Nigeria’s Labour and Employment Minister, Chris Ngige, has given reasons he won’t resign yet to contest the 2023 presidential race. Ngige, who had declared to run for presidency in 2023, disclosed that he has not received any specific instruction from the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his presidential ambition. Speaking to newsmen after the Federal […]
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The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Wednesday, accepted the resignation of his Deputy, Alhaji Manir Dan’iya, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Malam Saidu Umar, and 11 other key political office holders in the state. A statement issued by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Muhammad Bello, in Sokoto made this […]
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The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said he served all his principals with utmost loyalty during their difficult moments. It could be recalled that Osinbajo was the Attorney General of Lagos State when Bola Tinubu was the governor, from 1999 to 2007. Presently, he is the second-in-command to President Muhammadu Buhari, who chose him […]
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Nigeria’s anti-drug agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has written a letter to the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Sen Abdullahi Adamu, requesting that officials of the agency be given access to conduct drugs integrity tests for politicians seeking political offices in the country. NDLEA Chairman, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (rtd), […]
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The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday, disclosed that the state would support the presidential ambition of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to enable him continue the laudable projects of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Abiodun had spoken at a stakeholders meeting with the VP, held at the Akarigbo Palace Sagamu, the Alake […]
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Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has said he has the capacity and competence to place Nigeria on the trajectory of glory. Fayemi had spoken on Tuesday when he visited Rotimi Akeredolu, his Ondo state counterpart, to consult him on his presidential bid. The member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is yet to formally […]
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Nigeria’s Vice President and 2023 Presidential aspirant, Yemi Osinbajo, has said he owes nobody any allegiance. According to the VP he owes no single individual any allegiance outside his oath of office and the allegiance he swore to Nigerians when he came into office in 2015. Osinbajo disclosed this during his political consultations in Ogun […]
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Orji Uzor Kalu, chief whip of the Senate, has stated that he would stay away from the 2023 presidential contest, if the All Progressive Congress fails to zone her presidential ticket to the South-East geo-political zone. The Abia North senator, stated this in a statement on Tuesday titled ‘The Fairness I Know’, noting that it […]
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A top Presidential aspirant of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 elections, Pharmacist Sam Ohuabunwa, has identified absence of the right leadership, characterised by poverty, corruption, injustice and insecurity as the bane of Nigeria. According to Ohuabunwa, if elected, he would fight to halt the four malaise that are bedevilling Nigeria over the years. […]
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Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has declared his intentions to run for president in 2023, following a consultative visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. Ayade who had met President Buhari behind closed doors said he got a commitment from the president to go ahead and run if he has the qualities, but […]
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