Governor Nyesom Wike has said that  President Muhammadu Buhari and the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi meddled in the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State. The Rivers State Governor made this accusation during the flag-off of the construction of some internal roads in Igwuruta, Ikwerre local government area of the state. According to him, the president through  Amaechi had ...

As politicians continue to prepare for the 2023 general elections, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State charged a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, to ensure that the party wins in the North. According to him,  Makarfi should ensure that PDP wins in Kano, Jigawa, Niger, and Kaduna states. The outspoken ex-presidential aspirant of PDP ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed  that his administration will not permit the intimidation of voters during next year’s elections. He said those in government and other highly privileged citizens would not be allowed to humiliate the electorate. President Buhari assured that his administration will guarantee a conducive atmosphere during the polls when members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), led ...

The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar said he is mulling a government of national unity and tax rebate, if elected president in 2023. The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made this remark in a statement he personally issued on in Kano and made available to journalists. According to him, government of national unity that would ...

Peter Obi’s camp through his media office has mocked Dele Alake again following comments about the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate. It should be noted that Alake is the Director of Strategy and Communication of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Presidential Council working for the former Governor of Lagos State. It will be recalled that Alake had declared that Obi’s achievements ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has denied speculation of bad relationship between its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and the party national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu over composition of campaign council. The party’s clarification followed media report that the party had been unable to unveil the full list of members of the Presidential Campaign Council as a ...

Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State has warned politicians that using religion to manipulate politics will have a devastating effect on the development in the country. Bishop Kukah noted that just as it happened in Germany during the reign of Adolf Hitler, such moves by politicians in the country would come with a grave consequence. ...

All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday had a meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja. The meeting was part of his nationwide consultation with critical stakeholders ahead of the upcoming presidential election. The former governor of Lagos State was accompanied by his running mate, Kassim Shetimma and five APC governors. The brief meeting which was ...

As Ibrahim Shekarau decamped to the People Democratic Party, scores of his supporters who decamped to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) alongside with him said they would remain in the party. They expressed their readiness to ensure that the NNPP emerged victorious in the 2023 elections in Kano and across the country. Shekarau, a former governor and Kano Central ...

The former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned the Federal Government, warning that increasing debts will never be a solution to the country’s indebtedness. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  recalled that last week the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the GDP figures for Q2 2022, said the government has been unreasonably upbeat about ...