Popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele has suspended her acting career following her emergence as Deputy Governorship candidate in Lagos State. The Ikorodu-born producer, popular known as Jenifa, will be contesting under the banner of Peoples Democratic Party together with her principal, Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, the Convener of the Lagos4Lagos Movement. Confirming her deputy governorship candidacy on Tuesday, the celebrity …

The Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has described the choice of his colleague in the upper legislative chamber, Senator Kashim Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as appropriate given that he is “detribalized and visionary”, adding that he is “a major plus for the APC presidential ticket”. Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the APC …

Following the choice of former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate of of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the place holder, Ibrahim Kabiru Masari has written to the party withdrawing his nomination. According to a presidential aide, Buhari Sallau, Masari addressed journalists in Katsina on Sunday and confirmed that he had submitted his “withdrawal …

On the heels of the disclosure by Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has settled for a Muslim running mate, a “highly competence source” in the Tinubu Campaign Organisation has disclosed that the choice is a “former Governor and Senator from the Northeast part of Nigeria”. …

The recent defection of some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been described by the APC Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation in the state as a testament to its candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s attractive style of politics. This is even as the campaign organisation congratulated the Deputy Senate President on the …

Shortly after his announcement on Friday as the running mate to Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has said that he accepted the position because of his belief in Obi’s capacity to make Nigeria live up to its billing. He said he was convinced that Obi would not mismanage the nation’s wealth, adding that …

Nigerian youths appear ready to make their impact felt in deciding the country’s elected leaders this time. Usually considered apolitical with social media rather than the poll being their tool to elect leaders, figures from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show that youths account for 63.9 percent of the total record of new registrations. If their efforts are turned …

Former Deputy Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi was recently named the running mate to Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2023 general election in the state. Osanebi, a lawyer and three-time member of the State Assembly, hails from Beneku town in Ndokwa-East Local Government Area. …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had described as “fake news” media reports that he had a meeting with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in France. Wike, first runner-up in the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but who lost the push for running mate with the party’s candidate, Alhaji …

Governors, N/Assembly leaders, Ministers included  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted an 86-member National Campaign Council ahead of the 16th July governorship election in Osun State. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu is the council chairman, while his counterparts in Kano State, Dr Abdullahi and Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello are respectively co-chairman and deputy chairman. The committee, which …