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Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, to support his campaign to improve the lives of Nigerians. Tinubu, former governor of Lagos, visited Bello, who also contested the presidency, on Friday. The former Lagoa governor had polled 1,271 votes and defeated 13 […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned the presidential candidates of leading political parties against choosing running mates of the same religion as them. In a statement issued on Friday by Joseph Daramola, CAN national secretary, the association said the development would be “a threat to the fragile peace and unity of […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed June 17 as deadline for political parties to submit list of candidates for — president, vice-president, senate and house of representatives — ahead of the 2023 general election. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, spoke on Thursday while providing updates on the commission’s activities in Abuja. […]

A high court in Akure, Ondo state has sentenced three persons to death for killing Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, a leader of Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political group. Olakunrin, who was 58 years old, was heading for Lagos from Akure, Ondo state capital, when suspected kidnappers targeted her vehicle in July 2019. […]

Tolu Ogunlesi, special assistant on digital/new media to President Muhammadu Buhari, has been selected as a 2022 fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) at Harvard University in the US. Ogunlesi, a journalist, is among the 22 fellows who will spend up to one academic year at Harvard to “confront complex […]

Godswill Akpabio, former minister of Niger Delta affairs, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial district. The former minister was in the race for the party’s presidential ticket but he dropped his bid for Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate. Akpabio was first in the senate between […]

Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says Bola Tinubu will defeat Atiku Abubakar in Adamawa in the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer, are the frontrunners in the election. Atiku who hails from […]

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his choice for a running mate is in his pocketbook. Following his victory in the APC presidential primary election, speculation has been rife about the identity of the vice-presidential candidate of the party. Several APC governors are believed to be […]