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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbdulaziz Yari, the former governor of Zamfara State, has won the Senatorial ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the primary election which was held in three senatorial zones of the state. In the winning race was Senator Kabiru Marafa and Senator Sahabi Ya’u. The election was witnessed by…

Reading Time: 2 minutesBola Tinubu, A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on his victory at the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement on Sunday, Tinubu believes Atiku, who will now fly the main opposition party’s flag again in the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAtiku Abubakar, The former Vice-President has emerged winner for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate for the 2023 election. He won with a total vote of 371 votes out of the 767 accredited votes to defeat his closest rival, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike,  who polled 237 votes. Former Senate…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBandits who raided Jere town in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have killed a man who tried to stop the hoodlums from abducting his pregnant wife. “They came in large number, over 50 of them, wielding dangerous weapons.The man had struggled to retrieve his wife from the bandits…

Reading Time: 1 minuteFollowing the victory of  the just concluded People’s Democratic Party’s, PDP Presidential Primaries where Alhaji Atiku Abubakar won, Obidike Chukwuebuka who’s a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential steering committee and Director General of the party’s Conference of Support Groups has lambasted H.E Atiku Abubakar the winner of PDP…

Reading Time: 2 minutesWife of Ondo State Governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu of All Progressives Congress senatorial aspirant for Imo East, has withdrawn from the race. She made this known in a statement early Sunday morning titled, ‘Notice of withdrawal from senatorial race’. According to Akeredolu, she would support the candidate of the party that emerged.…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFormer minister of state for defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro says he is displeased with the process and eventual outcome of the All Progressives Congress Lagos West Senatorial primary where he lost to the former deputy governor of Lagos, Idiat Adebule. Mrs Adebule, who was deputy to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, defeated Obanikoro…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why its operatives on Saturday stormed the venue of the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election in Abuja. The presence of the operatives of the anti-graft agency had elicited questions and an uncertain atmosphere at the Moshood Abiola National…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFormer Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has again secured the highest number of votes at the presidential primaries of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  Atiku polled 371 – the highest votes – in the election which was held at MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Saturday. He beat his closest challenger, Rivers…

Reading Time: 2 minutesA federal high court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital, has ruled that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. On Friday, Isa Hamma Dashen, the presiding judge, delivered judgment in the matter with Suit No: FHC/YNG/CS/86/2022. The judge held that Jonathan’s right to vie for the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesA federal high court in Abuja has refused to grant bail to former Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha had filed an ex-parte application praying the court to release him on bail on the ground that he is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and…

Reading Time: 2 minutesOndo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said the next president of Nigeria must be from the Southwest region when he received Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu was in Ondo to meet with APC delegates on his presidential bid Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the…