Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has once again done what he is reputed for. He has cast a big stone into Nigeria’s brackish political pool. The splash is all over the place. Like a papal encyclical, Obasanjo’s new year day’s endorsement of Labour Party’s Mr. Peter Obi for the imminent...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the commitment and courage of the people of Oyo State for their support for its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and all other candidates of the party in the 2023 general elections. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has dismissed claims mostly circulating on the social media, suggesting that 11 governors under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), are secretly meeting with the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku...
Legal luminary, Afe Babalola, has raised fears that the coming presidential election will be won by the highest spender and not the best among the candidates. Babalola at a media briefing in Ado Ekiti expressed worry that the 2023 general elections will be conducted under the 1999 constitution against...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of Christian supporters in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Constituency of former Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, has rejected the endorsement of the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the presidential candidate of the party, Ahmed Tinubu. The group known as “Bogoro, Dass and Tafawa...
Supporters of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday in Ibadan staged Freedom Walk to mobilise supports for his aspiration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three prominent chieftains of the party in Oyo State, led the party members to...
Mr Olisa Ifeajika, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Monday said that Okowa, Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), did not betray anyone in the party’s presidential primary. Olisa stated this at a news conference in Asaba. He said that as a loyal partyman,...
The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye, has responded to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over his comments on former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of Labour Party’s Peter Obi for the 2023 presidential election. Obasanjo had in a lengthy letter on New...
2022 was an eventful year in Nigeria’s political space with activities ranging from primary elections at presidential, governorship and National Assembly levels, Continuous Voters Registration exercises, pre-campaign rallies, campaigns and a few presidential debates. SaharaReporters recalls that each of these events came with a mixture of tension and entertainment,...
Amid speculation over Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s preferred presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, his Sokoto State counterpart, Governor Aminu Tambuwal says the party has lawful avenues of dealing with erring members. Since his emergence as the PDP presidential candidate earlier this year, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has...
Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has expressed satisfaction with the consensus on power rotation among the members of the G5 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors. Okechukwu, a foundation member of All Progressives Congress (APC), said G5 governors’ position tallies with the noble and courageous stance of their...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abiola Oshodi, says the 2023 presidential election would be beyond ethnic affiliation. Oshodi added that the election would be determined by all Nigerians through their votes and support. Oshodi is the Vice Chairman of the APC in Canada,. In a...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is bringing up allegations against Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, because of his popularity. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said this in a statement he...
SBM Intelligence, a research firm that analyses West African geopolitical and economic situation, has released its projection of the forthcoming 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. The firm predicts the states that will be won by the top three candidates in the election, namely: 2023 presidential election set to be the tightest,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, has stressed that if voted, his administration would set aside 10 billion US dollars for Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SMEs) for young men and woman. Atiku Abubakar, also promised the people of Nasarawa...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Nigerians to be wary of the fake campaign promises of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),for 2023 general election. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC) said this in...
Nothing can be so mockingly debasing than going out for a political campaign only to be welcomed by a scanty crowd in a metropolitan city like Lagos. The PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was in Lagos this week and what he saw was not only palpably discomforting, it also revealed...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has challenged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar to point at any meaningful legacy project initiated and completed by his party in 16 years in office. The group said this in response to claims by the former Vice President...
They come to you like saints from Heaven’s most treasured haven. They dance around like free radicals, wearing toga of piety. They move from door to door searching for recognition and relevance with jaw-breaking nuances. They gallivant about from house to house, busybodying but indeed pursuing their own selfish...
I have just read a piece of news that says Yakubu Dogara and his co-travellers are endorsing Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 election. My first impression was to question why a gentleman of Idris Wada’s orientation would fall prey to this needless profiling of religion and politics; two mutually...