The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has defeated the All Progressive Party to win Saturday’s governorship election in Kano State. Abba Kabir Yusuf of the NNPP was declared the winner with 1,019,602 votes against his closest rival, APC’s candidate, Nasir Gawuna, who polled 890,705 votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission Returning officer, Prof Ahmad Doko Ibrahim, announced Yusuf as the […]
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Governor Umar Ganduje and ex-Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso will again on Saturday do a rematch of the 2019 governorship election as they both seek to install their lackey as governor of Kano State. Governor Ganduje is backing his deputy, Nasir Gawuna, while Kwankwaso has once again nominated his son-in-law, Abba Yusuf. This election looks like a rematch of the 2019 race between […]
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There is anxiety in the polity as no fewer than 837 candidates including 24 women go to battle tomorrow for 28 governorship seats. Also, 10,240 standard bearers are jostling for 993 state assembly slots in the polls which have sparked anxiety following the outcome of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections that caused many upsets across the country. […]
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Former Rivers State governor and immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, said the amount of state funds that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike spent on alcohol in two weeks, was equivalent to the amount he (Amaechi) spent to build one primary school, when he served as governor. Amaechi, who claimed that Wike’s lifestyle has been shortchanging […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked claims about the incapacity of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting PLC. The apex bank also denied claims that it plans to shut down commercial banks in a geo-political zone. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Friday by CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Osita Nwanisobi. CBN said NSPM is not […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari met with the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu on Friday. Buhari met with Tinubu at his official residence at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He disclosed this during the ‘Meet the mentor’ dinner held in his honour by the APC Progressives Sisters Network at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. Tinubu said he had an […]
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The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to the recent violent attacks on his supporters by suspected thugs in Lagos State. Obi condemned every form of violence and political thuggery and the incessant attacks on his ‘Obedient’ supporters. Recall that the Labour Party, LP, held its presidential campaign in Lagos on Saturday. His statement was contained in […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has reminded the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, that his late father, Alhaji Ado Bayero, had told them while on a visit to the Palace that he (Atiku) would be president. “We were on a courtesy call to the palace sometime while I was the Vice President […]
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Barring any last-minute change of plans, Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, will on Friday meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on to discuss challenges being faced by Nigerians over the scarcity of Naira notes.The governors will also discuss allegations that some members of his kitchen cabinet are working against the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Kaduna state Governor, […]
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Chief Edwin Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has advised Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to resign as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate. In a letter dated February 2, 2023, and addressed to Okowa, the elder statesman asked Okowa to withdraw from the presidential contest, saying Atiku won’t win […]
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