Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says in eight years, the All Progressives Congress(APC)-led Federal Government has embarked on the largest investments in infrastructure and agriculture in Nigeria’s history. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday, said the vice president spoke on Saturday night at the APC convention, held at the Eagles Square, Abuja. The Read More…
Politics
CR Gov Ayade to know defection fate Friday
Police barricade C’ River Assembly gate Judgement will be delivered on Friday at a Federal High Court, Abuja, in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River. The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo Taiwo to seek Read More…
Alaafin throws weight behind Tinubu’s presidential ambition
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has pledged his support for the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyemi III made the pledge on Sunday during Tinubu’s visit to his palace in Oyo Town. Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State, had embarked on a consultation Read More…
Tinubu and Stolen Voices
Following the rather ‘impromptu’ manner of their hero’s declaration of interest in the presidency shortly after informing President Buhari of his intention, Bola Tinubu’s supporters resorted to the old game of stealing the identities, voices and integrity of well regarded men of honour, purporting them to have endorsed Tinubu’s aspiration. The ‘Jankara’ ambush started when Read More…
Tinubu reveals presidential ambition, says kingmaker can also become king
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed calls in some quarters that he should remain a kingmaker instead of nurturing Presidential ambition in 2023. Tinubu stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa Abuja Read More…
Again, Lagos4Lagos formal declaration for PDP shifted to Jan. 21
The Lagos4Lagos Movement, a splinter group within the ruling All Progressives Progress (APC) in Lagos State, has again shifted its official declaration of defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Jan. 21. Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, the Lead Visioner of the movement that recently announced defection to the PDP, said this in a statement by Read More…
Ahead of future elections, experts converge on Lagos to discuss security
Ahead of future elections, while awaiting the Nigerian President’s assent to the newly passed electoral bill, some experts in law, security and politics will converge in Lagos on Dec. 10 and Dec. 11 to discuss election challenges. The experts will be discussing these challenges and aim to proffer solutions at the 14th Annual Security Conference Read More…
The dark cloud over PDP’s Cross River
In picture above: Montage L-R: Gubernatorial Aspirants – Asuquo Ekpenyong, Prince Bassey Otu, Arthur-Jarvis Archibong, Sen. Gershom Bassey, Prof. Sandy Onor By Efiom Okpo The political dynamic in Cross River State is, to say the least, now becoming difficult to understand. Ordinarily, it would be easy to predict the political climate in the State but Read More…
INEC declares Prof. Soludo winner in Anambra guber polls
Awka, Nov.10, 2021(NAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) the winner of November 6 governorship election in Anambra. Soludo polled a total of 112,229 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 53, 807 Read More…