Dousing insinuations from various quarters that he will support candidates of other parties, President Muhammadu Buhari has said he will support only All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates. By implication, the Nigerian president is throwing his full weight behind the APC presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Buhari said he remains a “disciplined soldier” of the Read More…
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BAT Notably Absent as Peter Obi, Akitu attend 62nd NBA Conference
Bola Asiwaju Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was notably absent at the 62nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which has kicked off at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The theme of this year’s NBA AGM tagged “BOLD Transitions” and its General Read More…
Former World Bank VP Arunma Oteh defends endorsement of Peter Obi
Former World Bank vice president, Arunma Oteh has given reasons why she has decided to support Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. In a flurry of tweets on Sunday Oteh said she could not remain apolitical due to Nigeria’s economic situation. She stated further that she has worked with Obi and could categorically state that Read More…
Osun election tribunal re-summons Adeleke
The election petition tribunal hearing the petition arising from the July 16 governorship election in Osun State has granted an order allowing the petitioners, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC), to serve the Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, through a substituted means. The petitioners had approached the tribunal, claiming that Adeleke had been evading Read More…
PDP truce committee meets in Port Harcourt to reconcile Atiku, Wike
A truce committee seeking to mend fences between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have begun deliberations in Port Harcourt Men from both camps met on Friday at Government House, Port Harcourt with the presidential candidate represented by Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri; Hon. Read More…
Controversy dogs now-postponed LP substitution primaries in Lagos
The Labour Party (LP) Governorship Substitution Primary Election for Lagos State has been postponed to Wednesday. This followed controversies on the delegates list raised by one of the aspirants, Mr Moshood Salvador. The process had started at Excel-Oriental Hotel, in Oshodi on Monday, when Salvador complained that 26 of his delegates were omitted from the Read More…
Lagos PDP candidates, leaders in closed-door meeting at Sheraton
As the campaign season for the 2023 general elections draws close, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos has become more intentional. On Sunday evening, 69 candidates of the party vying for various electives positions in the 2023 general elections in Lagos State held a closed-door meeting at Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja. The meeting, which Read More…
Oyetola files 1,240-page petition at Osun tribunal
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Friday finally responded to his gubernatorial electoral loss by filing a 1,240-page petition at the tribunal sitting at the state high court, Osogbo. Oyetola who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 16 election, approached the tribunal to challenge the declaration of Senator Read More…
Lagos PDP stalwart Gbadamosi defects to LP, declares support for Peter Obi
Babatunde Gbadamosi (BOG), a Lagos PDP stalwart, on Friday, defected to the Labour Party (LP), declaring support for its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Gbadamosi, a former governorship candidate of the African Democratic Party and a former Lagos East Senatorial Candidate of the PDP, made this known in a statement in Lagos. “I had completely Read More…
Atiku, Obi to speak at 2022 NBA Annual General Conference
If all goes as planned the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, will be speaking at the forthcoming Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos this month. The 2022 NBA Annual General Conference, with Read More…