The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidates for Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial Districts in the 2023 elections. The INEC’s National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, stated this in a Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics. He said the commission did not recognise any APC…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, is promising a more intense political engagement from his camp ahead of next year’s elections, saying his strategies will choke his opponents. Governor Wike stated this on Friday during the commissioning of the Rivers House of Assembly residential Quarters, in response to some media publications. The publications in question were…
August 15, 2022. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has been receiving some knocks on social media over his reaction to a planned rally in support of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in his state capital, Kaduna. A tweep, Abdullahi Umar Zarma, had tweeted a call for a two-million man march…
Anambra was the first State to commence Sub-Sovereign Wealth savings, the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. At a time many other Governors were leaving huge debts, he left the equivalent of $500 million Dollars in investment as well as local and foreign currency, including $156 million in Dollar-denominated bonds. For the first time…
The multiple Awards Winning Nollywood Actor and Lawyer Kanayo O Kanayo popularly called KOK recently received the Convener of THE NATIONAL DEBATE’22 Monday Diamond Ani, endorsed the program and affirmed his readiness to actively participate in THE NATIONAL DEBATE’22. The sensational Actor cum Lawyer who played the famous role Professor Johnbull in the popular TV…
All is now set for the recently released former Plateau State Governor, Senator Joshua Dariye to declare interest to contest the Plateau Central senatorial seat on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). Dariye and former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame were, on Monday released from prison three months after their pardon by the President Muhammadu…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reversed the approval of the acquisition of the ExxonMobil Corporation assets by Seplat Energy Plc. Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, made this known in an interview with Premium Times on Wednesday. Shehu said the president has decided to reverse the acquisition in line with the position of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has been charged to plead with the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, over the crisis in the party. A chieftain of the party in Delta State, James Onwordi Endurance made this call in a statement released on Thursday. He noted that despite the…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Plateau State Chapter has warned politicians against using Christianity and the platform to promote their political interests. In an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, the CAN chairman in the state, Reverend Father Polycarp Lubo said that they never endorsed the appointment of Governor Simon Lalong as the Director General…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sued the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and the Peoples Democratic Party over the conduct of the presidential primary. In the originating summons, Wike and his co-applicant are asking the court to determine eight issues which includes whether…
