In the run-up to the elections in February 2023, Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has received the backing of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, his most high-profile endorsement to date. Obasanjo’s endorsement came in his New Year message issued on January 1, 2023. The former Nigerian President particularly addressed the Nigerian youth Read More…
The rumour mill was abuzz recently with news that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his four other colleagues who constitute the G5 group of dissenting governors in the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), had concluded negotiations with the candidate of the rival All Progressives Congress (APC) with a view to campaigning for the APC in Read More…
Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), the PDP Governorship Candidate for Lagos State, claims he is not a mole for the APC and is committed to terminating the party’s dominance in the state. Adediran stated this in a Lagos interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He responded to allegations that he was installed in Read More…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, pledged businesspeople on Thursday that if elected, he will reposition Nigeria for more opportunity and development of its population. He also vowed to focus on improving the country’s security situation so that entrepreneurs could do business in a safe atmosphere. Tinubu made the vow during Read More…
Young candidates running in the upcoming elections will receive “pro bono” services from Yiaga Africa and the Nigerian Bar Association Young Lawyers Forum (NBA-YLF). The Latin term “pro bono” refers to professional work done willingly and without reward. At the election legal clinic for 30 young attorneys on Tuesday in Lagos, Mr. Samson Itodo, the Read More…
There are many ways to skin a cat. No one is more aware of this than the Nigerian politician. If power seekers devote 10 per cent of the time they spend meticulously planning how to grab power — if they devote just a tiny slice of that time to governance when they are eventually declared Read More…
On Wednesday, Mr. Wasiu Adesina, Chairman of the Ikorodu Local Government, gave official cars to council members from each of the local wards as well as certain council personnel. Adesina also gave elderly people and widows 2.5 million naira in cash and food. Each of the recipients received N10,000 in addition to a food package Read More…
On Wednesday, the Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups (COSEG) and other Ethnic Nationality Groups supported Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu’s bid for reelection. Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is running for reelection in the general elections of 2023. At a rally to support Sanwo-Olu’s re-election, coalition representative Mr. Dayo Ogunlana stated Read More…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) South African Chapter, Mr. Bola Babarinde, has been appointed by the Tinubu/Shettima and Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat Independent Campaign Group (ICG) as the Deputy Director, Diaspora. The information was revealed in a letter that the ICG’s Director-General, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, made available to newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday. “On behalf Read More…
Tuesday, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a certificate forgery case brought by the Action Alliance (AA) against Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’s presidential candidate (APC). In a ruling, Justice Obiora Egwuatu stated that the lawsuit brought by AA was prohibited by statute of limitations since it had not been filed within Read More…
