The presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has said that he is happy that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi did not win presidential tickets of their parties. While Wike contested and finished second in the presidential primary of the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP), Umahi was a distant sixth …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to create one million jobs in the first 24 months if elected. Former Lagos State Deputy Governor, Otunba Femi Pedro gave this assurance in Abuja when he explained the APC candidate’s manifesto at a one-way symposium. According to Pedro, Tinubu has 12 key economic points …

The deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi, and the Director General of the campaign organisation, Elder Godsday Orubebe have tasked members of the organisation to lead the party to total victory in the 2023 elections. Both men spoke on Wednesday at a one-day retreat organised in Asaba for the leadership …

The Abia State Government has issued a warning to political parties on the use of public spaces for campaigning. This is coming two days before Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi arrives in the state to launch the governorship campaign of the party’s candidate, Dr Alex Otti. Otti is scheduled to launch his governorship campaign on Thursday with a …

The Senator representing Oyo Central district, Teslim Folarin has predicted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will poll 95 percent of the votes in Oyo State in the election scheduled for 25th February next year. The APC, which fielded incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, polled 365,229 votes in the last presidential election in 2019, which …

The Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said the people of the state should congratulate themselves for forcing the state government to release funds for part payment of pension arrears to retirees in the state. Omo-Agege, who is also the Deputy Senate President, noted however that the N5 billion released was merely …

The presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that its candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not feature at Sunday’s Arise TV presidential debate because of his resolve to avoid “selective appearances in some networks”, and his “hectic campaign” schedule. Arise TV had scheduled what it described as a “town hall meeting”, which was eventually attended …

A law firm, Indemnity Partners, has dissociated itself from a document in respect of the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Kogi Central Senatorial district, Mrs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and her husband High Chief Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan. In the document, said to signed by the politician’s legal counsel, Indemnity Partners, Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan had allegedly sought N10 billion damages from …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has said that it is not against political rallies in the South East as it had cancelled the Monday sit-at-home order it introduced across the region in 2021 to protest the detention of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. But despite IPoB’s reiterating this stand, offices, banks, marketplaces, motor parks, schools, petrol stations and every …

The spokesman of All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign council in Delta State, Olorogun Ima Niboro has advised the state governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa to stop chasing shadows and pay senior citizens their pensions and gratuities, which they deserved after serving the oil-rich state meritoriously. Niboro, who expressed regret at the ill-treatment meted to pensioners by the Okowa government, promised them …