The apex socio-political organisation in the Southeast, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, declared on Thursday that no politician of Southeast extraction should accept to be running mate to any presidential candidate in 2023. President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor made the declaration at the Imeobi Ohaneze Ndigbo meeting in Enugu....
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By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Critical stakeholders from the Kwande intermediate area have dissociated themselves from the decision of the former Chief of Staff to the Benue State Governor, Hon. Terwase Orbunde to leave the PDP and join APC. The former Chief of Staff was one among the many...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has updated the party’s timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr. Ologunagba...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended its sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the 2023 general elections to Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Barr. Felix Morka, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. According to...
A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday denied betraying Asiawju Bola Tinubu, saying the office of the President is not an inheritance. Fayemi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), spoke in Abuja during an interview on Channels Television’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the APC primary election draws nearer with alignment and realignment on who become Party Candidates, a frontline Southern Borno Senatorial aspirant, Hon Tarpaya Asarya has agreed to step down his senatorial ambition as he gets full support from stakeholders to run for the...
Former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has declared his intention to run for the seat of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, Oshiomhole said he will appropriately tax the rich to provide amenities for the poor. “It is...
Business mogul, Dr Jimoh Ibrahim, an APC aspirant for the Ondo South Senatorial District on Wednesday, picket the party’s N20 million Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at the APC Secretariat, Abuja. Ibrahim, the founder of University of Fortunes, Igbotako, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Alhaji Salisu Barau, All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholder in Bauchi State has expressed dissatisfaction at the vandalism of aspirants’ billboards and campaign materials by suspected hoodlums. Barau told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Bauchi that such vandalism of billboards, posters and other materials was unhealthy...
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has called out Southern youths lamenting that they show less interest in politics. Speaking on Tuesday, Omokri lambasted Southern youths, saying they invest their time and resources in popular reality show, Big Brother Naija than the forthcoming presidential elections. According...
By YEMI ITODO, Markudi – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has warned that any attempt by anyone or group to rig elections in the state will be met with stiff resistance. The Governor who stated this on Tuesday at the expanded caucus...
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti is set to formally declare his intention to contest for president in 2023 on Wednesday in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Yinka Oyebode, Chief Press Secretary to Fayemi disclosed this in a statement made available to NAN on Tuesday in...
I have called this press conference to announce that I am a candidate for the Presidency and to ask for the support of all Nigerians, who share the believe that our nation need to embark on a new constructive course to birth a “New Dawn” for a greater purpose...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has advised his party – the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid self-inflicted crises ahead of the 2023 elections. With about 10 months to the general polls, he said it would be dishonest for anyone to argue against rotation at this period. Akeredolu, a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Niger Delta group, known as the Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has urged former President Goodluck Jonathan, to join the 2023 presidential race under the platform of APC. The National Secretary, Amb. Amain Cottrell, who...
Senator Kola Balogun, representing Oyo South Senatorial District, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Dapo Falade on Monday evening in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Balogun, a younger brother of the...
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Setonji David, says if APC and Nigerians give Sen. Bola Tinubu opportunity to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, he will change Nigeria’s story for good. David, the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Publicity, Strategy and Security made this remarks in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shifted it National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting earlier scheduled for May 5 to Tuesday, May 10. The PDP National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday night in Abuja Senator Anyanwu said the...
Former Governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja has decried the exorbitant fees charged for nomination forms by the two major political parties in the country, saying it would encourage corruption. Ladoja made the disclosure on Monday while fielding questions from journalists at his Ibadan residence. The News Agency of...
A founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Osita Okechukwu, says Nigerians should hold the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) responsible if the 2023 Presidency is not zoned to the South. He said APC has been watching with studied interest the desperation of PDP to prey on President...