The leaders of the Middle Belt communities and delegates known as the Southern and Middle Belt Alliance have endorsed the presidential ambition of the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Other groups that also endorsed the former governor of Anambra State in a communique read by Rev. Aminchu Adamu, at the …
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed to expose politicians planning to loot the country in 2023. Wike said he would soon expose dubious candidates aspiring to take over the country’s presidency in 2023. He disclosed this on Monday at the official flag-off of the construction of the internal roads at Rumuesara, Eneka town in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area …
Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern over the meeting of some PDP governors with presidential candidates of other parties, saying such politicking is likely to confuse PDP supporters. The party therefore called on the national leadership of the party to call for an all-inclusive meeting with its governors on the need to close ranks …
A political pressure group, the Protectors of Shettima Legacy, has condemned the deliberate attempt to malign and impugn the person and character of the APC Vice-Presidential Candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima by fifth columnists. The group noted that Shettima’s emergence as the APC Vice-Presidential Candidate has indeed unsettled the political opposition, who have gone into an overdrive to dig up dirt …
Akin Osuntokun, a former aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Labour Party (LP). He is now the South West leader of the party, according to an announcement on Obidient TV, widely shared in the social media. The statement described Osuntokun as a political scientist and researcher with experience in media …
Nigerians in the U.S. are to host the Labour Party’s flag-bearer for the 2023 Nigeria presidential election, Peter Obi, in five U.S. states. Obi announced his engagement with Nigerians in the U.S in a video posted on social media, which according to him, will start from Wednesday Aug. 31 to Saturday, Sept. 3. “I’m a guest speaker on the Role …
The Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal has granted leave to the All Progressives Congress, APC, to inspect INEC documents and other forms used for the conduct of the June 18, Governorship election in Ekiti State. Earlier, Kabir Akingbolu, holding the brief of Chief Akin Olujimi, SAN, brought a motion exparte in pursuant to Section 6(6) of the Constitution of the …
The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof. Rufai Alkali, has quashed insinuations that the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso is working for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It was reported that speaking with journalists in Abuja at the weekend, Prof. Alkali said …
Fresh facts have emerged about Bola Tinubu’s meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in London, United Kingdom (UK) last week. It was learned that Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) showed “zero commitment”, as it was alleged that he declined to commit to all of Wike’s conditions before they can work together during …
By Ozioruva Aliu A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as part of the national reconciliation efforts after the party’s presidential primary election a few days ago called a stakeholders meeting in Edo State and thereafter had a chat with journalists. What is the essence of this stakeholders’ meeting The whole idea is to …
A former House of Representatives member, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has claimed that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, now controls the northern votes of President Muhammadu Buhari. Jibrin stated this during an interview with Channels Television on Friday. Recently, there have been speculations that Kwankwaso might ask his supporters to vote for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, …
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday said the meetings his team held with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and some presidential candidates were in national interest and nothing personal as widely believed. The governor, who spoke with journalists at the Port Harcourt International Airport when he returned from the United Kingdom on Friday, was accompanied by the governors of Benue …
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday said it would punish political parties found to be violating electoral timelines as well as provisions of the new Electoral Act 2022 (as amended), especially during the 2023 elections. The commission also maintained its ground not to jettison electronic transmission of results and revert to manual process and would not lower the bar …
Kingsley Wali, a good governance activist, stated at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference that Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Kashim Shettima violated electoral law. According to Wali, the vice presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and All Progressives Congress (APC) turned the event into a campaign ground. Borno Central Senator Shettima represented APC flagbearer …
In this interview with ABIODUN NEJO, Raphael Adeyanju, Publicity Secretary of the Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party, says the PDP’s stakeholders in the state are only interested in returning the party to its members and strengthening it so that it can win future elections. Your party lost the governorship election on June 18th. What was the cause and what was …
The Peter Obi Support Network has reacted to the meeting between former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Naija News had earlier reported that the trio met in London on Thursday and the meeting had in attendance some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party …
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, met with the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi; and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London. Although details of the meeting were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, It was learnt that it was part of negotiations ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Wike attended the meeting …
Accord Party has announced a former Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Bello Bala Maru, as the running mate to Accord’s presidential candidate, Prof. Christopher Imumolen. This was contained in a press statement on Thursday where the party maintained that they arrived at the choice of Maru after due consultations and realisation of his powerful political clout in the northern …
Heavily armed security personnel of the Nigeria Police Force have reportedly arrested the leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Borno State. Reports reaching Naija News at the moment revealed that the personnel on Thursday (today), stormed and took over the party’s secretariat in Maiduguri, the state capital. Information about the event is still sketchy at the moment. …
Victor Oye, National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, has urged all party members in Nigeria and the Diaspora to pray fervently for the Anambra State House of Assembly, pleading for God’s mercy to stop the hand of death that has killed two of its members in three months. On Wednesday, it was reported that House Majority Leader Nnamdi …
