Monthly Archives: May 2022

Fear grips Tinubu’s camp over choice of Oyegun as head of APC screening panel

Fear has reportedly gripped the political camp of a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as Chief John Odigie-Oyegun heads the presidential screening panel of the party. Odigie-Oyegun, the first substantive national chairman of the party, is believed to be a political enemy of the APC National Leader since the 2020 Edo State Governorship ...

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Just in: Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate

Ahead of the 2023 presidential, Peter Obi, former Anambra State Governor, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. The development is coming  as two of Obi’s challengers, Professor Pat Utomi, and Joseph Faduri, stepped down for him at the party’s presidential primary on Monday. The former Governor will now be facing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ...

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2023 Presidency: APC to begin screening of the today

In the face of the preparations for the 2023 presidential election, the All Progressives Congress (APC)  will today commence the screening of the presidential aspirants. It should be noted that the ruling party has scheduled to take place between June 6th and June 8th, It was learnt the ruling party has appointed the former National Chairman of the party, Chief ...

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Facts emerge on how Tambuwal steps down for Atiku

There were more facts on how former Vice President Atiku Abubakar beat 14 other aspirants to clinch the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday. It was learnt that two last-minute negotiations with presidential aspirants from the North, especially Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal, gave Atiku the cutting edge over his closest rival, River State Governor Nyesom Wike. ...

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Agitations by IPOB should make should make APC, PDP zone presidency to South East

A chieftain of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-political organization, Chuks Ibegbu, has dismissed the claim that the Biafra agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has affected Igbos’ pursuit to produce Nigeria’s next President. According to him, the agitation by Kanu and IPOB should push Nigerians into allowing the Igbos to produce Nigeria’s President. Speaking exclusively with newsmen, Ibegbu pointed ...

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Fielding a northern presidential candidate will spell doom for Nigeria- HURIWA warns APC

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, against picking a Northerner as its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. This warning came on the backdrop of the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a Northeasterner, as the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday. HURIWA, in a statement ...

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How Wike wasted N30bn Rivers money on PDP primaries- Peterside

A top chieftain  of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside has accused the State Governor, Nyesom Wike of wasting N30 billion of the State fund on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election. Peterside said the outcome of the PDP presidential primary on Saturday, in Abuja, was proof that Wike was only a ‘local champion’ who ...

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Atiku will present acceptable running mate- PDP BoT

The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party through its Board of Trustees said that 2023 Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar will  come up with an acceptable running mate. It will be recalled that  that Atiku emerged as the PDP 2023 Presidential candidate. Speaking in a statement on Monday, the  Chairman PDP BoT, Senator Walid Jibrin, described the emergence of the former ...

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EFCC arrests Ex-Governor of Zamfara, Yari over alleged fraud

The anti-graft agent, the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sunday arrested a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari It was learnt that the arrest is in connection with the ongoing investigation of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, who was alleged to have diverted over N80bn. It will be recalled that Yari governed Zamfara State from ...

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Primaries: Tension as political thugs invade APC Collation Center in Benue

The Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Electoral Committee for Benue South, Hon. Moses Mkeenem, has decried the  invasion of the election collation centre in Otukpo, Benue State. According to him, the thugs believed to be working for one of the aspirants in the election, invaded the premises, brandishing guns, machetes and other lethal weapons. The chairman said it took the ...

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