Liz Truss is set to take up the reins of government as Britain’s next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party on Monday. She has promised to press ahead with tax cuts and deal with the growing energy crisis. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive leadership contest, Truss, Read More…
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We will take C/River back to global tourism calendar – Sandy Onor, PDP guber candidate
Sen. Sandy Onor, PDP governorship candidate in Cross River, has vowed to take the state back to the world tourism calendar if elected in 2023. Onor made the pledge during the Annual Obudu New Yam Festival in Begiaba community, Obudu Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. He commended the leadership of former governors, Read More…
INEC to publish final list of Presidential, NASS candidates on Sept. 20
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), plans to publish the final list of candidates for the Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives seats on Sept. 20 ahead of 2023 poll. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the ”Expert Meeting on Conducting Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections in Volatile Security Environment”, organized by Read More…
Bello, Shetima deliberate APC’s winning strategies, national development
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi received Kassim Shetima, running mate to Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the APC, in the 2023 general elections as both discussed strategies for APC’s triumph in the forth-coming elections on Monday. Meeting in camera, their dialogue centred on various plans and strategies for winning the forthcoming presidential election for Read More…
I don’t have “a special presidential candidate” – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday in Minna has chosen to keep private his political preferences even as he has been the host and in the company of many elite politicians. Speaking to newsmen shortly after he paid a visit to former Head of State, retired Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, in Minna, the elder statesman said Read More…
Rain struggles to dampen “2 Million March for Peter Obi” in Port Harcourt
Despite an early morning rain on Saturday, enthusiasm remained high for numerous young Nigerians who partook in a scheduled solidarity march for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi in Port Harcourt Rivers State. The march was a show of support for Obi, a former presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party Read More…
Meet the man rallying “Obi-dients” to shake up Nigeria’s election
Peter Obi is hardly a political outsider, but the bespectacled former governor says he is looking to harness Nigerians’ anger with the status quo to power his third-party presidential bid. Obi, 61, has generated substantial buzz among younger voters in Africa’s most populous democracy, where the average age is 18, but the president – and Read More…
Tinubu fixed Lagos, he’ll fix Nigeria too – Okiro
A former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mike Okiro, has thrown his full weight behind the candidacy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential candidate, Senator Bola Tinubu. He proffers that since Senator Tinubu fixed Lagos as a governor, he would be able to fix Nigeria. Okiro made this known on Friday in Abuja at Read More…
Wike dedicated to PDP – Atiku
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike is devoted to the party and is after its victory in the presidential poll come the election in February 2023. In a statement signed by Paul Ibe his spokesperson, Atiku cautioned against talks that’ll wrongly portray Read More…
Buhari organisation excited as population of Nigeria’s out-of-school children drops
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has applauded the drop in the figure of out-of-school children in Nigeria from 10.5 million to 6.9 million under President Muhammadu Buhari. The group noted that the current figure was contrary to various figures circulating the media space. The BMO Chairman, Mr. Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary, Mr. Cassidy Madueke, said Read More…