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The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, concluded the sale and submission of its nomination and expression of interest forms for all elective positions ahead of the 2023 general elections. As at the last count, 17 presidential aspirants bought the forms to contest for the presidential ticket of the …

Kabiru Gaya, senator representing Kano south, has assumed the position of chairman of The Progressive Project (TPP), an umbrella body of support groups for the presidential campaign of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Gaya said Osinbajo’s ambition is not personal but a response to …

The All Progressives Congress has given reasons for the prices placed on its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms. Newsextra24 had reported that APC would commence the sales of the forms to aspirants in the forthcoming 2023 general election on Saturday. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, who …

All the aspirants gunning for the presidency of the country in the different political parties are expected to show up for a Ramadan dinner with the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, on Saturday, April 23. According to a copy of the invitation card obtained by TheNiche, the presidential aspirants are expected …

The administration of Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has sent 97 clerics to Saudi Arabia on Lesser Hajj to “pray for a stoppage of banditry”. According to the Deputy Governor, Sen. Hassan Nasiha, it is part of strategies to restore peace and security in the state. The clerics are …

Sen. Adesoji Akanbi, the National Vice-Chairman, South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA),has dismissed speculations that former Lagos governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will defect from the All Progressives Congress, APC if he failed to get the presidential ticket of the party. Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor, is a presidential aspirant on …

The Progressive Lawyers For Professor Yemi Osinbajo, a group of lawyers canvassing for the emergence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as President in 2023 on Wednesday said he will emerge the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), irrespective of the mode of primaries adopted by the party. The National …

We have not made a decision about the mode of primaries to choose candidates for the 2023 election, says APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka.

Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, has slammed Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, and Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, for remaining in office despite declaring their interest in the 2023 presidential election. He said Amaechi and Ngige should have resigned from office in accordance with Section …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 general elections, Mike Ahamba has cautioned presidential aspirants from the Southeast geopolitical zone not to sit in their parlours and think the presidency will be brought to them on …