POLITICS

The Labour Party on Wednesday, unveiled 1,234 members of its Presidential Campaign Council, with Assistant Inspector General of Police (retd.), Mohammed Zarewa, as chairman. While former spokesperson of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, was named Director-General of the Labour Party campaign organisation,…

The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has said if elected in 2023, he would put an end to the extortion of traders by leaders of markets in the state, also known as…

Former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye has said N100 million from the misappropriated N1.126 billion went into the campaign for the re-election of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was re-elected in 2003. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in 2007, had charged Dariye,…

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has appointed a total of 14,359 persons as advisers and liaison officers for various political units in the State. The governor, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, said…

Renowned scholar and Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Dr. Sam Amadi has rejected his appointment as Director of Research for the 2023  Election Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party. According to him, he was declining the offer because…

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has reiterated its support for the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, in the forthcoming presidential election in 2023. Reacting to a statement credited to the Ondo State governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, that the “Afenifere doesn’t…

The former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has dumped the Governor of the state, Dapo Abiodun, for  governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Biyi Otegbeye, in the 2023 elections. Both Abiodun and Amosun are chieftains of the All…

Ex-Plateau State Governor, Senator Joshua Dariye, has said his conviction on corruption charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was politically motivated. He stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight, a pre-recorded show which airs every Monday. “My issue was…

Former Lagos State deputy governor Otunba Femi Pedro has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if elected, would revitalise the economy, “as he is well prepared for the job.” He spoke at the public presentation…