Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has described the appeal court’s judgement which reversed his earlier sack by a high court for defection, as a sound defence of Nigeria’s constitution. Umahi made the assertion in Abakaliki while reacting to the judgment of the appeal court sitting in Abuja which on...
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The Court of Appeal, on Friday, vacated the High Court judgment sacking Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi and his Deputy, Dr Eric Igwe, following their defection to the All Progressive Congress, APC. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsanami, held...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that his government would retool Nigeria’s disaster awareness apparatus if given the opportunity. Atiku, according to his verified social media account (Twitter), said this when he visited Yenagoa, the Bayelsa Capital, to have a personal experience...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Tuesday appeared to withdraw his support for the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Mr Ortom accused the PDP candidate of dishonoring him as Governor and working against the interest of Benue residents. His comments came after a group of...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate, All Progressives Congress (APC), says women’s matter will be prioritised if elected the president in the 2023 general elections Tinubu spoke, on Tuesday, at the Voice of Women (VOW) 2022 Conference and Awards organised by Women Radio 91.7FM supported by MacArthur Foundation in Abuja....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto state said it had gained another set of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 General Elections. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North),...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A member of Borno State House of Assembly, representing Nganzai constituency, Hon. Mohammed Ali Gajiram has distanced himself from a purported and re-edited video portraying him to have threatened members of his constituency to cast their votes to candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, did not consult him before he picked members of his campaign council from the state. The governor, who spoke at the inauguration of the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council in Port Harcourt,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Armed thugs have reportedly attacked the campaign train of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor. The incident which happened on Sunday evening at the Ikoga Junction area of Badagry LGA, left several persons...
Nigeria’s problems are essentially civilizational. Contrary to permutations that the 2023 presidential election will be significantly different from the past ones, it is still niche-carving, cult-following, and primordial sentiments that will produce Nigeria’s next president. The 2023 Presidential Election is upon us and surely it will be peculiar in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As the race for 2023 general election gathers momentum, former Minister of Transport and later Youths and Sports, Yusuf Suleiman has been appointed as the Sokoto State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign Director General. Making the announcement on Sundays at the International Conference Center,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation says huge crowds that received its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in Edo and Niger were signs of victory at the 2023 general elections. Spokesman of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state has inaugurated its governorship campaign council for the 2023 General Elections. The party appointed Gov. Aminu Tambuwal as the Chairman of the council and Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, a former Minister of Sports as the Director-General. Inaugurating the council in Sokoto on...
Chief Fred Majemite, a former Governorship Aspirant in Delta, says Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the vast experience to rule the country. Majemite said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He expressed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday congratulated Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on the conferment of the presidential Distinguished Award in Infrastructure Delivery on him. The party congratulated Wike in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State have continued to record cross defections of members ahead of the 2023 General Elections. APC, in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Thursday by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser, New Media to Sen....
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed on Wednesday, warned members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state against anti-party activities. Governor Mohammed gave the warning during the inauguration ceremony of the PDP Presidential and Governorship joint campaign council in the state. The governor assured the people of Bauchi...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State Olajide Adediran better known as Jandor says he is not “surprised” by Governor Nyesom Wike’s endorsement of his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Wike, a PDP chieftain, had on Tuesday endorsed Governor Sanwo-Olu during a visit to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Chairman of All Progressives Congress, (APC), Hon Ali Bukar Dalori has debunked social media reports alleging that there is fracas among APC stakeholders in Borno, which may truncate the success of the ruling party in the forthcoming general elections. Hon. Dalori...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto state has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government in the state of plotting to deny the citizens’ freedom of political choice. Alhaji Isa Sadiq-Achida, the Sokoto State APC Chairman made the allegation in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto...