2023: Fintiri clinches PDP ticket for Adamawa governorship election
Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state. The governorship primaries of the party are taking place today across the country. Fintiri secured the party’s ticket to contest in 2023 after polling 663 votes. Six hundred and sixty-eight delegates participated in the […]
Tinubu, Atiku, Fayemi, Wike and other presidential probables
The political trajectory of Nigeria in the next four years will be initialised this Saturday – as the two leading political parties (the APC and the PDP) select candidates for the 2023 presidential election. The fate of our nation rests in the whimsical repository of a few deciders. We can divine the future possibilities […]
Buhari: Perpetrators of wild killings in south-east should expect tough response
President Muhammadu Buhari says the persons behind the “wild” killings in the south-east should expect a tough response from the security forces. Anambra, a state in the geopolitical zone, has recorded a spate of violence in the past few weeks, resulting in killings and the destruction of properties. Police authorities have attributed […]
Kaduna train attack: ‘Come to our aid’ — abductees appeal to FG in new video
A new video of some passengers abducted by gunmen during the Abuja-Kaduna train attack has been released. In the short clip, six passengers, including a Pakistani, were seen sitting and kneeling in front of the camera with a gun-wielding man in green balaclava marshalling them. According to Arise TV, the footage was […]
‘I have fewer delegates to woo’ — Bala Mohammed happy with current electoral act
Bala Mohammed, Bauchi governor and presidential hopeful, says he’s comfortable with the reduced number of delegates involved in picking candidates of political parties. Speaking with reporters after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, Mohammed said the development means that he will have fewer delegates to woo to become the presidential flagbearer […]
‘I won’t be part of this charade’ — Abaribe withdraws from Abia PDP guber primary
Enyinnaya Abaribe, a governorship hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia, has withdrawn from the party’s primary election. The senate minority leader announced his withdrawal from the governorship race in a statement issued on Wednesday. The PDP governorship primaries are scheduled to take place today across the […]
Ekweremadu pulls out of Enugu PDP governorship primary
Ike Ekweremadu, a governorship hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu, has withdrawn from the race to elect the party’s flagbearer. The serving senator’s decision to pull out of the contest was contained in a statement issued by Charles Ogbo Asogwa, director-general of his campaign organisation. Asogwa thanked supporters of […]
Gunmen break into rectory, abduct two Catholic priests in Katsina
Four persons including two Catholic priests have been reportedly abducted in Katsina state. The gunmen were said to have invaded the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikamb in Kafur LGA early Wednesday morning. Katsina is one of the four states overseen by Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of the Sokoto diocese. […]
PDP primaries: Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi, Nnamani secure senatorial tickets
Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia, has secured the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to contest for a seat in the senate. Ikpeazu will represent the PDP in the Abia south senatorial district election in 2023. He won the party’s ticket on Tuesday unchallenged. Ndidi Okereke, chairman of the election committee, said the […]
Kaduna train attack: Terrorists make demands, threaten to kill hostages in 7 days
Abductors of the Kaduna-bound train passengers have threatened to start killing hostages in seven days if their demands are not met. The gunmen had in March attacked the train around the Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna, killing several passengers and abducting many. On Tuesday, Tukur Mamu, spokesperson of Ahmad Gumi, the Islamic cleric, […]