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Just in: INEC releases list of presidential candidates, running mates for 2023 poll, Tinubu, Atiku, Obi confirmed

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday published the final list of Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates of all the political parties approved...

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Jibrin’s resignation: Gov. Wike sputters, says Ayu must go

There seems not to be an end in sight to the political squabble between Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike and the National Chairman of...

TMG kicks as INEC moves to upturn Yobe North Senatorial primary in favour of Senate President

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has expressed displeasure over moves by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upturn the outcome of the...

Ex-Kano Gov. Shekarau dumps NNPP, joins PDP

Amid Monday’s downpour, thousands of party faithful and sympathizers massed in the ancient city of Kano to witness another defection of a former...

APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket ruckus: Distraught Yoruba elders, Tinubu supporters protest in Lagos, demand Shettima’s stepdown

Some distraught Nigerians including sympathizers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu have again revisited the party’s...

2023 poll: Tinubu-Shettima ticket a bad one, creates inequality, threatens Nigeria’s fragile unity, liberty — Dogara

The decision by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to settle for a Muslim-Muslim Presidential ticket is not a bold decision but a bad...

Why I didn’t pick Wike as my presidential running mate — Atiku

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed why he did not pick the Governor of Rivers State,...

Just in: Defecting Oyo Deputy Governor lmpeached

For daring to defect from the ruling PDP in Oyo State, Deputy Governor Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan has been impeached. Olaniyan was sacked by...

PDP’s victory in Osun: Atiku excited, congratulates Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke

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Breaking:INEC declares PDP’s Adeleke winner of Osun governorship poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the PDP’s governorship candidate, Sen Ademola Adeleke as the winner of Saturday’s Osun governorship poll....

Ex-minister throws Tinubu under the bus for promising to equate Naira in value to the Dollar

The 2023 APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been stridently criticized for promising that, if elected, his administration will make the Naira...

Breaking: Amid controversy, APC shelves official unveiling of Tinubu’s Muslim running mate

Amid controversy and strident criticisms of a Muslim-Muslim APC presidential ticket for 2023 polls, the publicized official unveiling of former Borno Gov. Kashim...

APC Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket stokes concerns, resignations of party chieftains in Delta, Rivers

Two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta and Rivers State have resigned their memberships from the party to register their...

Presidential assessment scored Shettima very low as governor, accused of failing to secure Chibok girls

Contrary to the image being projected for APC presidential running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, his public service records as governor of Borno were...

Tinubu’s running mate, Shettima, dubs restructuring agenda as madness, says restructuring my foot

The political antecedents of the Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Kashim Shettima, who was unveiled on Sunday in Daura,...

PDP Vice-Presidential Candidacy Brouhaha: APC governors woo Wike

Following the crack in the main opposition party, the PDP, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are making overtures to Rivers...