Reading Time: 2 minutes Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye, a former All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) national publicity secretary, has announced his intention to run for the party’s leadership in preparation for the Anambra state election in 2025. This was confirmed by Obi-Okoye at a press conference he held on Wednesday in Awka to declare his intention to run for the Read More…
Politics
Presidential election: Masari explains northern Governors’ Tinubu support
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has explained why he and other Northern Governors backed Sen. Bola Tinubu’s bid for the presidency. On Thursday in Daura, while paying a goodbye visit to Alhaji Umar Faruq-Umar, the Emir of Daura, the governor made the announcement. He claimed that Tinubu had the support of the northern APC governors Read More…
“I am back home, strong and ready to work” -Tinubu
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sen. Bola Tinubu, who will soon take the oath of office as president of Nigeria, arrived to Abuja on Monday after spending the previous month in Paris. He reported that he was in good health and ready to get back to work. In a statement that was released on Monday, Mr. Tunde Rahman, one of Read More…
Pa Adebanjo @ 95
Reading Time: 6 minutes I have always been fascinated by the worldview and insights of old people— fellow mortals who have trodden these ever changing paths for so long that the story of their lives is the story of an era. I am doubly enthralled when such old people have impacted their societies and LIVED FOR SOMETHING. In a Read More…
Lagos Guber: PDP seeks APC, LP disqualification at tribunal
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal received a petition from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor). The party and Adediran want the APC and LP candidates disqualified for violating the Election Act 2022. The petitioners disputed the March 18 gubernatorial election’s results in the April 7 EPT/LAG/GOV/01/2023 Read More…
Sanwoolu re-elected in victory for APC [Updated]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The results of the Saturday governorship elections have been certified by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with Lagos State’s Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu declared the victor. This was revealed on Monday in Lagos by Prof. Adenike Oladiji, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, (FUTA) Akure, who is also the Returning Officer. According to her, Read More…
Guber elections: LP promises to take Lagos, Rivers, Edo, other states
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Labour Party Youth Wing declared on Thursday that it will win the next March 18 gubernatorial and house of assembly elections in the states of Lagos, Rivers, and Edo as well as other South-South and South-East states. This was stated at a news conference about the elections on March 18 by Mr. Kennedy Ahanotu, Read More…
Why I deserve second term – Sanwo-Olu
Reading Time: 2 minutes Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor, asserted that he merits a second term to continue the state’s progress towards development. Sanwo-Olu made this statement on Wednesday in an interview with Nigerian Info. He asked Lagosians to vote based on candidates’ experience and track records rather than riding the political party’s wave. “Judge me by my experience, Read More…
Why I withdrew material inspection election petition—Atiku
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, said he withdrew a motion from the Appeal Court regarding a request to inspect voting materials because the matter had been overtaken by events. In a statement, Abubakar said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had already given him access to the documents, which is why Read More…
Ikorodu APC leaders address member complaints
Reading Time: 3 minutes Prior to the March 18 governorship and Lagos House of Assembly (LSHA) elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Apex Leadership in Ikorodu assured party officials of preparations to resolve all concerns highlighted by its members. They provided the guarantee during a town hall meeting with party members on Tuesday in the Lagos neighbourhood of Ikorodu. Read More…