Politics

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has endorsed a power shift to the South in 2023.   The president made this known at a dinner with All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants in Abuja.   His decision is coming hours after northern APC governors also backed power shift the south in national interest   Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa State, has withdrawn from ...

More details have emerged regarding the list of 13 All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants shortlisted by the party’s screening committee led by Chief John Oyegun, a former national chairman of the party. Reports had emerged on Friday that the panel, which screened 23 presidential aspirants in total, had disqualified 10 out of the total, with speculation also emerging to ...

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has vowed that he will not retire from partisan politics until he becomes President of Nigeria. Tinubu who made the vow during his campaign visit to Benue State on Tuesday ahead of the APC’s primaries slated to hold this Friday, said if elected, he would bring his wealth ...

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has turned down offers to contest 2023 presidential election on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) after a group of cattle breeders purchased the party’s nomination and expression of interest forms for him at N100 million. A statement by Ikechukwu Eze, media adviser to Mr. Jonathan, made available on Monday night, said that the former ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday purchased the N100 million expression of interest and nomination forms to formally contest the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 poll. The payment was confirmed in a letter by a commercial bank and addressed to the national organising secretary of the APC on Monday. More to come..  

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele has filed a suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, alleging attempt to disqualify him from the 2023 presidential election. The CBN governor, in the legal action he instituted through his team of lawyers led ...

The National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and other stakeholders of the state chapter of the party have officially endorsed Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, for another term in office. This is coming against the speculations flying around that Sanwo-Olu may be denied his second in office and that a Muslim candidate had preferred to get ...

Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria, has told protesters demanding that he declares his intention to run for president in 2023, that he is still consulting and will make his intention known in due course.   Jonathan came out to address the protesters after they had spent time chanting and screaming his name at his Abuja office on Friday.   ...

Dr. Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, and presidential hopeful, has assured that he will make noticeable impact within two years if elected president in 2023.   This is even as the minister has thus far failed to resolve the lingering strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). wants a shot at the Presidency ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed May 30/31 as the proposed date for its presidential primary election. It also proposed May 23 for the governorship primary. The party, in a letter, addressed to Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), dated April 6, notified the election body of its dates and schedule of its primaries for ...