politics

A mammoth crowd of Lagos State residents, yesterday, converged on Onikan – a cultured neighbourhood in the heart of Lagos Island – for an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally. Clad in branded yellow shirts and Ankara brocade, the crowd dominated the city centre with pockets of political carnival. Thousands of ordinary citizens and party stalwarts trooped to Mobolaji Johnson Pavilion, ... Read More »

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has told residents to wait for his decision on the presidential candidate to vote for in 2023. Wike said they should, however, vote massively for the candidates of the PDP in other positions such as governorship, National Assembly and House of Assembly. Speaking on Tuesday while inaugurating the Rukpoku-Izo-Ogbodo-Igwuruta link road constructed by his administration, the ... Read More »

The immediate past Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola has disclosed that his administration is leaving behind for the incoming government a total sum of N14billion cash in the State’s coffers. Oyetola also revealed that his government had successfully paid N97billion from the total debt inherited in 2018 when he assumed office. He disclosed that his administration didn’t borrow a ... Read More »

…I’m back, Atiku should go and sit at home …Says Atiku outlived relevance in chase for presidency …As Christian, Muslim leaders storm venue All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, aka, “City Boy” has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 poll as ungrateful politician who has outlived his relevance in the chase ... Read More »

Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has assured the public of adequate security to guarantee a hitch free presidential campaign mass rally for the party’s Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, slated for Saturday. The Director General, DG, of the Local Organising Committee for the Presidential Campaign in Lagos State Campaign Council, ... Read More »

Former Enugu state governor, Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, has described the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, as a transformational mentor as opposed to a godfather. Nnamani who inferred that he finds it difficult to stop talking about his former colleague, noted that Tinubu’s unique mentoring style especially during his time as governor of Lagos State ... Read More »

The Supreme Court, on Monday, ordered re-hearing of a suit that is challenging the legality of the governorship primary election the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, conducted in Ogun State. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices, remitted the suit which was filed by an aggrieved aspirant of the party, Jimi Adebisi Lawal, back to ... Read More »

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike has insisted that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Iyorchia Ayu is corrupt and diverted N1.1Billion party funds, daring Ayu to sue him over the allegation. Wike restated the allegation Saturday at the Rivers PDP 2023 election campaign flag-off held at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State where he also declared ... Read More »

AFTER weeks of preparation, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, flagged off its campaign in style to retain the presidency in Jos, the Plateau State capital. President Muhammadu Buhari and National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, led governors elected on the platform of the party, ministers, National Working Committee, NWC, members and other party leaders to the ... Read More »

A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from outside Plateau State who was in Jos for the flag-off of the Party’s Presidential Campaign has been confirmed dead. Details of his death are still sketchy as at press time but it was learnt that the second term lawmaker slumped at the Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos, venue of the flag-off of ... Read More »