By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of aggrieved State House of Assembly aspirants for the All Progressives Congress, in Bauchi State, has called on the National Working Committee of the party to cancel the primary election recently held and a new one conducted. The Interim Chairman, Saleh Nabayi,...
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By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has congratulated the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on his nomination as the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the just concluded party primary held in Abuja. In a statement on Monday by his Chief...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed June 22 to hear a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the retrial of Chief Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The court fixed the date following the EFCC’s appeal at...
A presidential aspirant, Professor Pat Utomi, has stepped down for his co-contender, Mr Peter Obi, for the ticket of the Labour Party ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The political economist and management expert announced that he was stepping down for the former Anambra State governor on Monday at...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) aspirant for the Bakassi/Akpabuyu/Calabar South Federal Constituency, Andrew Thomas, has given an assurance that if nominated and elected, he would provide effective representation by doing things differently. Mr. Thomas, who is an American veteran journalist gave the pledge on...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has met with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Abuja. Alhaji Atiku defeated Wike at the party’s presidential primary on Saturday night. Atiku secured the votes of 371 delegates while his closest rival (Wike), polled 237 votes. It was learnt that...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has began the screening of presidential hopefuls seeking to fly the party’s flag in the 2023 general elections. The exercise is being conducted secretly at a popular hotel in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; the party’s National...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Tuesday to hear the bail application filed by Sen. Rochas Okorocha. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel for Okorocha, Okey Amaechi, SAN, told the court that a bail application had been filed on behalf of his client, following his non-guilty...
A First Bank of Nigeria PSC, Omoniyi Victor, was on Monday docked in Ikorodu, Lagos State for allegedly conspiring with others to steal N303,000. Omoniyi is charged with conspiracy and theft. He pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Aminu Isaac, told the court that the defendant committed the...
A violent protest disrupted the All Progressive Congress (APC) Nasarawa-West senatorial primary election that was held on Sunday to elect a candidate for the 2023 elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that youths at the venue of the election in Keffi Local Government Area of the state...
Dr Ifeanyichukwu Odi, has won the Ebonyi People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primary election conducted at the party’s state secretariat on Sunday in Abakaliki. Olalekan Rotimi, the Electoral Panel Chairman who declared the results said that Odi polled highest number of valid votes to defeat other five contestants. According to...
Prof. Jerry Gana, a former member, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) says it is almost certain that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will lead the party to victory in 2023 general elections. Gana said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja,...
Presidential aspirant, Peter Obi has congratulated former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on his emergence as the flagbearer for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming presidential election. Obi who was Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 election, took to Twitter on Sunday to share a warm message of...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Following his withdrawal from the Senatorial primary election for Cross River Southern Senatorial District, which paved way for Asuquo Ekpeyong (jnr) as Senatorial candidate, the former Managing Director of the Cross River State Water Board, Chief Victor Ekpo, has expressed optimism that the APC governorship...
Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, a PDP stalwart in Lagos State says the emergence of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as PDP’s presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections is a blessing for Nigeria. Abubakar polled 371 votes to emerge as PDP’s presidential candidate at the party’s primary election held in Abuja...
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of Aviation has reacted to Atiku Abubakar, emerging the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential flagbearer on Saturday. Atiku polled a total of 371 votes to defeat his closest rival, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who garnered 237 votes. Wike was followed by former...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Governor Ben Ayade has denied participating in the Cross River North Senatorial primary election on Saturday. Governor Ayade debunked the report in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Calabar and signed by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity Christian Ita According to...
The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, has congratulated the Peoples Democratic party for electing former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, as the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Kalu in a statement on Sunday stated that Atiku’s victory in the PDP presidential primary election meant that Nigerians has understood...
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has clinched the Kebbi Central Senatorial ticket for All Progressives Congress (APC). Declaring the election result held at Haliru Abdu Secretariat, Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, the Returning Officer, Mrs Kelechi Njoku said Bagudu scored 455 votes to be the winner of the election....
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko on Saturday secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to contest election into the Sokoto Central senatorial district for the third term. Wamakko secured the mandate through affirmation votes by delegates from eight local government areas of the district at the primary election. The motion for...