The Gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Kogi state, Sen Dino Melaye has picked Habeebat Deen as his running mate for the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State. The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday unveiled Deen at a brief unveiling ceremony held at the…
The Federal government has confirmed that it has reached an advanced stage in its preparation for a peaceful and orderly transition to the incoming government on May 29. Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF and Chairman, Presidential Transition Council, Mr Boss Mustapha disclosed this in a statement issued Saturday in Abuja and signed…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the 2023 general elections taught Nigerians some lessons. The President said the polls showed that a government can be elected peacefully and fairly. Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, in a statement, revealed Buhari’s comments on Friday while addressing the Commonwealth leaders summit in London. On March 1, the Independent…
Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has alleged that opposition parties are plotting to legally stop the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu before May 29. In a tweet on his official handle, the All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain further alleged that some legal practitioners have been flown to the…
The application to release a file on Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu by retired American mental health counsellor, Jeffrey Guterman, has been denied by the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, FBI. Guterman, in a tweet disclosing the development on Friday, said his request was rejected because, according to the FBI, “the existence of files on…
The Nigeria Police Force has granted Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), bail. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the bail in a statement on Friday. Yunusa-Ari has been in custody for interrogation over allegations of impropriety during the supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State. “He is expected to…
Famous Nollywood actress-turned-politician, Funke Akindele, has opened up on her sudden disappearance from the microblogging platform, Twitter after losing the gubernatorial election. Recall that Funke Akindele, who was the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdulazeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, had deleted all her campaign posts…
Yakubu Gowon, A former Head of state has urged Nigerians to accept the decisions of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal as final. The hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will start on Monday, May 8, as Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party challenge President-elect, Bola Ahmed…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has claimed that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is leaving the country better than he met it eight years ago. Fashola made the claim while speaking on ARISE News on Thursday. According to the former Governor of Lagos State, things are better in the construction industry during the…
Femi Adesina, the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, has defended his principal as he leaves office on May 29, without completing major projects embarked upon by his administration. According to him, no government in the world finishes all the jobs that need to be done before they leave office. Adesina, said…