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ANSLEM Eragbe, the suspended National Youth Leader of the Labour Party, has demanded N10 million in refunds from the party’s leadership in order to offset some embarrassing online debts he incurred during their mobilization campaign. Eragbe made the demand in a letter to the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi; his …

ROTIMI Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, has condemned the continuous agitation for a Yoruba nation by some groups in the South-West, saying such agitation would undermine the efforts of those who had laid their lives for Nigeria’s unity. The chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, Akeredolu, vowed that no state …

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike slammed a former senator representing Rivers South-East, Lee Maeba, on Friday for his contributions to Ogoniland despite his alliance with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. Wike, speaking at the commissioning of the Bori-Kono Road in the state, said that as a minister, …

THE Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, affirmed Chief Ikechi Emenike as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 governorship election in Abia state. In a unanimous judgment delivered on three appeal cases before it, the appeal panel led by Hon Justice Peter …

THE Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged electorate and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Alimosho Local Government Area of massive votes for party’s Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, his re-election in the state and other candidates under the party’s platform in the 2023 general polls. Sanwo-Olu, who …

Dr Sam Amadi, former Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, is currently the Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts. Dr Amadi, who is a fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government is a political analyst on …

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has said it will be difficult for an individual to impose a presidential candidate on the people of Rivers State. He said the people of the state had always voted for the PDP and they were too sophisticated …

AHEAD of the February 2023 presidential election, loyalists of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, have predicted outright victory for the former Vice President. AHEAD of the February 2023 presidential election, loyalists of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, have predicted outright victory for …

The Rivers State government has shut the campaign office of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.   It was learnt that the Rivers State government sealed off the campaign office based on Executive Orders 21 and 22.   The office was said to have been …

The Chairman of Epe Local Government, Mrs. Surah Animashaun, has said all-night street carnivals would not be allowed across the council area as a result of lingering security challenges.   Animashaun told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday that all events regarding street carnivals should end by …