Before sheathing its sword, the G7, led by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, is insisting on fairness, justice, and all-inclusive party membership, and is demanding 55 percent of the party structure. After rejecting the party structure sharing formula released for Kano in a letter to the party headquarters on February 7, the faction forwarded another letter to the APC headquarters titled: ” …
On Thursday, Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, announced his intention to run for re-election in 2023 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Gov. Abiodun made the announcement in the executive council chambers of his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, after receiving the nomination form purchased for him by his kinsmen and women under the auspices of the …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the former Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Bayelsa State, for the party’s House of Representatives primary election on May 12 for the 2023 National Assembly elections. After a screening in Yenagoa, the state capital, the PDP committee led by Edward Pwajok cleared Iworiso-Markson to run for the party’s Ogbia Federal …
New state executives have been elected by the Adamawa State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Through affirmation at party congresses held in Yola, the state capital, the party has also chosen executives for the 21 local government areas and 226 wards. Following the Congress, Abubakar Dogara, the Chairman of the Electoral Panel, announced Alhaji Abubakar Yusuf as the …
Former President Goodluck Jonathan will not be able to run for president in 2023, according to human rights lawyer Femi Falana. He based his argument on constitutional provisions that prevent the ex-president from running for re-election. This comes as pressure mounts on Jonathan to run for president. He is said to have finalised plans to join the ruling All Progressives …
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Enugu State, has urged the state’s party leadership to ensure a transparent primary ahead of the 2023 election. This was stated by the former Deputy Senate President during a meeting with PDP leaders in the state on Tuesday. A free and fair primary, according to Ekweremadu, would ensure justice, equity, …
The race for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket appears to be dividing into a three-horse race between Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, Bola Tinubu, the party’s National Leader, and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Others have declared, including Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, Ebonyi Governor Dave Umahi, Cross River Governor Ben Ayade, Sen Orji Uzor Kalu, and …
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State paid N100 million on Tuesday for the purchase of nomination forms to run for president in 2023 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Bello was the first aspirant to officially buy the form, according to Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Council Director of Media and Publicity, Yemi Kolapo, who added that …
Bianca Ojukwu, the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s wife, has stated that she was not present at the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) campaign flag-off in Awka, Anambra State’s capital, at the weekend to protest alleged ill-treatment of her late husband by the party’s leadership. Charles Soludo, the APGA’s governorship candidate in Anambra State for the November 6, 2021 election, …
Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a former Special Adviser to Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will not give its presidential ticket to a candidate from the Southeast. There are no indications, according to Yakasai, that the APC presidential candidates will come from the Southeast. The Kano State APC chieftain stated that the party would prefer …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is holding state congresses today, ahead of the party’s much-anticipated national convention. The congresses will be held in Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Kebbi, Borno, Kogi, Osun, Kwara, and Ebonyi states, according to reports. Remember that in July, the National Working Committee (NWC) approved the timetable and schedule of activities for the nine state party congresses in …
President Muhammadu Buhari has voiced outrage and disgust over what he called”the heinous murder of Adamawa politician, Ahmed Gulak, in Owerri, Imo State by yet to be identified gunmen.” Ahmed Gulak has been an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain. In his reaction to the evolution on Sunday, the president said: “I am repulsed by this premeditated and gruesome murder of …
Gunmen, alleged to be in military uniform, yesterday shot dead an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Ahmed Gulak, in Owerri, Imo State. After the assassination, the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has called on Governor Hope Uzodimma to immediately bring the killers to justice. The youths gave only fourteen days to perform the investigation or risk being declared persona …
On May 29, 1999, when President Olusegun Obasanjo was inaugurated as president after about 16 decades of military interregnum, positive excitements swept through the nation from urban centres to rural areas; from Lagos to Maiduguri. But 22 years later, each expectation conceived in 1999 was aborted, and the Motherland is now in a very critical condition, facing the danger of …
From the twinkling of an eye, a guy elected President of an entire nation turns into a sectional pioneer, championing only the origin of his own Fulani ethnic group amid bloodbath and mounting poverty in his country. This sums up President Muhammadu Buhari’s six years of clannishness, ineptitude and mismanagement, leading to boundless killings and pains across the country. From …
The lawmaker was suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly insulting the Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar in a social media article on Facebook. It is understood that Kazaure accused Governor Badaru of nominating chairmen and councillors candidates to the coming local government elections without primaries or some other consensus as guided by the party constitution. Naija …
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has dissolved this cabinet. Ugbala said only 23 from the 106 members of this council was kept, at the dissolution, which he explained is the initial stage. He explained the Governor chose so as to reorganize the council to get optimum performance. This is the first time Governor Umahi has dissolved his cabinet because he …
Video of Nigeria Army jubilating over the appointment of new chief of staff https://youtu.be/k45an26ln9U On Thursday afternoon, Yahaya’s appointment was announced using a statement by the Nigerian Defence Headquarters, signed by Onyema Nwachukwu, the acting manager of defence information. The 55-year-old has been the General Officer Commanding 1 Section of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of this …
Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has said that his chief, President Muhammadu Buhari, isn’t considering running for a third semester in 2023. Shehu revealed the burning of channels and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will not prevent the 2023 general elections. The Presidential spokesperson said this on Tuesday during …
The vice-chairman of both NGF and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal who talked in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state funding on Thursday reported the governors are committed to the liberty and independence of the judiciary in the general interest of the country’s democracy. Tambuwal stated Buhari was Ill-advised in issuing the order that lacked judicial freedom for states, describing …
