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Just In: APC Disqualifies 10 Presidential Aspirants Ahead of the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled to hold between June 6th and 8th, the ruling party has disqualified 10 presidential aspirants. The Chairman of the Presidential Screening ...

Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has recounted how he nominated Professor Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in 2015. Tinubu, while speaking with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital ...

  Former Imo State governor and All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha, has boasted that he would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar if given his party’s ticket. According to him, the APC needed a candidate that ...

    A Peoples Democratic Party national delegate from Kaduna State, Tanko Sabo, has said that he donated over N12 million he got from the party’s presidential primary to the less-privileged in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna. In ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the 22 Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to support him to choose a successor capable of driving his vision and ideals of the party. Delivering a two-page speech Tuesday at a ...

Atiku Abubakar has recieved PDP’s certificate of return. The national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) issued the certificate of return to him as the winner of the party’s presidential primary election. He was handed the certificate ...

Two sons of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, have clinched the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tickets to contest National Assembly seats in the 2023 general elections. Siraj Ibrahim Tanko emerged as ...

  Dele Momodu has explained why Peter Obi will not win the 2023 presidential election under Labour Party. In his statement today when he appeared on a current affairs programme ‘Your Views’ on TVC, he disclosed that he and Peter ...

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has finally spoken for the first time since Saturday night when he scored zero in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primaries. Fayose was one of the fourteen presidential aspirants who battled for ...

Islamic clerics in Sokoto State have lauded the leadership qualities of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, urging Nigerians to support his presidential ambition. A cross-section of those who spoke in interviews on Monday described Mr Osinbajo as a healthy and dedicated ...

President Muhammadu Buhari today met with governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. The meeting comies days before the APC’s presidential primary and ahead of the retired general’s state visit to Spain, which he embarks on today.  

A 29-year-old engineer, Henrich Akomolafe, has won the Peoples Democratic Party primary for the seat of Ekiti-South Federal Constituency 1 in the House of Representatives unopposed. Akomolafe, who was said to be the only aspirant that appeared before the screening ...

A constitutional lawyer, Mr. Johnmary Jideobi, on Tuesday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the eligibility of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to contest the 2023 presidential election. The plaintiff, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/751/2022, maintained that ...

Chief Dele Momodu has resumed back to work after taking a political break. The media mogul was a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but lost like others to Atiku on Saturday. Announcing his resumption ...

The Senator representing Lagos West, Olamilekan Adeola, has been dragged to court over his decision to seek reelection to the Senate through Ogun West. Adeola, who has been representing Lagos at the National Assembly since 11 years ago, is seeking ...

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has paid a visit to Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, at his Abuja home. This is coming after Governor Wike lost the primary election to Abubakar ...

  Peter Obi has emerged as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Peter Obi joined the Labour Party after resigning from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He clinched the ticket after his rival, Pat Utomi stepped down for him. ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s name is misisng on the list of presidential aspirants expected to be screened by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State last Friday declared that Jonathan is eligible ...

  Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, wife of the former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has won the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ticket for Anambra North Senatorial zone. Ebelechukwu, popularly called Osodieme, defeated her husband’s former Chief of Staff, ...

  Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has again emerged as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Abubakar defeated 12 other candidates in a keenly contested presidential primary held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Saturday. ...

Former Governor of Edo and ex-national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has clinched his party’s Edo North Senatorial ticket ahead of the 2023 general elections. Mr Oshiomhole scored 309 votes to pick the APC ticket while ...

Babajide Obanikoro on Friday lost his bid for a second term to represent Eti-Osa 1 Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives under the All Progressives Congress. Obanikoro, son of a former minister of state for defence Musiliu Obanikoro, lost ...

The All Progressives Congress has postponed its special convention for presidential primary for the 2023 general elections from May 29 to June 6. National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, announced this in a statement hours after the Independent ...

Teslim Folarin has emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State. Mr Folarin emerged candidate after polling 954 votes in the primaries held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium on Thursday in Ibadan. Folarin, a former Senate leader, ...

Lai Mohammed’s son, Folajimi has lost the ticket to represent Ikeja State Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly. The Minister’s son who is representing the constituency for the second time, failed to secure his re-election ticket in ...