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2019: Osinbajo thrills Abuja residents to ‘Next Level’ song
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo thrilled some residents of Abuja to ‘Next Level’, a song composed from the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign slogan for the 2019 general elections. The vice president addressed…
APC government promises are aspirations, says Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works, and housing, says the promises made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) are aspirational, and not necessarily the reality. Fashola said the Muhammadu Buhari-led…
Amosun leads APM chairman to Aso Rock as party adopts Buhari for 2019
Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, and Yusuf Dantalle, national chairman of Allied Peoples Movement (APM), on Monday presented a letter adopting President Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential candidate of the…
2019: God‘ll give Nigeria a president after his heart – Edwin Clark
Convener, Pan Niger Delta Forum, and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has said God will give Nigeria a president after His own heart, regardless of how politicians try to hit up the polity of next year’s polls.…
2023: Osita Okechukwu asks PDP to mind their business
A foundation member of the All Progressives Congress and Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has advised the Peoples Democratic Party to mind their business and face their manifesto, which…
Until an Igbo man leads, Nigeria will continue to wallow in darkness – Ohanaeze
Uchi Achi-Okpaga, spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says Nigeria will continue to wallow in “abject socio-political, economic and developmental blindness” until an Igbo man becomes the president. Achi-Okpaga, said…
Oshiomhole was in Imo to insult me — Okorocha
Govenor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State yesterday said that the national chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole came to Imo state to rain insults on him.Okorocha stated this through a release to newsmen in…
I’ll remove Lekki Toll Gate if elected governor – Agbaje
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has said if voted next year, he will dismantle the Lekki Toll Gate, which he…
Why Osinbajo met Hausa community leader in Lagos
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday took his door-to-door campaign to the Hausa community leader of Agege, Alhaji Musa Dogonkadai. The leader, who doubles as the Chairman of the Chieftaincy Council…
2019: Thousands of Akinwunmi Ambode’s supporters stage solidarity march for Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Thousands of supporters of Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Sunday embarked on solidarity rally to reaffirm commitment to the election of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next…
Nigeria won’t survive another four years of Muhammadu Buhari – Peter Obi
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, at the weekend gave an idea of how he and the party’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would fix the country’s economy if voted into power by…
Row over Osinbajo’s push for Buhari in Southwest
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo sparked a huge controversy at the weekend when he asked his kinsmen in the Southwest to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid next year. He was quoted as saying that the…
I fear only God not even Buhari – Amosun
Governor Ibikunle Amosun has clarified that he only fears God and not human beings, including President Muhammadu Buhari. Amosun said God whose counsel or pronouncement cannot be altered by man, is the one he…
Why we’re denying Buhari use of stadium for campaign – Akwa Ibom govt
President Muhammadu Buhari will not be allowed to use the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, for his campaign next Friday, the state government has said. Mr Buhari is scheduled to visit Akwa Ibom on…
Atiku Abubakar cannot win 2019 presidential election – Primate Ayodele
Primate Babatunde Ayodele Elijah of the Inri Evangelical Mission, has predicted that the boasts of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), notwithstanding, the ruling All Progressive Congress…
2019: Okupe mobilises unemployed youth against Buhari
Contrary to the claim that the Buhari administration has created 12 million jobs, former media aide at the Presidency, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said nothing could be further from the truth.Okupe, who spoke on Arise Television,…
Ambode will not get Abuja mansion for losing 2nd term bid
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode will not get Abuja mansion for losing 2nd term bid. He will be the first governor in Lagos State since 2007 to miss out on a mansion in Abuja after leaving office, Sunday Punch’s investigation has revealed.…
Why I keep moving from one party to another – Ladoja
Former governor of Oyo State and a chieftain of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has been in the news for moving from one party to another. With less than two months to the general election, Ladoja’s defection from…
Anti-party activities: APC weighs sanctions against Amosun, Okorocha, others
How would the All Progressives Congress (APC) sanction two of its state governors for allegedly working against the interest of the party in next year’s elections? That is the dilemma currently facing the ruling…
Support Buhari’s re-election bid, get presidency in 2023 – Osinbajo tells South-West
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the Yoruba to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid in other to have a chance at the presidency come 2023. Osinbajo made the remark when he visited the…
All PVCs ready for collection, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has printed permanent voter cards (PVCs) for all newly registered voters between 2017 and 2018 and they are ready for collection. Mahmoud Yakubu, INEC…
No other party will rule in Lagos except APC – Oba Akiolu
The Oba of Lagos Oba Akiolu 1 has said that God will not allow any other party apart from All Progressives Congress (APC) to take over the State in the forthcoming general election in 2019.He made this remark yesterday in Lagos…
Arewa Community in Lagos to hold mega rally for Sanwo-Olu
THE Arewa Community in Lagos State has promised to hold a mega rally for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the coming 2019 governorship election in Lagos State. The…
Rivers government terminates sale of state-owned power plants to Tonye Cole’s companies
The Rivers State Government has announced the termination of the share sale contract for the 70 per cent equity of the State Government-owned power generation assets held by First Independent Power Limited in Omoku,…