a convention in Abuja to select any presidential candidate. The NANS President, Sunday Asefon, who disclosed this in a statement, said the reason for its stance is due to the ongoing strike by...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the preferred candidate of Nigerians to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. This was revealed by a recent nationwide survey carried out by the Intellectual Forum on Politics and Governance(IFP&G). The survey, which was carried out by the group in February, indicated that Osinbajo...
A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed his loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC. Amaechi, in a statement, said this at a consultative meeting with executives, delegates and other party faithful at the Rivers APC Secretariat on Friday....
The Media Subcommittee of the Convention Planning Committee of the APC has described as strange news and totally untrue, the media report that the subcommittee spent N800 million at the party’s convention. The Media Subcommittee was headed by Gov. Abdullahi Sulaiman of Nassarawa and co-chaired by Alhaji Lai Mohammed,...
A former President of the Senate, Sen. Ken Nnamani, on Friday, formally declared his interest in the 2023 presidential race on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). Nnanani, while making the declaration in Abuja, called for reduction in the nomination fees for elective offices. He also urged Independent...
Minister of Transportation and 2023 presidential aspirant, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, met with the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Lagos to seek its support. Amaechi said he was in Lagos to seek support though he knew that the state is the base of APC...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has condemned supporters of a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for describing the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, as a traitor and betrayer for declaring to run for...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Wednesday, picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for presidential race, saying he is not intimidated by anyone. Bello who was the first aspirant to pay the N100 million fee for the forms, told newsmen shortly after picking...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi state, has described the judgement which declared the seat of the immediate Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, vacant for defecting from the party, as victory for democracy. The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, declared...
A clergyman, Felix Aluko, says former President Goodluck Jonathan will be returned to Aso Rock, Abuja if he decides to vie for the 2023 Presidential Election. Aluko, the senior pastor of the Resurrected Assembly (GROM), made the prophetic declaration on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that Jonathan would return...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu says he may withdraw from contesting to be the president of Nigeria if major political parties don’t zone their tickets to the South-East. Kalu in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja, however, said that it was his desire...
A political pressure group, Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPD), has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt former president Goodluck Jonathan, as the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Ralph Okorie, who made the call...
Mrs Sally William-Chinebu, former South East Zonal Woman Leader, APC has advised female technocrats to sensitise grassroots electorates to resist money politics for emergence of credible leaders. William-Chinebu, Country Director, Nigerian Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus made the call at the maiden virtual workshop of Coalition of Professional Women in...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has endorsed the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Francis Nwifuru as his successor. The endorsement was contained in a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Francis Nwaze and made available to newsmen on Saturday....
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says he has garnered enough experience to lead Nigeria as the president come 2023. He made the disclosure on Friday in Ibadan during a parley with Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo had...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency in Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Despite its denial, the Tinubu campaign team has been unmasked as sponsor of the blasphemous campaign posters against Professor Yemi Osinbajo, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is according to a statement issued on Thursday by The Director of Media & Publicity, Osinbajo...