Some women in Kogi State, on Monday, staged a peaceful protest in Lokoja, demanding support for Mrs Adedoyin Eshanumi, the only woman aspiring for Kogi West senatorial seat on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). They insisted that Gov. Yahaya Bello must use his influence and position to...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly has sympathized with the All Progressive Congress (APC) supporters over the recent stampede that took place in Biu Town during his recent tour of his senatorial district. It will...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed a new date for the screening of its presidential aspirants for the 2023 general elections. This was announced by the National Organising Secretary of the party, Suleiman Argungu, on Monday in Abuja. He said the party will be screening the 28 presidential...
Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, withdrew the suit he filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation over his presidential ambition. Emefiele, through his counsel, S.T. Maliki, told Justice Ahmed Mohammed that a notice of discontinuance had...
Dear Party delegates, Nigerians have come a long way together and have more to lose dividing now. However, the components that make up Nigeria must first unite and resolve all the contradictions in nationhood to make way for development. Give me a moment or two to share some thoughts with...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The APC National Leader and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu has assured the people of Borno that if he is elected as the next President of Nigeria come 2023, he will exploit all the state’s natural endowment especially oil exploration and resuscitation of the Lake...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the screening of its 2023 presidential aspirants earlier scheduled for Monday, May 23. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the party regretted any inconveniences caused by the postponement, adding...
Mr. Kayode Fayemi, the Ekiti State Governor and one of the Presidential aspirants under the All Progressive Congress (APC), says the unity of the country will be his main priority if elected President. Fayemi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), said this on Sunday...
The Emir of Kastina, Dr Abdulmuminin Usman, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has got the experience needed to effectively steer Nigeria as president. The traditional ruler expressed this view while receiving the vice president who was on a courtesy call to his palace on Saturday in Kastina. Osinbajo was...
Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he is more experienced than Osinbajo, Tinubu and other aspirants vying to clinch the party’s presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 general elections. Amaechi stated this in an interview with newsmen shortly after an interactive session with...
The All Progressives Congress ( APC) presidential aspirant, Sen. Bola Tinubu, says evil and politics will not divide Nigeria. He made this known while soliciting support from APC delegates In Jigawa, ahead of the party’s presidential primaries. Tinubu, also referred to as one of the national leaders of the...
An All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Rotimi Amaechi, has assured that he would run an all-inclusive government, if he clinches his party’s ticket and wins in the general election. Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation, in a statement on Friday, said if elected President, everyone would be a...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Friday said President Mohamadu Buhari would commission for the first time the controversial 2nd Niger Bridge in Anambra State, South East Nigeria. Senator Lawan, a leading presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), disclosed this...
Among all the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants for Abia State, none has such an intimidating profile like Dr Alex Otti. Yet he has attempted to become Abia governor twice but was robbed of victory despite budding vision that would have made Abia a state to envy by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A leading presidential aspirant of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to end Boko Haram insurgency in the North East as well as other insecurity challenges affecting other parts of the country, if elected as the president of Nigeria in the forthcoming general...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Thugs and supporters of Senator Ali Ndume, who is representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly clashed in Biu town of Biu LGA of the State during an arranged Borno South APC delegates meeting with an APC Presidential Aspirant, Chief Rotimi Amaechi...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor and frontline presidential aspirant of the APC, Ben Ayade has received the report of the State Judicial Welfare Review Committee with a pledge to announce a new salary template for the state’s judicial officers within one week. Speaking on Thursday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Sokoto on Thursday reaffirmed that Isa Sadiq Achida remained the authentic chairman of Sokoto All Progressives Congress (APC). Omotosho who is the Presiding Judge in case filed by the Mainasara led factions of...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant, Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that he has the capacity, quality and brilliance to govern the country if given the opportunity. He said that it was such experience that he used in governing Lagos...
Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau (APC -Kano) has defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Shekarau said this at a news conference in Kano. He said that he defected alongside his supporters, saying that he would seek re-election to the Senate on the NNPC platform. Shekarau said that he left...