Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has advised Nigerians to shun religious politics and avoid fanning the embers of ethnicity ahead of the 2023 general elections. The governor gave the advice when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House,...
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The Movement for Election of Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction has urged Nigerians to elect someone from the South-East as President in 2023 in the spirit of democracy, justice and fairness. The National Convener of the group, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call in Enugu while speaking with the...
The consideration of a Muslim president and a Muslim vice president in the country in 2023 is dead on arrival, Mr Babachir Lawal has said. Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), stated this on Thursday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked Bola Ahmed Tinubu after he clinched the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued on Wednesday evening, signed by Debo Ologunagba, its National Publicity Secretary, PDP also accused Tinubu of being desperate for keys to the...
I had refrained from making comments on the claim by Governor Nyesom Wike that he was betrayed by his colleagues from the south because of my belief that in a matter of days, the accusation would wear off. But with many people, especially on social media, pushing the narrative,...
The Director Media, Yahaya Bello Campaign Organisation, Dr Yemi Kolapo, has said that Bello, a Presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), remains the hero of the oppressed. Kolapo made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, following the just concluded Presidential primary of...
Former spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr Seye Oladejo, says Sen. Bola Tinubu’s consistency and large-heartedness has won him the APC presidential ticket. Oladejo, former Commissioner for Special Duties in Lagos State, made the remark in Lagos while reacting to Tinubu’s victory at the...
Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have recommended Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, ex-Transportation Minister, Rotimi Ameachi, Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) as possible consensus candidates. Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong disclosed this on Tuesday during an...
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and Chairman, Southern Governors’ Forum says Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of APC, was on a frolic of his own over his consensus candidate announcement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abdullahi Adamu on Monday, announced Ahmed Lawan as APC consensus...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Sen. Sani Musa, (Niger East Senatorial District), says the Senate President Ahmad Lawan will make a very good President, if elected or affirmed through consensus at Tuesday’s APC’s Presidential Primaries scheduled for Eagle Square in Abuja. Musa spoke about the compelling qualities of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that he has no anointed candidate in the presidential primary elections of the All Progressives Congress, APC, slated for June 7, 2022. The President also said he is in agreement with the position of the APC northern governors that power should be shifted...
The Transition Monitoring Group(TMG) says the increasing use of money by politicians seeking elective positions is a sign of bad omen for Nigeria. Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, the Chairman, TMG, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “The use of money openly by...
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...
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...
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...
A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Preye Aganaba, said Nigeria could not afford to miss the option of having Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as President the way it ignored the services of late Obafemi Awolowo. Aganaba, who described Osinbajo as the best presidential aspirant among other...
The Northern governors from the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to pick his successor from the Southern part of the country. The governors said it would be an honour for Buhari’s successor to come from the Southern part of the country. In a statement...
Some members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Badagry on Saturday organiséd special prayers for Sen. Bola Tinubu, one of presidential aspirants, to be victorious in the upcoming primary. Mr Ibrahim Layode, the lawmaker, representing Badagry Constituency 1 in the Lagos House of Assembly, said that the gathering was...
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....
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, has warned that the party would penalise any member that disrespects its leadership, irrespective of one’s position. Adamu issued the warning on Saturday in Abuja at a news conference while reacting to the recent outburst of Sen. Bola...