Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that he and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike did not meet in France. Tinubu had just returned from a trip to the European country to continue high-level engagements with stakeholders. However, a Lagos State APC chieftain, Joe Igbokwe, claimed the two met. In a statement …
The Action Alliance (AA) presidential candidate, Hamza Al-Mustapha, has stated that he has no regrets about working with late President Sani Abacha. Al-Mustapha was the late dictator’s Aide-de-Camp (ADC). Abacha was Nigeria’s president from 1993 until his death on June 8, 1998. Speaking on Channels Television on Friday, Al-Mustapha, who is accused of plotting at least four coups from prison, …
On Thursday in Lagos, the Action Alliance (AA) leadership denied rumours of a lawsuit being filed against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. In a statement, Mr Adekunle Omoaje, National Chairman of AA, stated that the APC presidential standard bearer had not committed any offence that would warrant the party filing a court case against him. …
According to sources within the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the candidate for president of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), rejected a suggestion that he choose either Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi state, or Ahmad Lawan, the Senate president. In order to convince the former governor of Lagos state to pick them as his running mate, Lawan and Bello, …
The All Progressives Congress, or APC, in Imo State has urged party supporters in the State to ignore a fictitious letter that surfaced online and purported to reinstate Dan Nwafor, a member of the political family of Senator Rochas Okorocha, as the State Party Chairman. This was stated by the state’s ruling APC in a statement that was signed by …
Three candidates for governor from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alhaji Aminu Achida, speaker of the Sokoto State House of Assembly. The PDP vice presidential candidate and Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa welcomed the defectors on Sunday in Sokoto State. Former Minister of Sports Yusuf Suleiman, Alhaji Abubakar Gumbi, …
In order to defend themselves against bandits, the Zamfara State Government has ordered residents to buy firearms. The state government of Zamfara State claimed in a statement signed by Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, the state’s commissioner for information, that the instruction was necessary due to an increase in bandit activity in the state’s various regions and the government’s commitment to providing …
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has requested that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, extend the period for voter registration. Keyamo, who announced this on Friday via his Twitter account, claimed that the new voters would be split between the ruling party, the main opposition, and the others. The registration period for voters should be …
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that the Plateau State Commissioner of Lands, Survey, and Town Planning, Mr. Yakubu Dati, believes that the Governor of Plateau State, Hon. Simon Lalong, is the best candidate to be chosen among Christian aspirants. In a statement he gave to reporters on Tuesday, Dati noted that Lalong …
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization’s Lagos State chapter has denied rumours that it supported Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, ahead of the 2023 elections. The chapter’s president, Sunday Ossai, claimed that the untrue rumour that the Ohanaeze in Lagos had dumped Obi for Tinubu came straight from the pit …
Kefas Agbu, the PDP’s candidate for governor in Taraba State, still has work to do because one of the candidates in the recently held primaries has petitioned the Federal High Court in Jalingo for justice. Professor Jerome Nyame, the candidate, insisted that the party’s nominee had not submitted any nomination or expression of interest paperwork and had not undergone screening …
The Delta State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has chosen Monday John Onyeme, the chairman of the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, to run as the party’s deputy governor candidate in place of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori. Onyeme and the governorship candidate will run together on the party’s joint ticket as the PDP’s flagbearers in the 2023 …
On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari explained why he defied the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in refusing to remove the country’s fuel subsidies. Despite the Bretton Wood institutions’ repeated calls for it to be removed, the President said in an interview with Bloomberg News that eliminating the fuel subsidy was becoming increasingly untenable. In January, the federal …
Three Nigerian senators who were elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform have resigned from the ruling party. Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Yahaya Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Bauchi South) are among the lawmakers (Edo North). Read Also: Breaking: House Steps down Motion to Override Buhari’s Veto on Statutory Delegates Gumau, on the other hand, defected …
Prince Kassim Afegbua, an Edo State politician, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP. According to reports, Afegbua served as a campaign spokesman for Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. However, Afegbua has a rift with the opposition party’s presidential candidate for 2023. In a letter to the PDP Chairman, Ward 5 Okpella, Edo State, Afegbua announced his …
Following the resignation of Malam Zubairu Massu, who defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party, the Kano State House of Assembly elected Alhaji Kabiru Dashi (APC-Kiru) as deputy speaker (NNPP). According to NAN, Dashi was elected after being nominated by Mr Sale Marke (APC-Dawakin-Tofa) in plenary on Monday. Mr Nuhu Achika (APC-Wudil) seconded the nomination, and the lawmakers confirmed his …
Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State, has been chastised by the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) for accepting Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s nomination as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the upcoming 2023 general elections. According to the group, Governor Okowa, who is currently the chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum and a native of …
Senator James Akpanudoedehe, who recently defected from the ruling party and is now the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Akwa Ibom State, tells OLUWAFEMI MORGAN why he left the ruling party and his chances in his new party. Why did you leave the All Progressives Congress, where you were a high-ranking member and the secretary of …
As Ekiti State elects its next governor today, party leaders and the electorate have high hopes for the use of new electronic devices in the election. In the poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that results would be transmitted electronically and that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) would be used. Mr Jackson Adebayo, a spokesman for Segun …
Doyin Okupe has been proposed as Peter Obi’s running mate by the Labour Party. However, it was discovered that Okupe’s name was submitted in order to beat the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) June 17 deadline for political parties. Okupe, the Director-General of the Peter Obie Campaign, will serve as a placeholder until the party’s stakeholders agree on a suitable …
