President Bola Tinubu has presented the All Progressives Congress, APC, flag to the standard bearer in the September 21 Edo State gubernatorial election, and his running mate, Dennis Idahosa at the state house. While presenting the party flag, the President expressed optimism of APC’s victory in the election. The President who appreciated the state leadership of the party for their ...
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Edo Guber: APC picks Idahosa as deputy governorship candidate
APC governorship candidate, Okpebholo, alongside his running mate Dennis Idahosa and the party’s chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje The All Progressives Congress (APC) has selected Hon. Dennis Idahosa as its deputy governorship candidate in the September 21 Edo governorship election. Idahosa will serve as a running mate for the APC candidate in the state, Senator Monday Okpebholo. Recall that Idahosa was one ...
Read More »Peter Obi calls for review of 2024 budget over alleged budget padding
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has called for a total review of the 2024 budget. He made this known in a statement on his official X handle on Monday. Obi advised that the nation’s resources should adequately be appropriated to critical areas like security, fighting poverty and solving the challenges of ...
Read More »President Putin ‘wins’ Russian presidential election without serious opposition
Russian President Vladimir Putin has cemented his grip on power in a landslide election victory that has been widely criticised as lacking democratic legitimacy. In a post-election news conference, Putin cast the outcome as a vindication of his decision to defy the West and invade Ukraine. “No matter who or how much they want to intimidate us, no matter who ...
Read More »Some pretenders deserve Guinness Book of Records – Wike
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has said some people are so pretentious that they deserve to make the Guinness Book of World Records for this feat. Wike spoke at the weekend during the 60th birthday celebration of the National Chairman (Southsouth) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Victor Giadom, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. During ...
Read More »Present politicians are after personal interests- Christopher Kolade
A former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Christopher Kolade Nigerian politicians of today only work for their personal interest above national interest. Kolade stated this in an interview with Channels Television during the week. The elder statesman said he never joined politics because he “would not be able to be myself.” According to him, things have changed compared ...
Read More »Suspension of Senator Ningi bad- ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has condemned the suspension of the immediate past Chairman of Northern Senators Forum, Sen Abdul Ninigi, by the Senate, saying the interests of the North are at stake. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of ACF, Prof. Tukur Muhammad-Baba, explained that the Senate ought to have investigated the issues raised by the senator to ...
Read More »How Edo PDP Chairman was kidnapped- aide
There was confusion in Edo State, yesterday, as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Tony Aziegbemi, was reportedly kidnapped by a gang of armed men. Aziegbemi, said to have been captured a few metres to his residence off the Government Reservation Area in Benin City, was purportedly trailed by his abductors who were said to be in two ...
Read More »Ondo 2024: APC leaders set up screening committee
In a bid to ensure the emergence of a suitable candidate for the forthcoming November governorship election in Ondo State, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, under the aegis of Ondo APC Aborigines, have set up a nine-man committee to evaluate and screen all governorship aspirants of the party. The committee, led by Christy Olufowose, was mandated to ...
Read More »Why Tinubu should review 2024 budget- PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to restore the integrity of the 2024 budget by immediately ordering an open investigation into the alleged insertion as well as a holistic review of the budget. A statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said that the PDP stands by its demand that Senator ...
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