CALABAR — A Scottish-born engineer, Mkpang Coco-Bassey, on Thursday declared his interest in the Cross River State governorship race under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. He declared his interest to run in 2023 at the party secretariat on Mary Slessor Avenue, Calabar. Coco-Bassey, who is the president of Calabar Efik Forum in the United Kingdom, said he joined the governorship race to make a difference, adding that “Cross River State is blessed with...

ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is only interested in destabilizing the country says presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday, On Monday, PDP had spoken on the possibility of Nigeria’s situation is getting to a boiling point. The opposition party warned the country’s situation could trigger a nationwide agitation that might be worse than the October 2020 #EndSARS protest. Reacting to this, Adesina posited that the #EndSARS...

ABUJA — Hours to the screening for the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairmanship race, one of the aspirants, Dr. Sani Shinkafi, announced his withdrawal from the leadership contest. Shinkafi, who was a former national secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), made the announcement at a press briefing on Monday night in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital. He explained that his decision was to respect the party’s leadership which zoned the office of...