PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, anointed the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate Usman Ododo for the Kogi State governorship election. Ododo was presented to Buhari by Governor Yahaya Bello at the State House in Aso Rock, Abuja, on Friday. Recall that Ododo won the APC governorship primary election in Kogi …
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THE candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for Adamawa Central senatorial zone in the 2023 election, Alhaji Hamman Ahmadu has left the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). It is a return home for Hamman Ahmadu, better known as Dan Maje after his Dan Maje Adamawa traditional …
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GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has urged Nigerians to rally round the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Wike said elections are over, hence the need to support Tinubu in ensuring good governance. He made the appeal while addressing journalists after meeting with Tinubu at the Defence House in Abuja on Friday. …
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The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, has said that fuel subsidy removal is yet to be suspended. A statement on Friday by the Minister’s Special Adviser, Media and Communications, Yunusa Abdullahi, indicated that the Federal Government planned to expand the subsidy removal committee to …
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A Civil Society Organisation, Partners for Electoral Reform, has called on the Nigeria Police to declare the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State, Hudu Ari, wanted if he fails to present himself for investigation. Recall that Ari was suspended by the President, Major Genral Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over his …
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THE embattled National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has called for a meeting of the party’s administrative organ, the National Working Committee. The meeting scheduled for next Wednesday was revealed in a leaked circulation to all NWC members. The development is coming barely 24 hours …
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THE pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has insisted that it would continue to support what it called “the victory of Peter Obi” of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election and all his endeavours in its realisation. Afenifere reiterated that the emergence of a president from the South East …
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THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, says since 1993 when he began gunning for the President seat, he has done so without any controversy unlike the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu, who is contending with alleged drugs and identity scandals. Atiku said this in his …
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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva THE governorship election quest of Timipre Sylva, who resigned last week as President Muhammadu Buhari’s minister of state for petroleum, is hanging by a thread following evidence-laced allegations of falsified credentials and stolen identities levelled against him before the Senate. Mr …
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THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, on Wednesday, suspended the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Ekpenyong Iso. Iso was suspended for alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of funds. The suspension was contained in a statement jointly signed on Wednesday in Calabar by the Chairman of …
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