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The governorship candidate of the opposition All Progressive Congress, APC, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, Sunday afternoon, visited the Deputy Governor of Abia State, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, at his Nkporo country home in Ohafia Local Government Area, ahead of the 2023 elections. According to Vanguard, Chief Emenike said that the visit was part of his on-going state-wide consultations with the necessary stakeholders in the Abia project. He said it was his intention to bring on board all well-meaning Abians irrespective of their political affiliations to unite in the efforts to rescue the state. Emenike explained that the inputs of all…

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he picked former Borno governor Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election because of his approach to governance devoid of ethnic or religious sentiments. “Today, I announce my selection with pride because I have made it not based on religion or to please one community or the other,” Mr Tinubu said. “I made this choice because I believe this is the man who can help me bring the best governance to all Nigerians, period, regardless of their religious affiliation or considerations of ethnicity or region.…

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has announced Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate in the 2023 general elections. He made the announcement on Sunday in Daura, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State briefed reporters at the end of a close-door meeting that lasted about an hour with the President at his residence. According to him, the choice of picking Shettima as his running mate is because of the former Borno State governor’s competency, capability, and reliability. The APC presidential candidate was accompanied to…

Alhaji Ibrahim Masari has resigned as the placeholder running mate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Masari tendered his resignation in a letter to the party on Sunday. “This is to inform our esteemed party leaders under our able President Muhammadu Buhari, teeming party members and the great people of Nigeria, of the outcome of a crucial discussion I just had with the flag-bearer of our great party, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.” “Recall that I had the singular honour and privilege of being nominated as the running-mate to Asiwaju Tinubu last…

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has wedded Nana Hadiza, daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari. A source confirmed to TheCable that the wedding took place on Friday at a private Nikkai ceremony held at the villa. Nana Hadiza, aged 41, is Buhari’s third daughter with his first wife, Safinatu. Hadiza was married to Abdulrahman Mamman Kurfi with whom she had six children before their divorce. With this marriage, Hadiza becomes the third wife of the minister — after Aisha and Fatima. Meanwhile, Umar Gwandu, Malami’s spokesperson, did not respond to an enquiry about the wedding. Malami was appointed as…

A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has called on Nigerians to hold the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, responsible for any harm that befalls him. He made the call in a series of tweets on Friday. Omokri, who is one of the top campaigners for the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, had come under attack from Obi’s supporters for criticising the former Anambra governor. Reacting to the attack, he stated that Obi’s supporters, who are identified as Obidients, are organised cyber bullies. “The threats are too much. My life is at risk.…

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Friday said presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has agreed to pick a Muslim vice-presidential candidate. According to Channels, he made the comment during a gathering of about 100 clerics at the Kano state government house as part of activities to mark Eid El Kabir. “We have advised him to pick a Muslim deputy and he has agreed,” Mr Ganduje said. “A Muslim-Muslim ticket is a reality. It is not something new in Nigeria.” Mr Ganduje asked the clerics to pray for Tinubu to emerge as Nigeria’s president come 2023.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned emergency National Security Council meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet Ministers and all security and service chiefs in attendance. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that others attending the security meeting include Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, was represented at the meeting. NAN reliably learnt that the meeting would deliberate on nation’s security challenges occasioned by the recent attacks on Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, by suspected terrorists where high profile…