By AUSTIN-FAIR NWAULU, Lagos – Legendary entertainer and one of Nigeria’s top hitters, Innocent Idibia a.k.a Tuface, has joined his kinsmen from Benue State especially those of Idoma extraction to demand for a governorship candidate from the area. In an Instagram message just released, Tu Baba as he is...
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A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has said he is neither too young nor too old to run for Nigeria’s presidency by 2023. Tambuwal, speaking during his meeting with PDP former Ministers Forum, in Abuja on Thursday, described himself as the perfect...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has condemned supporters of a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for describing the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, as a traitor and betrayer for declaring to run for...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Wednesday, picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for presidential race, saying he is not intimidated by anyone. Bello who was the first aspirant to pay the N100 million fee for the forms, told newsmen shortly after picking...
The Nigerian Youth and Diaspora Forum for Bola Ahmed Tinubu E-Campaign (NYD4BAT) says it is set to mobilise five million youths for the presidential aspiration of the All Progressives Congress aspirant, Sen. Bola Tinubu, beyond the party line. Speaking at the inauguration of NYD4BAT on Wednesday in Lagos, its...
The Youths Network for Nigeria Union (YNNU) has given former president Goodluck Jonathan a seven-day ultimatum to obtain the All Progressives Congress (APC) membership card at his Otuoke Ward. Chairman of YNNU, Mr Ibrahim Saiki, gave the ultimatum on Wednesday at a rally in Abuja to urge Jonathan to...
Sen. Bukola Saraki, a presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has warned that Nigerians must not allow emotion and sentiments becloud their choice of a leader come 2023. Saraki said this in Calabar during a consultancy visit to party delegates ahead of the PDP primaries scheduled for...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has pledged to turnaround the country’s fortunes for good if given the privilege to lead as Nigeria’s president in 2023. Governor Emmanuel, who is one of the leading presidential aspirants under the platform of the PDP, gave the assurance...
Former Gov. Peter Obi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says he has the capacity to fix the political and socioeconomic challenges of Nigeria. Obi made the declaration at a meeting with the PDP stakeholders in Oyo State, on Tuesday at the party...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged all political parties in the country to keep elections and election-related differences aside and join the administration’s drive to defeat insecurity in the country. Mr Femi Adesina, Buhari’s spokesman in a statement late Tuesday night, said the president made the call at an Iftar...
Being Vice President, and at some point, Acting President, and the invaluable experience acquired over the past seven years is like training to become President, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo stated this at the palace of the Deji of Akure, Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo, while on a visit...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu says he may withdraw from contesting to be the president of Nigeria if major political parties don’t zone their tickets to the South-East. Kalu in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja, however, said that it was his desire...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Being Vice President, and at some point, Acting President, and the invaluable experience acquired over the past seven years is like a training to become President, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Monday at the palace of the...
Some aspirants of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, suddenly appeared from the blues and invoked the sentiments of building a consensus political station, where, like a train terminus, they would all terminate their rides, in preference for one. Governors Tambuwal, Bala, and former Senate President Bukola Saraki and former...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said it will be a betrayal to Nigeria if he doesn’t contest the presidency in the 2023 general elections. Speaking during a visit to Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Osinbajo said aside from...
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has emerged winner of an online poll conducted ahead of the February 25, 2023 Presidential election. In a report released by Nextier, a multi-competency advisory firm, and Data-Tier, a data analytics and digital communications firm, the former Governor defeated other political juggernauts who...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders from 19 northern states and the FCT have denied endorsing any aspirant as the party’s preferred candidate for 2023 presidential election. The stakeholders said this in a communiqué at the end of their meeting in Abuja on Monday which was read by former...
A political pressure group, Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPD), has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt former president Goodluck Jonathan, as the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Ralph Okorie, who made the call...
The former Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, has described himself as a man with intellectual capacity and boldness to rescue Nigeria from its current challenges if voted into power. Saraki, a presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated this during his visit to Akure to canvass for...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over 14.3 million youths from South South and South Eastern part of NIgeria have indicated interest to support Governor Yahaya Bello’s presidential ambition come 2023. The National Coordinator, Nigerian Rescue Mission (RENMISS) Abdullahi Damat, disclosed this on Sunday while addressing various youth groups during a...