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Armed thugs attack Atiku’s rally in Maiduguri, scores wounded

Political intolerance and brigandage reared its ugly head in the nation’s electioneering on Wednesday as the convoy of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)...

Fayose warns crisis could set PDP on path to chaos, says ‘serious turbulence’ ahead

Signs of strain in the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,  mounted Wednesday with less than 150 days left before the  Presidential elections, former governor...

Tragedy as APC House of Reps candidate dies in auto crash three months to 2023 polls

Barely three months to the 2023 polls, the All Progressives Congress House of Representatives candidate for Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency of Enugu State,...

Tinubu Sacks Presidential Campaign Coordinator

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sacked Senator Aisha Ahmed Dahiru a.k.a Binani as the presidential...

2023 presidential poll: Business Group slams Tinubu for declining Chambers of Commerce’s invite

Atiku Business Support Group (ABSG) has criticised the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for repudating the invitation of chambers of...

Rivers Gov. Wike fights dirty, revokes Sen. Maeba’s plot of land for supporting Atiku

  Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike is fighting dirty with his latest decision to revoke the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of a...

Tinubu’s candidacy divides Afenifere as two nonagenarian leaders are pitted against each other

APC Presidential Candidate Bola Tinubu may have broken the ranks of Afenifere, the apex Pan-Yoruba socio-political/cultural organization, following his visit to Akure, Ondo...

Fitch report on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential poll flawed, defective, just mere conjectures procured by APC — Atiku

The PDP’s presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, has thrashed Fitch Ratings on the chances of the presidential candidates for the 2023 poll, describing the...

Defection: Appeal Court reverses judgment sacking Umahi, Deputy

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday reversed the High Court judgment that sacked Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi State...

2023 polls: Tinubu has the gift of assembling people who can deliver — Public affairs analyst

A public affairs analyst and veteran journalist, Ayodele Akinsola, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is endowed...

2023 polls: Atiku does not need us in Rivers, we’ll campaign for other candidates — Gov. Wike

Irrepressible Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike says the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku, does not need him in his...

Tinubu’s manifesto, a piece of MKO Abiola’s plagiarized Hope ’93’ document — Dele Momodu

The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has thrashed the manifesto of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...

Buhari unveils APC Presidential Campaign Council, describes Tinubu as friend, partner, and brother

In spite of the unfavorable circumstances of global economic downturns, the Covid-19 pandemic, and very low international oil prices resulting in low revenue,...

Fireworks as APC calls out Atiku for playing ethnic card to sway Northern votes

The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has been accused of playing the ethnic card in his quest for...

New Ekiti Governor, Oyebanji, Takes Oath Of Office As Fayemi Exits

Mr Abiodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been sworn in as the Ekiti Governor, taking the reins from Dr Kayode...

2023: Nigeria does not need Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa-Fulani president but pan-Nigerian president — Atiku 

The People’s Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has appealed to the sentiments of the Northern part of the county to consider national...