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Yahaya Bello garners more support for 2023 presidency
The Kogi State Assembly has thrown its weight behind Governor Yahaya Bello who has been touted for the 2023 presidency. The Kogi Assembly’s approval came a few days after Yahaya Bello’s commissioner for…
Gbadamosi demands N1bn from APC chieftain over certificate forgery claim
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming Lagos East Senatorial District bye-election, Babatunde Gbadamosi, has demanded N1bn in compensation from the spokesman…
Senate confirms Mahmood Yakubu’s reappointment as INEC chair
The senate has confirmed Mahmood Yakubu as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President Muhammadu Buhari reappointed Yakubu in October. The academic is the first to be reappointed as the…
Defection to APC: Umahi after my life, says Anyim
Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim on Monday petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu and the Department of State Services (DSS)…
Zoning should be respected, says Amaechi
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has backed the call for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to respect its zoning formula in picking its presidential candidate for 2023…
2023: Power blocks could throw APC into crisis over who succeeds Buhari — PGF D-G
Alhaji Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum, says the absence of competition in the country’s democracy was responsible for many unpredictable political circumstances…
APC begins membership registration, revalidation Dec 12
The Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC said it has concluded arrangement for the commencement of membership…
By-election: PDP day dreaming in Lagos East, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Monday said it is assured of victory at the senatorial by-election holding on Saturday in Lagos East District. It described as laughable the…
My meekness not weakness, I have enormous power – Umahi warns PDP
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has warned members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, troubling him to know that his meekness is not a sign of weakness as he has enormous…
Lagos Bye-Elections: Why we are hopeful of victory – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State on Sunday said that its candidates in the forthcoming bye-elections in the state had made the party to be hopeful of electoral…
2023 presidency: Yahaya Bello under pressure to run, says Kogi commissioner
Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi commissioner for information and communication, says many people have asked Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, to contest the 2023 presidential race. In a Twitter post…
God has cleared my way to Anambra Govt House – Moghalu
Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief George Moghalu has explained why he is eyeing the governorship seat of Anambra state come 2021.…
Zoning: Pressure mounts on Secondus as more PDP govs threaten defection
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come under increasing pressure to declare its position on which of the zones will…
2023: The Goodluck Jonathan card
Five years after conceding defeat to an opposition candidate, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan is in the news again over his likely return to the Presidential Villa in 2023, on the back of the tiger – the All…
2023: So far, Buhari’s body language does not suggest Jonathan
•Doubts South South will support him •Fears Igbo may ruin their chance •Speaks on Zamfara gold, hopes for resource control Hon. Julius Ihonvbere is a Professor of International Relations and…
Dissolved Oshiomhole-led NWC Drags APC, INEC To Court
Hilliard Eta, a former acting chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify the appointment of the…
Igbo Presidency: You don’t get presidential ticket at market square – Governor Uzodinma
Ahead of the 2023 Presidential elections, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State yesterday said that no one will get ticket at the market square, rather it is the decision of the political party. Governor Uzodinma also…
APC governors, state chairmen, non-NWC back tenure elongation
The coast seems to be clear for the proposed extension of the time frame given to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee following the endorsement by the…
Jonathan now a progressive person… he works for us – APC mocks PDP
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says ex-President Goodluck Jonathan is a “progressive person” who now works for the ruling party. Speaking during a programme on Channels…
Why you must not deny Sanwo-Olu second term in 2023 – Primate Ayodele tells APC
The leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has told the All Progressives Congress not to toy with handing over a second term mandate to the…
PDP not a worthy opposition – APC
Ruling All Progressives Congress on Friday slammed the Peoples Democratic Party for not being a worthy opposition. The APC also claimed former President Goodluck Jonathan has been working for the ruling party and the regime…
Matawalle mulls leaving PDP, says ‘I’m having very bad experience; happy for Umahi’
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is becoming hostile for its members, lamenting over his recent experience with his governor colleagues from the South-South…
Former Atiku Abubakar’s aide wants Senator Abbo’s seat declared vacant
Former aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Umar Ardo, from Adamawa state, has called on Senate President Ahmad Lawan to immediately declare the seat of Senator Elisha Abbo, who Wednesday defected to All…
How Igbo Presidency Can Be Achieved In 2023 – Ekweremadu
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday said Igbo presidency could only be achieved in 2023 through dialogue. Speaking at the 2020 edition of the…