Popular Kannywood actress, Hadiza Gabon, has been dragged before a Shari’a Court in Kaduna by a 48-year-old civil servant, Bala Musa, on Monday, for allegedly refusing to marry him. The complainant told the court that he had been in a relationship with the actress and she promised to marry...
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By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Barrister Ekpo Ada, The Director General of Senator Gershom Bassey, gubernatorial campaign council has called for party unity and consensus building among the various interest group in Cross River State. Barrister Ada stated this in a statement while reacting to the outcome of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appraised the series of consultations held so far towards getting a widely acceptable presidential standard bearer for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Buhari stated this at a meeting held...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The son of Bashorun MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential elections, Kola Abiola has emerged as the winner of the presidential primary of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) While Abiola got 2,097 votes from across the 36 States including...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Presidential aspirant on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s only interest is to field the best candidate that will defeat other opponents in the 2023 presidential election. Bello said this at a media appearance on Sunday in Abuja, noting that...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The immediate past Cross River State Commissioner for Aviation, Dr. Jacob Otu Enyia has accepted the All Progressive Congress (APC) consensus candidate for Boki/Ikom Federal Constituency after two failed attempt to produce a vibrant candidate. Dr. Enyia noted that the party is supreme, and as...
The Ondo State Network for Tinubu has called on national delegates of the All Progressives Congress( APC) to use their votes wisely by voting for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to emerge the presidential candidate of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. This is contained in a statement...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Duties, Malam Ya’u Darazo, has urged Nigerians to ignore recent negative reports in the media targeting Sen. Bola Tinubu. Malam Darazo made the call in a statement on Saturday in Abuja as a supporter of...
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has reaffirmed his support to the President of the Senate, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, for the 2023 presidential election. Governor Umahi, who also expressed intention for the presidency, however drummed support for Lawan on Saturday in his Abuja residence, when he hosted the senate president....
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) re-scheduled governorship primary election in the state. The Returning Officer and Chairman, Governorship Primary Election Committee, Mr Murtala Damagum, announced Mohammed’s victory at the end of the exercise held on Saturday in Bauchi. He said that...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ambassador Ogar Osim has said that he remained the authentic Chairman of Cross River State Chapter of the Labour Party. Osim described as false the reports that the state chapter of the party is engulfed in a leadership crisis which is threatening the continued...
Mr Abdul Abiola, the son of late Chief MKO Abiola has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to look for a youthful Presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 General Elections. The younger Abiola said this via a tweet with the handle @AbdulMKOAbiola on Saturday. According to him, “I urge...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A lecturer with the Department of Chemistry, University of Abuja, Dr Isaac Ochi, has emerged the flag-bearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the House of Representatives, Oju/Obi Federal Constituency, in the 2023 general elections. Dr. Ochi emerged through consensus in the...
The recent disclosure by former Lagos state governor and All Progressives Congress national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while speaking to delegates in Abeokuta indicates that there are already cracks within the All Progressives Congress (APC) that could affect its chances at the presidential polls in 2023. Tinubu did not...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the repeat of primaries in Federal and State Constituencies for Lagos, Imo, Benue, Katsina States to nominate candidates for the 2023 general elections. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, gave the approval of The National...
Some members of the All Progressives Congress, under the aegis of Gaskiya Youth Movement, are asking the federal high court in Abuja to disqualify the former Lagos State Governor and presidential aspirant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from the party’s presidential primary, scheduled for Monday 6th and 7th. The members made...
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Presidential Screening Committee, has said that the committee engaged the 23 presidential aspirants that appeared before it on issues of consensus. He said this on Friday in Abuja, while submitting the 7-man committee report to the party`s National Chairman Sen....
Former National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Senator Victor Umeh has dumped the party for the Labour Party. On Friday, he clinched the party’s ticket for the Anambra Central senatorial seat for the 2023 general elections after participating in Labour’s primary election. Umeh will battle Senator Uche...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential committee has disqualified 10 aspirants from its primaries scheduled for next week. Chairman of the Committee, John Oyegun, revealed this on Friday. According to Mr Oyegun, only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee. The committee held the...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former Governor of Kano State, remains its sole presidential candidate to fly its ticket in the 2023 general elections. Dr Boniface Aniebonam, NNPP pioneer National Chairman and founder, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos....