In order to pursue their political ambition ahead of the 2023 general election 10 Ministers have resigned from the cabinet of President Buhari. President Buhari, who held a valedictory session with the 10 on Friday, promised to fill the vacuum created by the departure of the ministers as soon as possible. Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke with newsmen after the meeting at the State House, Abuja, listed the ministers that attended...

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will engage both the manual and electronic methods in the transmission of the 2023 election results, in line with the provision of the Electoral Act 2022. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who disclosed these on Thursday during the second quarterly consultative meeting with media executives, said there are possibilities of moving sensitive materials from CBN to another location if there is the need for such....

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said the South-East cannot get the ticket of any party in an open contest as it is today without a gentleman’s agreement to concede it to the region. Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him and shared on his Facebook wall, said this in response to elder statesman, Edwin Clark’s claim that he (Kalu) betrayed his region by openly supporting the Senate President, Ahmad...

ABUJA — The Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, said his fate is still being decided as regards the controversy surrounding his rumoured presidential bid. When newsmen approached him on Thursday after meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in Abuja with the notion that his current position as a presidential aspirant and the CBN governor is a major point of concern for Nigerians and even the international community, Emefiele replied, “Let them have...

AWKA — The meeting of all APGA leaders in Awka North which was held at Doro Garden in Isuaniocha at the instance of APGA frontline Anambra Central senatorial hopeful Uzuegbuna Okagbue, saw the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA leaders, speak highly of Okagbue’s articulation, presentation and clear understanding of the challenges the people are facing. The twenty-four man local government executive and the twenty-one- man ward executive members of the APGA in Awka North,...

Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. Kalu, the chief whip of the senate, made the announcement in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. He cited the failure of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and major opposition the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone their tickets to the South-East as the reason for his withdrawal. According to him, there is “no zoning” in the APC and...