There is anxiety in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the composition of its presidential campaign council for the 2023 general elections. The APC is yet to constitute and unveil its presidential campaign council 23 days to the official commencement of campaigns. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated September 28, 2022, for…
The Director General of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, has stated that there was no deal struck between the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. He stated this in a series of tweets via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, to refute claims…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has berated the Labour Party flagbearer, Mr Peter Obi over his outing to churches.Okowa, who spoke with reporters in Kano State on Wednesday, said he does not believe in dragging the church into partisan politics, stressing that politics is…
Nearly 2,000 packages of baby wipes were seized in Laredo, Texas, after federal officers discovered narcotics hidden inside baby wipes shipment, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release. The seizure occured last week friday at the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge, which runs over the border between the U.S. and Mexico and is a surveillance point…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday passed a verdict that Nigeria’s democracy is gradually drifting towards dictatorship, insisting that all hands must be on deck to save the nation’s democracy. Jonathan stated this at the 70th birthday celebration of Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, held at Sheraton Hotel in Abuja. Dignitaries present at…
Another Saudi Arabian woman has been sentenced to decades in prison by the kingdom’s terrorism court for using social media to “violate the public order”, according to court documents seen by a human rights group. Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani was sentenced to 45 years in prison after a specialised criminal court convicted her of “using…
The federal government is proposing a N19.49 trillion budget for the year 2023. More than half of the money is to be borrowed.To finance the budget, the federal government plans to borrow N11.03 trillion and privatize several assets to raise the capital. The government plans to generate only N8.5 trillion, out of the N19.47 trillion…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC’s) Buhari Supporter Organisation (BSO) have decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the decampees were received in Kano on Tuesday by Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the main opposition party, PDP. In his opening remarks at the occasion,…
It’s going to be Mum-rewards season as Nigeria’s family-centric dairy brand from the stable of FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Three Crowns milk, is set to return with its highly regarded Three Crowns Mum of the Year competition. The annual ‘Mum of the Year’ campaign began in 2015 intending to put the spotlight on mothers by recognizing the unique role they play…
Dele Alake, Director of strategic communication in All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has vowed not to apologise to supporters of Peter Obi, former Anambra state governor and Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate over recent comments he made about Obi ahead of the 2023 general elections. Alake who was a guest on NEWS CENTRAL TV was asked…