BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and veteran journalist, Chief Dele Momodu has declared his interest to run for the office of the president in 2023. Chief Momodu, who is the Publisher of the famous Ovation magazine, made his intention known on...
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The Organised Private Sector for Osinbajo (OPS 4 Osinbajo) has said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is better equipped intellectually to be the country’s next president in 2023. The group’s spokesman, Alhaji Abdulrahman Farouk, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, that Osinbajo was far better intellectually equipped...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that none of its aspirants would be given the presidential ticket on a silver platter. Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena, said this while reacting to the public declaration of Bola Tinubu, the party’s National Leader, to run...
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Setonji David, has said that Sen. Bola Tinubu’s declaration and notification of his presidential ambition to President Muhammadu Buhari had brought relief to his teeming followers. David told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Tinubu’s followers had received with absolute gladness his declaration of...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, says he will consider contesting for president if the All Progressives Congress (APC) zones its presidential ticket to the South-East region. Kalu disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on arrival at...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday publicly signalled his intention to run for President in 2023. Tinubu made his intention known during a State House briefing in Abuja after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Below is a...
The National Leader of the All progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, says he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest the presidential election in 2023. He, however, declared that he has yet to inform Nigerians of his intention to succeed the President. Tinubu stated this on Monday...
The United Nigeria Ambassadors (UNA) says the South-East Geo-political zone will support the emergence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the country’s next president if he accepts to run for presidency in 2023. Mr Timothy Nwachukwu, National Coordinator of the UNA, a political group committed to the unity and...
The Southeast Destiny Movement for Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2023 (SDMBAT), says it supports calls for Tinubu to run for President in 2023. SDMBAT, said Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, has the pedigree to pioneer the affairs of Nigeria from 2023. Chief Ekene Enefe, Convener of SDMBAT, expressed...
Some women from Nigeria’s 19 Northern States have declared their support for the 2023 presidential ambition of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The group, under the aegis Yahaya Bello Network (YBN), made their known on Tuesday when they visited Bello at the Kogi State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja. Hajiya Hadiza...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – A Federal lawmaker representing Tarauni Federal Constituency in Kano, Hon. Hafizu Kawu, has said the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is a saleable presidential candidate if he chooses to contest the 2023 presidential elections. Hon. Kawu stated this on Monday during a press briefing with...
A 38-year-old female media entrepreneur, Mrs Khadija Okunnu-Lamidi, has declared her intention to seek a political party’s nomination to contest next year’s presidential election. Okunnu-Lamidi, Founder, Slice Media Solutions, made the declaration while addressing newsmen in Lagos on Monday. She declared that she had become the arrowhead for the...
About 2,500 Islamic clerics have offered prayers for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Kano as speculations continue to mount over the former Lagos State Governor’s plan to run for President in 2023. The Director-General of Tinubu Support Groups Management Council, Hon. Abdulmumin Jubrin, said on Saturday that Tinubu was the...
The Director-General, Tinubu Support Groups Mgt. Council, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has confirmed that former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will indeed be contesting in the forthcoming 2023 Presidential election. “Sometimes I find it a bit funny when I hear people...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, as being more than qualified to be the next President of Nigeria. Governor Wike noted that the antecedents and qualifications of Governor Mohammed, and his achievements in just over two years in...
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has said that the Southeast has a right to produce Nigeria’s next president because the people have a better understanding of Nigeria as a whole. Ikpeazu made this assertion today after a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the...
The Coalition of Progressive Youths and Student Leaders (CPYS) says it will support Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for President in 2023 provided the APC national leader supports youth as the party’s national chairman. The Convener of the coalition, Mr Samuel Olalere, gave this position at a news conference on Sunday...
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida has described Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo as a good man with good intentions about the country. The former leader disclosed this on Thursday when Osibanjo Grassroot Organization visited him in his residence in Minna. “I know the Vice-president very well. He is a good...
This piece stemmed primarily from a 2023 presidency -focused telephone talk I had with Theresa Ashien, Publisher’s Assistant, the Ika Weekly Newspaper, a Delta state-based community newspaper. Aside from being apt and accurate in her presentation, she gave an indication that there exists a possibility that Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi...
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu has said he would consult widely before making a decision on whether to run for the Presidency in 2023. Tinubu made the remark after a closed-door meeting with leaders of the Northern Alliance Committee in Abuja. “I...