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Supreme Court restores Akpabio as APC Akwa-Ibom North-West Senatorial candidate
After months of legal tangle, the nomination of Sen. Godwill Akpabio as the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa-Ibom North-West Senatorial...
Obi at Chatham House, UK, vows to declare emergency in Nigeria’s power sector if elected president
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, on Monday made a good showing at the Chatham House in the United...
Ex-Minister Alphonsus Nwosu renounces membership of PDP BoT
A former Health Minister in the ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Prof Alphonsus Nwosu, has resigned as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), BoT...
2023: SDP allegedly collapses structure for Tinubu, party’s presidential candidate, Adebayo keeps mum
Barely 46 days before the general elections with electioneering reaching crescendo, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has collapsed its structure for the All...
Court sacks slapping APC Senator Elisha Abbo, can’t contest Feb. 25 senatorial poll
Presided over by Justice Mohammed Danladi, the court sacked Abbo on the grounds that he had been expelled from the party by his...
Feb. 25 Presidential poll: Ex-Anambra gov. rules out interim govt, says Obi will win
A one-time Governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife has predicted a resounding victory for the candidate of the Labour Party in the...
Vote your conscience, don’t be hoodwinked by politicians, says 2face
Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2face, has called on Nigerians to vote wisely and vote their conscience as they go...
AY Comedian launches Q and A Instagram with 23m followers for presidential candidates
Famous Nigerian standup comedian, Ayo Makun, a.k.a AY Comedian, has launched a question-and-answer session lnstagram for presidential candidates ahead of the general elections....
Opposition party pulling down my posters, billboards in Lagos, Banky W, House of Rep. candidate cries out
Nigerian musician and politician, Bakole Wellington a.k.a Banky W has accused opposition political party of pulling down his campaign billboards and tearing his...
Southsouth leader, Clark, joins forces with Obasanjo, Adebanjo, others, tips Obi for president in Feb. poll
Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential hopeful, has continued to enjoy a groundswell of support and endorsement of some elder statesmen with the...
Crisis hits G-5 governors as Gov. Ortom declares support for Obi
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday supported the endorsement of the Labour Party Presidential Candidate Peter Obi by ex- President...
Just in: Gunmen attack ex-Governor, aides, police orderlies killed
The convoy of a former Imo Governor, Ikedi Ohakim, has been attacked by some yet-to-be apprehended gunmen l, leaving four people including his...
I’m unmoved, unperturbed by threat of expulsion, Wike calls PDP’s bluff
The Governor of River State, Nyesom Wike says he is unmoved by the threat of expulsion from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) following...
Just in: Ekiti Tribunal upholds Oyebanji’s election as governor
Mr Biodun Oyebanji, elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was on Thursday confirmed as the governor of Ekiti State...
Ex-Pres. Obasanjo’s political adviser, Akin Osuntokun replaces Okupe as Obi-Datti Campaign DG
The Labour Party (LP) has appointed Mr Akin Osuntokun, a former Political Adviser to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Director-General of its Presidential Campaign...
PDP PCC warns “bullion van” politicians against hounding Emefiele, destroying nation’s financial institution
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council has fingered “bullion vans” politicians as the unseen hand behind the hounding of Central Bank...
