Category: Politics

Cross River Governor Ben Ayade has joined the list of presidential aspirants on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He disclosed his decision to State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, stating that he was actually asked to join the race by […]

Former Nigeria’s Senate President Bukola Saraki Atiku, Tambuwal Disown Failed Consensus Drive Arewa Group Commends Elders For Pruning Aspirants List Stakeholders from the 19 Northern States in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected the choice of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and immediate past President of Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, as consensus Presidential aspirants […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan will only be joining the All Progressives Congress presidential race on the condition that he is endorsed by President Muhammadu Buhari, it has been learnt. Anything short of this would not be acceptable to Jonathan who served as deputy governor, governor, Vice-President and President on the platform of the Peoples Democratic […]

National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), May Agbamuche-Mbu (left); Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and National Commissioner, Festus Okoye at a special meeting with resident electoral commissioners in Abuja… yesterday The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked political parties to submit copies of their membership register to the commission before their primary elections. The […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that he will not step down from the 2023 presidential race. Wike, who is a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, said this during an interview with BBC Pigin. Some chieftains of the PDP had demanded that the presidential candidate of the party should be picked through […]

News on Wednesday of the cost of All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination forms triggered condemnation. But while some party faithful has continued to mourn the development, others appeared anxious to generate the funds. The party announced its presidential ticket would be sold for N100 million, governorship (N50 million), Senate (N20 million), House of Representatives (N10 […]

Nigeria’s immediate former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan may soon declare his interest to reclaim the exalted seat of the presidency in the 2023 poll. He dropped the hint while addressing hundreds of youths from across the country who trooped to his Maitama foundation office to call for his return to power on Friday. “Yes you […]

A United States-based presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Nwachukwu Anakwenze, on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with former president Olusegun Obasanjo at his penthouse of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta. Speaking with newsmen after the brief meeting, Anakwenze said Nigeria should have become a manufacturing nation to be regarded […]

An All Progressives Congress group, The Progressive Project, on Thursday in Abuja said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s presidential aspiration wasn’t about personal ambition. Addressing a press conference at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the TPP Chairman, Senator Kabiru Gaya, said the presidential race for Osinbajo was about a positive response to popular calls from a […]

Governors Hope Uzodimma, Imo State (left); Yahaya Bello, Kogi; Mai Mala Buni , Yobe; Aminu Masari, Katsina ; Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State; Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos; Gboyega Oyetola, Osun; and Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Ondo, during 11th National Executive Committee meeting of APC, in Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua N100m for nomination form more than […]