Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has caused Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Samuel Ortom of Benue State to commit political suicide. The former Vice President also accused Wike of deceiving the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, stressing that the former Governor of Anambra left the party due to the constant insults from...

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the party have clarified the reason motions were withdrawn from the court. According to Atiku, the clarification has become imperative following some mischievous reports in the media. Atiku, in a statement by Paul Ibe, the Media Adviser to Atiku noted that it has become pertinent to make some clarifications following insinuations and mischievous reporting of the withdrawal of the application for the Independent...

President Muhammadu Buhari sworn-in seven reappointed board members for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other related offences (ICPC) for another four years. All the seven board members were first inaugurated by Buhari in 2019, with their renewed term of office, it will end in March 2027. The ceremony, which took place in the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, was conducted before the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by the President. The...

Barr. Ifeanyi Mbanusi, chieftain of the Labour Party, had said that the party’s candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor, would win Lagos, on Saturday. “Our party’s candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor would win Lagos on Saturday”, Barr. Mbanusi had said during an interview with the West African Pilot News. Mbanusi who is a major supporter of Gbadebo also hinted that the efforts made so far by the party and the supporters of the party in Lagos is convincing and surely...

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, there has been a surge in momentum in Lagos state as political parties and their candidates intensify efforts to win the electorate’s support and votes. Earlier fixed for Saturday, March 11, 2023, the governorship and states’ House of Assembly elections were later shifted to March 18, 2023, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The one-week extension has not only afforded the three-leading governorship candidates in Nigeria’s commercial capital to...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said his visit to the Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly called Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has nothing to do with the governorship election. While sharing a picture of both of them on his Instagram page the governor wrote, “Yesterday, was indeed a memorable day as I met with a man after God’s own heart, a man who has dedicated his life to the service...

Following the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, appeal over the judgment of the election petition tribunal, which annulled his election, the Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Osun number one citizen. The appeal is marked CA/AK/EPT/GOV/01/2023. While former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are joined as 1st and 2nd respondents, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are joined as...

Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor has accused the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi of laying landmines for him following his call for people of the state to vote massively for his party’s House of Assembly candidates. Obi who met with National and state Assembly candidates of Labour Party in Anambra, urged the assembly candidates to work with Soludo after the election, adding that Soludo remained his brother, and that he should...