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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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I am supporting Tinubu – Buhari

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…

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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…