politics

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, said the presidential bid of his Labour Party, counterpart, Peter Obi is premature. Atiku, who stated this while addressing a press conference in Abuja, insisted that he remained the stepping stone to the aspiration of the Igbo to produce Nigeria’s President. He said, “When I ran in 2019, ... Read More »

Honourable Member-elect of Federal House of Representatives and former Chairman of Ojokoro LCDA, Hon. Benjamin Adeyemi Olabinjo has extoled the virtues of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing him as a reformer, change agent and bridge-building. Olabinjo fielding questions from newsmen during the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly election said Tinubu have shown capacity in leadership and a firm believer ... Read More »

The president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has reacted to the statement credited to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, over the just-concluded presidential election. Obi had, in a press conference broadcast on Thursday, argued that he won the election. In a statement by the Director of Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus ... Read More »

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election after polling 8,805,420 votes in the February 25th election. A tally of the votes announced by electoral officials from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory at the national collation centre in Abuja showed Tinubu led his closest challenger, ... Read More »

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has advised presidential candidate of his party, Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar to ‘accept defeat in maturity and retire peacefully to Dubai’. Fayose, however commended presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi for his impressive showing in the presidential polls. The former Governor’s reaction is coming days after the Independent National Electoral ... Read More »

Amember of the House of Representatives and campaigner of Atiku Abubakar, Dr. Chinyere Igwe, has allegedly been arrested with $500,000 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Igwe, who represents Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, was nabbed on Friday during a stop and search operation along Aba Road. Spokesperson of Rivers Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the arrest, said: “A statement ... Read More »

Alhaji Seidu Baba, a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says the forum has not adopted former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, as a consensus candidate. Baba made the clarification on Saturday at a news conference in Abuja. According to him, though, Atiku has been scheming to be endorsed as the sole candidate of ... Read More »

Wife of the presidential flag bearer of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Oluremi Tinubu has faulted critics accusing him of being over-ambitious. She said service is the driving force propelling the ruling party standard bearer. The Lagos Central Senator said her husband is qualified to aspire for the nation’s highest office after serving others and seeing to their successes for ... Read More »

…says policy implementation poor …adds it’s unclear what interest is being served The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday faulted the decision of the Federal Government to disregard the Supreme Court order on the issue of currency swap. It will be recalled that the apex court had last week given an order for the old ... Read More »

…Says, he isn’t opposed to currency redesign but disruptive implementation Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has listed six ways through which the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN can end the current hardship in the country caused by the scarcity of newly redesigned Naira notes. In a statement he personally signed and issued Sunday ... Read More »