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• Urges issue-based, violence free campaigns Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated presidential election flag bearers of various political parties particularly Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples democratic Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All peoples Congress, Peter Obi of the Labour Party  as well as others for the emergence at the conclusion of party primaries, urging them to …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) of Nigeria, has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory yesterday at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Primaries. Osinbajo contested the presidential primary election with Tinubu and many others, but lost to the former Lagos State Governor and current National Leader of the All Progressives Congress. Below is the full statement signed …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has recognised the faction of the Labour Party (LP), which produced a former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, as its presidential candidate. The NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, confirmed this on Thursday, in reaction to the emergence of one Jude Ezenwafor as the factional presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 elections. Mr Ezenwafor was reported to have …

Ahead of today’s deadline given by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for political parties to conclude their primaries, 16 of the 18 registered political parties have produced their presidential candidates. At press time, two parties, the African Democratic Party, ADP; and Action Peoples Party, APP, were yet to produce their candidates Parties that have produced their standard bearers include the …

We are not at war with Peter Obi, Acting National Chairman of LP The Political quargmire in the Labour Party, LP took another dimension yesterday  as its acting national chairman,  Calistus Uju Okafor yesterday announced ambassador  Jude Ezenwafor as the Presidential candidate for the party ahead of 2023 Presidential election.  Okafor who announced Okafor as the candidate to fly the …

As part of its contribution to address the scourge of unemployment in the country, the National Agricultural Mechanization  Cooperative of Nigeria, NAMCON, is set to create Nigeria agro extension service centres in 528 local government areas across 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The aim of the scheme is to provide direct jobs for 15 youths …

While ex-Lagos governor Bola Tinubu scored 1,271 votes to win the presidential primary of the ruling party, APC, four other aspirants scored zero votes. Mr Tinubu was one of the 23 aspirants cleared to take part in the primary held in Abuja from Tuesday to Wednesday. Each of the 23 aspirants paid N100 million for the forms. At the venue of …

President Muhamadu Buhari is currently presiding over National Security Council Meeting in State House, Abuja. The meeting, holding at the Council Chambers is being attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (retd). …

No fewer than six persons were shot dead at Sabo Area of Ondo town, Ondo State on Wednesday night by some men suspected to be bandits. This came 72 hours after some terrorists attacked St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, killing about 40 people. Several other church members were injured in the attack. It was gathered that the gunmen were on …

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday began the search for their running mates. The spokesman  for the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Mr Bayo Onanuga, in an interview with one of  our correspondents, said the APC presidential candidate would meet the APC governors whom he …