MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Monday told African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore to close his mouth during a heated exchange at the 66th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Port Harcourt. The exchange occurred during a presidential aspirants’ session at the conference, where […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, made several claims about the country’s healthcare system and the possible use of savings from petrol subsidy removal during a conference organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, recently.Obi argued that the removal of petrol subsidy should […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A grassroots mobilisation group within the All Progressives Congress (APC), Daga Titi Zuwa Titi, has described former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s recent comments on the appointment of Senator Abdul’aziz Yari as Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council as evidence that the opposition is unsettled by Yari’s emergence. In a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Abdul’Aziz Yari, director-general of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, says President Bola Tinubu will be re-elected by Nigerians in 2027. Speaking at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the Zamfara senator said the APC will retain the presidency beyond 2031. His comments came after the presidency unveiled the APC presidential […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Presidency on Saturday released the list of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections. The presidential election is scheduled to hold in January 2027, according to the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Donald Duke, former governor of Cross River state, has recounted how rumours of a possible military coup in Nigeria ahead of the 2003 presidential election reached the South African presidency. Duke, who governed Cross River from 1999 to 2007, shared the account in ‘How to Win Elections in Nigeria’, a soon-to-be-released book by Seun […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has disclosed plans to institute legal action against President Bola Tinubu over the appointment of the Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji, as Deputy Director of Fundraising for the President’s 2027 campaign. Melaye argued that Adedeji, as head of the agency […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), has urged Nigerians to resist what he described as foreign interference in the country’s affairs, following moves to release documents allegedly linked to drug-trafficking investigations involving President Bola Tinubu more than three decades ago. Buratai made the call in a position paper […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hinted at the emergence of a broader national political coalition to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s bid for re-election in 2027. He discloses that Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, belongs to the emerging alliance. Wike spoke yesterday in Abuja while inspecting ongoing projects in […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said that every presidential candidate in the 2027 general elections must be willing to defend their credentials, records and subject their vision to open scrutiny. Obi said this on Friday at a world press conference in his home in Onitsha, Anambra State. While highlighting the […] Read more
