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Just in: Some forces in Aso Rock trying to scuttle Tinubu’s presidential ambition – el-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday, disclosed that some powerful elements in Aso Rock are working assiduously to jeopardize the chances...
Update on Osun tribunal: Sacked Gov. Adeleke spurns verdict, heads to Appeal Court
Osun Gov. Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the Friday’s judgment of the Osun Governorship Tribunal sacking him,...
Osun Election Tribunal Sacks Gov. Adeleke
The Osun Election Petition Tribunal on Friday in Osogbo, Osun capital, sacked PDP’s Governor Ademola Adeleke. It, therefore, ordered that the Certificate of...
Four years after Tinubu owned up to bullion vans in his house, Lagos APC chieftain “clears” him, saying vans missed road
Four years after Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s admission that the money in the bullion vans found in his house was his, the All Progressives...
Two days after Abia guber candidate’s death, another governorship candidate exits
Barely two days after Abia State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate, Prof. Uchenna Ikonne’s sudden death, another governorship candidate, Aliyu Maina of...
Abia PDP governorship candidate death: INEC directs party to conduct primary in 14 days
Following the death of Abia State PDP governorship candidate, Prof. Uchenna Ikonne, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has directed the party to...
Tinubu’s Abeokuta declaration: Atiku mocks APC candidate, urges him to stop shedding crocodile tears
The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization has berated the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for blackmailing President Muhammadu...
In a blast of anger, Tinubu at Abeokuta rally, spits fire, slams Buhari govt. for “sabotaging’’ his election in Feb. 25 poll
``The city boy is here, I am the son of the soil, we will take the government from them; the bad people,’’ Persecondnews...
Few days after APC Presidential Campaign Council Director quits, ex-Gov Bindow dumps party
A wave of resignation has continued to hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the February 25 and March 11 polls with...
Breaking: 46 days to poll, Abia PDP Governorship Candidate dies
The People’s Democratic Party governorship candidate for Abia State in the March 11 election, Prof. Uche Ikonne, has passed on. Ikonne died at...
Power outage, audio system hitch frustrate Buhari, Tinubu’s addresses at Bauchi APC rally
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Northeast region rally held in Bauchi ended abruptly following power outage and audio system hitch with thousands of...
Kebbi people hostile, antagonistic to APC candidate’s campaign team, pelt them with stones, satchets of water
…PDP candidate in Kebbi State, retired Gen. Aminu Bande, has been having a field day campaigning without any hindrance or let.
Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council member, Najaatu says Osinbajo better candidate
“I was in the campaign for Yola, and we had to beg them to take the microphone from him, everything about Tinubu is...
Anti-party activities: PDP’s hammer falls on ex-Enugu Gov. Nnamani, Fayose, seven others in Ekiti, Imo
For alleged anti-party activities, a former Enugu State Governor, Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani and others have been suspended from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)...
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...
