Nigeria took a dramatic turn on Sunday, April 16, 2023, when the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State Barr. Yunusa Hudu Ari declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani as Governor-elect. The REC declared the results amidst tight security in the presence of the Commissioner of Police in the state, the Director of DSS in the state, and the State Commandant of the NSCDC. While supporters of APC...

…Defeats David Lyon, other The immediate-past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Bayelsa State governorship election slated to hold on November 11, 2023. He scored a total of 52, 061 votes to defeat five other contenders to pick the governorship ticket in the party’s primary election which was conducted on Friday and Saturday. The APC adopted the Option A4 electoral system...

For her commentary on Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2023, Astha Rajvanshi, Time’s staff writer has locked her Twitter account because of heavy criticisms from Nigerians. Tinubu was listed among Time’s 100 most influential people of 2023 on Thursday. He made the “leaders” category alongside Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine; Joe Biden, President of the United States; Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia, among others....

…Says her life is no longer safe The former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, and first elected female Deputy Governor in Nigeria, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu has said that she will renounce her citizenship of Nigeria as soon as Aswijau Bola Tinubu becomes President. Ojikutu went further to say that she has already told her lawyers to start working on her plan ahead of May 29. The former Deputy Governor lamented the deplorable state of the...

….Warns PDP against changing delegates list The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that former Senator Dino Melaye is not a strong material that can win the governorship election for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State. He expressed his fears about the possibility of PDP losing the Kogi State governorship election if Dino takes the ticket and advised the national leadership of the party not to consider the former lawmaker. Wike disclosed that the...