Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark says he was considering supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the south to get the presidency. Clark said this on Tuesday when some members of the APC paid him a courtesy visit at his residence in Abuja. Clark said if he was to vote and only APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are on the ballot, he would have voted for the APC....

The director-general, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has applauded the decision of Bola Tinubu to pick Kashim Shettima as his running mate. According to him, Asiwaju must have weighed all the options such as competence and capability before making a choice. Tinubu and the former governor of Borno state are both Muslims, representing the first Muslim-Muslim ticket of a major political party since the 1993 presidential election. Reacting to the development on Sunday, Okechukwu...

Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour, has described Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno state, as a perfect fit for the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. According to him, kashim is perfect to serve as the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressive Party (APC). Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 election, had on Sunday announced Shettima as his running mate. This occurred shortly after Ibrahim Masari stepped down as the...

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki says the visit by governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state is a miscalculation. According to him, Wike is regarded as an important member of the party and as such, would not be allowed to defect to an opposing party. Last Friday, three governors on the platform of the ruling party visited Wike’s private residence in Port Harcourt. The governors — Rotimi Akeredolu...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said persons displeased with the conduct of primaries to seek redress in court. Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Godswill Akpabio, former minister of Niger Delta affairs, had been listed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as candidates for Yobe north and Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial districts, respectively. But in the list published by the commission, Lawan and Akpabio were found to have been excluded. However, Festus Okoye, INEC...