NIGERIA 2023

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has resigned his appointment Amaechi resigned his position following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that all cabinet members vying for elective offices in the 2023 elections, should resign before May 16. The President’s directive was made known on Wednesday, at…

The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, has followed the directive of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) which asked that all members of his cabinet and appointees vying for electoral offices resign on or before May 16, 2022. The…

Niger Delta Affairs Minister Senator Godswill Akpabio has resigned in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive. The President during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting ordered all cabinet members eyeing elective offices to quit before May 16. The Personal Assistant to the Minister…

One of the Ministers eyeing the seat of President Muhammadu Buhari has resigned. President Muhammadu Buhari made this known during the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. He announced that Emeka Nwajuiba, Minister of State for Education, had quit the cabinet to focus on…

Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reviewed its timetable for primary elections into various elective positions. Suleiman Argungu, the National Organising Secretary of the party, released the new timetable on Tuesday with few adjustments to the original one. In the…

Despite the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act, eighteen registered political parties under the auspices of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) have called for the adjustment of the timetable for the 2023 general elections. The electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published…

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has denied media reports it obtained the All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential form for former President Goodluck Jonathan. It said it did not and will not buy any form for any candidate contesting the 2023 general…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the nomination and expression of interest forms that a group bought for him. Recall that the group acquired the forms in Abuja on Monday night. Nigerians had expressed shock over the gesture. But in a statement issued on Monday…

The All Progressives Congress has received N100m for the presidential form of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, The Lawyer has learnt. Our correspondent gathered that a serving governor credited APC Collection Account domiciled with Heritage Bank, with N100m. The account number of the party with the commercial…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Monday threw his hat in the ring to contest the 2023 presidency. The National Stability Project led by Chief Sam Nkire, purchased the N100million forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and handed them over to Lawan at…