Obaseki, Other Top Officials To Join Us Soon – PDP
Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Mr Tony Aziegbemi, has confirmed that Governor Godwin Obaseki and other top officials of the All Progressives Congress, APC would soon join his party. Aziegbemi, however, said the governor would not be given an automatic ticket to fly the party’s flag as other aspirants had shown interest in the same position. The...
Nigeria Needs Leaders That Are Committed To Unity – Prof Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the current challenges affecting the country require proactive leaders who are prepared to bring Nigerians together. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president expressed this view in Lagos during a courtesy visit to the palace of Oniru of Iruland, Oba Abdulwasiu Lawal. The traditional ruler is celebrating...
Peter Obi Groups Abandon Otti, Adopt Ahiwe For Governor
Support groups of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party , Mr. Peter Obi, the under the aegis of ‘Abia Obidient’ support groups, have abandoned the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Dr. Alex Otti ,for his Peoples Democratic Party , (PDP), counterpart, Chief Okey Ahiwe, in the March 18 governorship election. The groups explained that it is endorsing credible...
Presidency: Prepare For Failure In 2023, Ganduje Tells Wike
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has told his counterpart in Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, that he will lose the presidential election in 2023 but end up as a “good loser”. Ganduje said this when Wike paid him a visit in Kano late Mo...
Keyamo Nominated As Minister
President Bola Tinubu has replaced a ministerial nominee, Maryam Shetty, choosing two others, including Festus Keyamo and Dr Maigari Mahmud. This was revealed when Senate President Godswill Akpabio read out a letter by the President at Friday’s plenary session. Details later…
Trump Campaign Alleges ‘Foreign Interference’ By UK’s Labour Party
Donald Trump's campaign team has called for an investigation into what it claimed was "blatant foreign interference" in the election by the Labour Party. The complaint to the US Federal Electoral Commission claimed there had been "interference" in the "form of apparent illegal foreign national contributions made by the Labour Party of the UK" which had been "accepted" by Kamala...
Gov. El-Rufai Never Said Tinubu Was Too Old To Be President — APC
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has never said that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, was too old to be President, the North-West APC Presidential Campaign Council has said. Spokesperson for the North-West (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Muhammad Shehu Molash, said in a statement that the rumor in circulation that El-Rufai said that in a...
I’m Optimistic Next President Will Be Igbo, Says Sen. Kalu [VIDEO]
Chief Whip of the Senate Orji Uzor Kalu has said it is overdue for the country to have a President of Igbo extraction, expressing optimism that in 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor will be Igbo. The former Abia governor spoke on Wednesday while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja. https://youtu.be/M_my8OzXCaY The frontline presidential aspirant noted that he has to push with other...
BREAKING: Supreme Court nullifies Lyon’s election, declares PDP winner
The Supreme Court has nullified the election of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and his running mate Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo. Chief David Lyon was to be sworn-in on Friday. In preparation for the inauguration, the PDP flag was on Thursday morning removed from the Bayelsa Government House. The five-man panel of Supreme Court headed by Justice Mary Peter-Odili ordered the Independent National Electoral...
Gov. Otti Opposes New States Creation, Backs State Police, Women’s Inclusion In Parliament (Video)
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has expressed strong opposition to the creation of new states in Nigeria, citing economic concerns and the burden of a bloated bureaucracy. https://youtu.be/kJLAegaJyb8 During the zonal public hearing on constitutional amendment in Owerri, Governor Otti stated that while the call for new states is rooted in valid concerns about marginalization, it risks worsening the...
