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Tinubu Unhappy Over Governors Takeover Of APC

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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former gover­nor of Lagos State and national lead­er of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is unhappy over latest devel­opments in the party which has seen him losing grip of the structures. Governors elected on the party’s platform on Thursday took over con­trol of the party following the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) by the...

Commotion As Police Teargas Obidients In Ebonyi, Arrest Obi’s Supporters [VIDEO]

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Commotion As Police Teargas Obidients In Ebonyi, Arrest Obi’s Supporters [VIDEO]

The proposed rally for the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, was Saturday disrupted by men and officers of the Nigeria Police, including other security Agencies in the State. The mammoth crowd, which gathered at the Pastoral Centre of the Catholic Church, Abakaliki, was dispersed as fierce-looking policemen shot teargasses into the air from different locations. https://youtu.be/YPz2R5ccLPw The...

Atiku Will Wipe Away Tears From People Of South East, Says Obiora Okonkwo

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Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, yesterday, said that its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would wipe away the tears of the South-East people, if he is elected as president. In a chat with newsmen, Director General of the PCC of Atiku/Okowa, in Anambra State, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, noted that the people of the...

2023: Bola Tinubu Will Not Islamize Nigeria, Says Gov Masari

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2023: Tinubu Will Not Islamise Nigeria, Says Gov Masari

Katsina State governor, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, says the notion that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, will Islamise Nigeria if elected president in 2023 is spurious and nonsensical. Masari spoke on Tuesday at a town hall meeting with a group of Northern Christians Political Forum when they received Tinubu’s wife, Senator Remi Tinubu, in Kaduna. Masari opined...

Just Resign, Remain In Daura Since You’re Tired Of The Country – HURIWA Begs Buhari

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Just Resign, Remain In Daura Since You’re Tired Of The Country – HURIWA Begs Buhari

Following the admission by President Muhammadu Buhari that the Presidency is tough and that he is “eager to go,” a call has gone out to the Nigerian leader to be honest enough to resign now and remain in Daura. Buhari had told his people in Daura...

Arochukwu/Ohafia Fed. Constituency: I’ll Recover My Mandate, LP’s Ibe Okwara Vows After Tribunal Ruling That Sacked Him

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Ibe Osonwa Emerges LP Candidate For Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency

Member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency Abia state, Ibe Okwara Osonwa has reacted to the judgement of National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal which voided his election, saying he would recover his mandate. In a statement shortly after the judgement of the tribunal on Monday led by Hon. Justice Adeyinka A. Aderibgbe, he faulted the tribunal for disqualifying him as the candidate...

Senator Anyanwu Emerges PDP Governorship Candidate In Imo

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PDP Crisis: Anyanwu’s Request For Stay Of Execution Dismissed By S’Court

Senator Samuel Anyanwu, National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has emerged as the party’s governorship candidate for the November 11 Imo State gubernatorial poll. His emergence followed the PDP primary election held on Wednesday at the party’s secretariat along the Okigwe Road in Owerri, the Imo State capital. READ ALSO: NPC Postpones Training For Enumerators, Supervisors Anyanwu is expected to...

Prof. Soyinka Dissociates Self From Video Of Pyrates Confraternity Mocking Tinubu’s Health, Shaky Hands, Calls It Distasteful

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Prof. Soyinka Dissociates Self From Video Of Pyrates Confraternity Mocking Tinubu’s Health, Shaky Hands, Calls It Distasteful

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has dissociated himself from a video showing some members of the National Association of Seadogs, popularly known as the Pyrates Confraternity, mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (AP...

Principal Officers: Ripples In Abia Assembly As PDP Members Stage Walk Out, Vow To Go To Court

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Principal Officers: Ripples In Abia Assembly As PDP Members Stage Walk Out, Vow To Go To Court

Eleven members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State House of Assembly have vowed to go to court over the emergence of principal officers of the Assembly, wondering why the party with the majority was not allowed to produce the majority leader. Despite being the minority in the Assembly, Labour Party-headed legislative House last week announced Hon. Uchenna...

Magnus Abe Confirms Dumping APC For SDP

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Police Silent Despite Killings During Rivers Election – Magnus Abe

Magnus Abe, a former senator from Rivers South East, has finally confirmed that he has left the All Progressives Congress for the Social Democratic Party, SDP, after weeks of speculations. In a post on his Facebook page on Friday morning, Abe confirm...

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