Senator Gershom Bassey while reacting to the outcome of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in an interview with PATRICK ABANG spoke on the chances of the opposition People’s Democratic Party PDP in Cross River State. Except: What is your reaction on the poor performance of PDP...
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The President-Elect, Bola Tinubu has set up committees to meet aggrieved presidential candidates to start the “healing process”. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and a member of the committees disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde. He said a Committee of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu winner of Feb. 25 presidential election. Tinubu, who was former Governor of Lagos State, garnered a total votes of 8,794,726 to defeat his major rivals; Atiku Abubakar of the...
The flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is in the lead in Nigeria’s keenly contested presidential election with official results coming in from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. According to results presented by state collation officers for the presidential election (SCOPs)...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has emerged winner of Saturday’s election in Niger by scoring 375,183 votes from the 778,668 valid votes cast in the state. The State Collation Officer for Presidential Election (SCOPE) , Prof. Clement Alawa, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) Academic,...
Mr Christopher Imumolen, the Presidential Candidate of Accord Party, said Tinubu, Atiku and Obi all served Nigeria as youths and as such, they should allow youths now to contest and serve Nigeria in various capacities. Imumolen said this during his campaign on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ifeanyi Okowa, has assured that if they are voted into office, they would drive away the hunger and the insecurity Nigerians are currently facing. He said that they understand the problems the country is presently...
The primary purpose of government is the welfare and safety of the citizenry through provision of security, policies and programmes that would enhance their well being, and address their challenges in various ways. This is trite, not in this clime, it beggars repeating. At this time in Nigeria, one...
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) on Saturday urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop playing politics with the new Naira policy and challenges Nigerians faced in accessing the new notes. Alhaji Yerima Shettima, the National President of the AYCF, in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, frowned...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) naira re-design is ill timed. Mr Bayo Onanuga,Director, Media and Publicity APC PCC said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “The naira re-design policy has become a burden too heavy to...
It is morning on 26th February 2023 in Nigeria. The previous day, the nation stood still, as voters queued at their polling stations to exercise their civic duties to elect Nigerian’s next President. With the new BVAS, the voting, collating and transmission of votes were concluded speedily. The political...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and his counterpart in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso do not pose a threat to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is according to a spokesman for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Charles...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says its Presidential Candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has neither met nor discussed with his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opponent, Atiku Abubakar or his representatives, on any working relationship on 2023 presidential election. The spokesperson, Kwankwaso/NNPP Presidential Campaign Council, Ladipo...
Alhaji Alhassan Bawu, the Bauchi State campaign director of the Labour Party (LP), Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has dumped the party to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He switched camp to the PDP alongside other officials of party in the North-East. Bawu stated this at a news conference in...
Ready to Lead Africa, a civil society organisation, on Monday said it would lead Presidential Candidates to commit against exploiting youths for violence ahead of the General Elections. Mr Godbless Otubure, Founder, Ready to Lead Africa, made this known at a news conference, themed: “Youth-led Presidential Peace Accord and...
Chief Femi Babalola, Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, says decision of the five governors under the aegis of G-5, will not affect chances of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the party’s presidential candidate, in the state. Babalola told journalists in Ibadan on Monday that Atiku would...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) alleged on Sunday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had recruited social media actors to mount campaign of calumny against it and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) made the allegation...
Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is to address the people of South-West region on his political ambition on Tuesday in Ibadan. Kwankwaso is to feature at a Presidential parley organised by the South-West Development Stakeholders Forum (SWDSF) This is contained in...
Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, says he decided to align with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has breached its Constitution, by subverting the principle of power rotation. Nnamani said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the PDP’s constitution prescribed that key political offices...
What began as a promising campaign season is about to end up as a roving circus of political emperors and their minions. As the campaigns for next month’s elections wind down, we probably now have a convenient summation of the surreal experience. We might as well call it ‘the...