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By Mahmud Jega Her late father Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardaunan Sokoto, first and only Premier of the Northern Region; her late guardian who brought her up, Alhaji Muhammadu Bashar, former regional minister and Emir of Daura; and her late husband Alhaji Umaru Ali Shinkafi, top spymaster and frontline presidential candidate, were the most public of…
Barely 48 hours after disassociating himself from moves by some groups to draft him into the 2023 presidential race, former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally made up his mind to vie for the top post. Nigeria is set to go to the polls next year in a crowded contest parading many contestants in both the…
By our reporter Main opposition party in Nigeria,the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has jettisoned zoning and thrown open its presidential ticket to be contested at its primaries. The party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) approved the open contest during its 96th meeting in Abuja. “After a very extensive deliberation NEC aligned with the recommendation of the…
By Musa Tanimu Nasidi A senatorial aspirant for Kogi West senatorial district, on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdulkarim Isah Wambai has promised to address the lingering problem of poverty, unemployment and educational backwardness of his people if elected as the representative of his people. Wambai who stated this while speaking with…
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday set aside the judgment of Justice Evelyn Anyadike of a Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. The Appellate Court in a judgment by a three-member panel headed by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka held that…
By our reporter With the promise to offer quality Representation, Hon. Yunusa Ibrahim Amale, has declared his intention to represent Lokoja 1 State Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly in 2023. Amale, who obtained the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination forms for the constituency seat at the state party’s secretariat, Lokoja,, on Tuesday,…
Musa Tanimu Nasidi An aspirant to Lokoja /Kogi Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Hon. Danladi Sulaiman Aguye has promised to offer effective and efficient representation by bringing the dividends of democracy to his constituents if elected. Aguye, Made the pledge at a media Parley organised by Kogi State Council of Nigeria Union Of Journalists…
By our reporter A Dutch man, Wiebe Boer, on Monday, denied allegations that is vying for the governorship seat in Plateau state in the 2023 general elections. Boer disclosed this on his Linkedin page on Monday. READ ALSOCatholic priest kidnapped inside church in Akwa IbomSylva, Ayade pick APC presidential formsThe Whiteman’s poster reads thus: Peoples…
Within the last two weeks, the plan by some key All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains to drag former President Goodluck Jonathan into the presidential race ahead of the 2023 general elections has been the main subject of debates among political analysts. What makes the debates so heated is that Jonathan is expected to contest the…
BY MAHMUD JEGA We won’t live to regret itAll the men and women who paid tens or hundreds of millions of naira for expression of interest and nomination forms in various political parties in order to run for President, have they paused for a minute and thought about what they are bargaining for? I thought…
