Ahead of the Delta State governorship election primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who is also the Deputy President of the Senate, arrived in Asaba, the state capital, on Wednesday. The primary, which holds at Federal Technical College, Asaba, is expected to witness the gathering of elected delegates who will elect the party’s standard bearer in …

A presidential hopeful of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ekiti State Governor, took his nationwide campaign tour to Osun State on Wednesday declaring that all those in the race for the nation’s No 1 seat from the southwest were most qualified for the job. Fayemi, who is a friend of his host, Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola, believed to …

Businessman cum politician, Mr Peter has dumped the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former Anambra State governor was one of the leading presidential aspirants of the party in the primary scheduled for this weekend. Obi was the PDP vice presidential candidate in 2019, running the race with former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In the present …

Ace entertainer, Bovi Ugboma has joined other distinguished celebrities in endorsing the GoNigeria advocacy campaign for effective youth participation in Nigeria’s electoral processes leading to the 2023 general elections. He is the latest GoAmbassador and is helping to intensify the enlightenment initiative in the actualisation of better outcomes from the forthcoming elections. Bovi’s appointment is coming at a time the …

The Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Joseph Albasu Kunini has dismissed speculations that he has withdrawn from the 2023 governorship race in the state. A statement by his Chief of Staff, Mr Sukuji Bakoji described the rumour as “a blatant lie from the pit of hell”. “The Speaker is still in the governorship race. He is …

More sitting Governors have won the tickets of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest Senatorial seats in the next February’s election. Among them is Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, who will complete his two-term tenure in May. Unchallenged in the party primary on Tuesday, Ikpeazu, 57, will represent the PDP in the Abia South senatorial district in the …

Public relations consultant, Akogun Adetokunbo Modupe is a step away from becoming a Nigerian Senator. Better known as Toks, Modupe won the fiercely contested Ondo North Senatorial District in the primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which was conducted on Monday. He polled 124 delegate votes to defeat his challenger, Prince Foluso Mayowa Adefemi, who had 93 delegate votes. …

A repeat of the 2019 political twist in Zamfara State is looming in Abia State in 2023, elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governorship aspirants of the party have warned. While the All Progressives Congress (APC) which was the sitting party in Zamfara State, won virtually all the National and state elections, the opposition PDP benefitted from judicial …

Warns against, partisan interests ruining 2023 polls A chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has warned that the confusion being created by the country’s political umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must not be allowed to endanger the conduct of the 2023 general elections. In a statement from his media office in Abuja, Olawepo-Hashim …

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has counselled that any aspirant deserving of its presidential ticket must commit to the formation of a Government of National Unity (GNU). This is coming just days after its National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu promised that the party would field its finest candidates ahead of the 2023 general …