Prior to the general elections in 2023, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) vowed to maintain its neutrality, independence, and impartiality. The guarantee was provided in a statement issued in Abuja by CDD Director Idayat Hassan. “The CDD is issuing this statement in response to false accusations made in a recently disseminated article concerning our Read More…
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Lagos govt warns RTEAN members against disrupting peace
Sola Giwa, Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, in a statement on Wednesday warned members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) not to upset the peace and tranquillity being enjoyed in Lagos state. He issued the warning after a brawl broke out in some parts of the state, following a protest 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…
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…
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…
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…
Tinubu my in-law is 86, unfit to be President, says Tee Mac
A former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli has claimed that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate is unqualified and unfit to be President because of his age and poor health. There have been questions about Tinubu’s health and age, with the former Read More…
Perjury: Court permits suit seeking Tinubu’s trial
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, in a ruling that Read More…
My uncle won’t spend Osun State money on building Atlanta, says Davido
Singer, Davido has defended Osun State Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke from a Twitter user who claimed that his uncle would loot the state’s funds. Adeleke emerged victorious in last Saturday’s gubernatorial election, defeating the incumbent governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Gboyega Oyetola. Reacting to this, a Twitter user, with the handle Atiyuski, alleged that Read More…
Atiku not ill, says aide
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is in robust good health, his Media Aide, Paul Ibe has said. Ibe in a statement on Monday, described a video in circulation regarding the ex Vice President’s health as the handiwork of mischief makers with no understanding of security protocols “Our attention has Read More…