A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Mr Peter Obi, has appealed to the party’s delegates to vote wisely during the upcoming national convention. Obi, a former governor of Anambra, urged them to be guided by their conscience and vote in the interest of the country’s future and that...
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said that he had withdrawn his presidential aspiration to contest in the 2023 General Elections. Ngige said this in a statement he signed and issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. According to him, on April 19, I publicly declared...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has stated that failure to allow the Southeast produce the next president of Nigeria will spell doom. The group vehemently kicked against any moves by northern political elites to retain the presidency beyond 2023 when President Muhammadu Buhari will leave the Presidential...
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 All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa has rejected the result of Saturday’s local government election announced by the state Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the election was conducted on April 9th and the result announced on April 10. The outcome showed...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has directed the reinstatement of political appointees who had resigned to contest elections but were not favoured by zoning. He said, however, that only those whose positions were not replaced will enjoy the privilege. Governor Ortom disclosed this on...
Among so many bills recently passed or still working on by the nation’s Senate in the ongoing constitution amendment, this piece is particularly struck by the passage of the Local Government financial, administrative autonomy bill which among other provisions seeks that each local government council to creates and maintain...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Leader of The All Progressive Congress (APC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent statement in which he underscored the need for the party to perfect its internal processes so that it keeps faith to the progressive purpose for which it...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is prepared to conduct the Osun governorship election slated for July 16. Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji, the Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), said this on Wednesday while speaking at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun Correspondents’ Chapel personality interview programme: ‘Newspoint’. He also...
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the immediate past governor of Osun and current Minister of Interior, on Thursday vowed to work against the reelection of his successor, Gboyega Oyetola. Aregbesola said this at a political gathering in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of the state. He said that the forthcoming All...
Italy’s parties Saturday voted overwhelmingly for outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to remain for another term, averting the political chaos that a failure to elect his successor could have sparked in the eurozone’s third-largest economy. Electing the 80-year-old ended weeks of hand-wringing over whether prized Prime Minister Mario Draghi should...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has visited the Palace of Alapomu of Apomu on Tuesday, The governor and his entourage were warmly received by Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi the Alapomu of Apomu. Addressing the Monarch and the people in the palace,Oyetola said he has...
The Segun Oni Campaign Organisation has rejected the results of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election held on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. A statement signed by Mr Yemi Arokodare, the Director-General of the Organisation, on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, alleged that members of the organisation were disenchanted...
Chief Whip of the Senate and a former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has declared ahead of the 2023 general elections that though he is ready for the campaigns and capable of leading the country, he is not desperate to become president. While fielding questions from...
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...
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...
Sweden‘s parliament has confirmed Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson as the country’s first female prime minister. The 54-year-old, who took over as leader of the governing Social Democrat party earlier this month, was elected as outgoing leader Stefan Lofven’s successor during a confirmation vote in parliament on Wednesday. A...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has earmarked N4.2 billion for Continuous Voter Registration in preparation for the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he appeared before the joint National Assembly Committee on INEC to defend the commission’s 2022 budget proposal on Friday. While...