President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday night urged APC presidential aspirants to hold consultations, and come up with a formidable candidate before the party holds its primary election between June 6-8, 2022. The President said the meeting was a continuation of the on-going consultative process aimed at ensuring a smooth and strategic emergence of a standard…
Ask All Northern Presidential Aspirants To Step Down The Northern Governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have endorsed the transfer of power to the South. The Northern governors also directed all aspirants from the region to withdraw from the presidential race. The decision was taken at a meeting of the…
After raising political temperatures in the country on Thursday, with his searing address, presidential hopeful and former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been attempting to walk back the comments he made in Ogun state, saying he has been largely misinterpreted by the public. The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state has responded to the jab thrown at him by a presidential hopeful and former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Abiodun said that he is holding his position in trust for the people of Ogun State. Tinubu, while speaking at a meeting with delegates of the APC…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential screening committee has disqualified 10 of the 23 aspirants seeking the party’s ticket to contest the 2023 general poll. The New Diplomat gathered the disqualification has triggered trepidation among all the 23 presidential aspirants of the ruling party as the names affected have not been released to the…
One of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress and a presidential aspirant Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, shattered Nigeria's political space by recounting how he led the 'war' that made President Muhammadu Buhari victorious in the presidential election of 2015 after previous failures. In a tell tall, Tinubu, who spoke at the…
Less than four days to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary, the surplus 23 aspirants wrestling to pick the party’s sole ticket have concentrated attention on wooing adhoc delegates -- the beautiful bride in the equation -- who will seal their fate at the Eagle Square, Abuja. But before then, some of the gladiators…
Hon. Solomon Awhinawhi has won the Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu Federal Constituency PDP Rerun Primary ordered by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party, Abuja. The rerun primary which was held at the Ughelli Township Stadium on Monday, May 30, was won by Awhinawhi who polled a total of 80 votes to…
Days after emerging as the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been dragged before the Federal High Court, Abuja. This is as a constitutional lawyer, Mr. Johnmary Jideobi, on Tuesday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the eligibility of Atiku to contest in the forthcoming the 2023 presidential…