NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of yesterday gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State and the new governor-elect.
A native of Ikogosi-Ekiti, Mr Oyebanji, 54, served as the secretary to the Ekiti State government between...
LEADERS of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have recommended five candidates to President Muhammadu Buhari and the party ahead of today's summit where delegates will elect their flagbearer at next year's polls.
Over recent weeks the APC has been grappling to agree on its presidential candidate in next year's...
PRESIDENTIAL aspirants from across the southwest geo-political zone seeking the All Progressive Congress (APC) ticket have all agreed to conduct their campaigns in a brotherly manner devoid of personal attacks and bitterness.
Yesterday several of the presidential candidates and APC leaders from across the geo-political zone...
NIGERIA'S 2023 presidential race has heated up significantly with several major gladiators including Niger Delta Affairs minister Senator Godswill Akpabio former All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Adams Oshiomhole and science and technology minister Dr Ogbonnaya Onu formally declaring their candidacy.
Although not...
GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State is to formally launch his 2023 presidential campaign tomorrow in Ado Ekiti making him an official All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as the race gathers pace.
Next year, Nigeria will hold general elections after which President Muhammadu Buhari will be replaced and the battle to...
PROMINENT members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the southwest geo-political zone shunned the recent presidential declaration of Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi when he launched his The National Agenda (TNA) campaign team.
In a development which was a big setback for Governor Fayemi, the current chairman of the...
GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has called on the federal government to use members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to fight the growing insecurity across the country by arming them.
Created by the military administration of General Yakubu Gowon in the early 1970s, the NYSC was designed to serve as a conduit...
BRITAIN has warned the Nigerian government to pay serious attention to the growing number of calls for breakup and secession across the country because they have the potential to disrupt the 2023 general elections.
Over recent months, Nigeria has been engulfed by growing calls for balkanisation, with several regional...
VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo is to mediate in an ongoing dispute between the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the repayment plan for bailout loans.
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, many Nigerian states have been able to meet their recurrent costs and have had to be...
THERE are now has as many as 6m illegal weapons in Nigeria spurring the incessant cycle of violence sweeping across the country according to former military head of state General Abdusalami Abubakar.
Of late, Nigeria has been plagued by unprecedented violence including a Boko Haram insurgency, murderous attacks by Fulani...
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