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APC Yobe North candidate refuses to step down for Senate President Lawan
Winner of the All Progressives Congress senatorial primary election in Yobe North, Sheriff Machina has refused to step down for Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. Many had believed Lawan would reclaim the ticket to return to the Senate after losing the APC presidential primaries. But reacting in a letter on Monday, Machina said after the primary election, he would not surrender…
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The imperative of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for APC, By Abdussamad Umar Jibia
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is no doubt a party that brings together some of the most outstanding politicians in Nigeria. However, what makes the APC most attractive is the fact that it is in power. It seized this power from the PDP, a party that ruled Nigeria for 16 years and adjudged to be a failure by majority of…
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Ebun Adegboruwa’s juvenile hysteria and emotionalism, By Ayo Oluwole Peters
Were he not well recognized as a lawyer of repute and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) to boot, one would have been forgiven for ascribing a personally signed press statement this week by Mr Ebun Olu Adegboruwa to the theatrical antics of an ignorant and deliberately mischievous mind. In his statement, Adegboruwa accused Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State…
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Aspirant asks court not to recognise Fijabi as Oyo APC Reps candidate
An aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly primary election for the Ibadan North-West/South-West Federal Constituencies in Oyo State, Biodun Ikumoguniyi has dragged the party to court. In a suit he filed at the Ibadan Division of the Federal High Court, Ikumoguniyi prayed for an order to stop the APC from presenting Saheed Akinade-Fijabi as the party’s candidate.…
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ECOWAS in a cul de sac with military juntas in West Africa, By Paul Ejime
ECOWAS, from the tune of the Communique of its latest extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana on 4th June 2022, on the political situations in three member states under military rule, would appear to have run out of ideas on how to restore constitutional order in the affected countries – Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso. The pattern has become predictable. Soldiers…
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Obi managed 13 months of workers’ strike, LP shouldn’t accept him – Sowore
Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress Omoyele Sowore says it was wrong for the Labour Party to have as its candidate Peter Obi after managing 13 months of workers’ strike as Anambra State governor. Sowore said this in a video on his Twitter page. According to him, with Obi’s acceptance, the party had turned itself to an orphanage, accepting…
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Moghalu announces exit from ADC days after losing presidential primaries
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu has announced his exit from the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Moghalu’s announcement came days after he lost the party’s presidential primaries to Dumebi Kachikwu. The presidential flagbearer of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in the 2019 election announced his resignation from ADC in a letter addressed to the…
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PHOTO NEWS: Osinbajo represents Nigeria at Africa CEO Forum
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Abidjan, capital of Ivory Coast to represent President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria at this year’s Africa CEO Forum. Osinbajo participated in high level policy discussion sessions and held bilateral talks with some African leaders and top Chief Executives of companies with interest in investing in Nigeria.
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Super Eagles grab biggest win ever with 10-0 victory over Sao Tome
In only his second competitive match in charge of Nigeria, 62 –year old Portuguese José Santos Peseiro led the Super Eagles to wallop the National Team of Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in the Moroccan city of Agadir on Monday, in the process obliterating Nigeria’s 63 –year old international scoring record. Peseiro…
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PHOTO NEWS: Jonathan in attendance as Buhari celebrates last Democracy Day as president
President Muhammadu Buhari joined by former President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd), SGF Boss Mustapha, APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, Special Envoy to Lake Chad, Amb. Babagana Kingibe, Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, Chief Of Staff,…
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