Category: Politics

Governorship candidate of PDP and winner of the election, Ademola Adeleke. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE popular purported dancer, and indeed a former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, whose cousin, Davido, a maverick musician worked so hard to make the governor of the state, Mr. Ademola Adeleke has eventually clinched the ticket as the governor of Osun State having defeated the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola at the just concluded keenly contested election. From the portal of the Independent National…

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By Advocatenewsng. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday described his seven years in office as “tough” saying “I am eager to go.” Though he did not disclose why he wants to quit office now, but observers believe that the president would have been overwhelmed by the country’s myriads of unresolved debilitating problems which the presidency has failed to find solutions to as the curtain of his unforgettable administration draws to a regrettable close. This was as he called on the…

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From left governors Kayode Fayemi, Ayo Fayose, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, Nyesom Wike and Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Port-Harcourt…….. yesterday. By Advocatenewsng.com. FORMER governor of Rivers State and the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi seemed to have been dumped by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) as four APC governors and a PDP surrogate chieftain and former governor of Ekiti State, who is facing N6.9 billion money laundering case at the Federal High Court, Lagos, Ayo Fayose,…

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President Buhari of Nigeria. By Advocatenewsng.com. A group, the Arewa Youths Progressive Alliance has decried the widespread suffering and abject poverty the North and indeed the entire Nigeria have been thrown into for the past seven years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, while also condemning the intractable insecurity bedeviling all parts of the country with the attendant killings which are now daily occurrences. According to the youths, despite the fact that a northerner and a Muslim is the president…

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Senator Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice. By Advocatenewsng.com. SENATE President, Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed that the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom has engaged the services of lawyers to defend the senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. Lawan made this known on Wednesday while giving details about the outcome of a closed session held by the upper chamber before the start of plenary proceedings. The closed-door session which started at about 10:57…

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Governor Wike of Rivers State, (left), welcoming Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi at the governor’s residence in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, visited the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The closed-door meeting lasted for a few hours at the governor’s private residence in Port Harcourt. Though the outcome of the meeting was not known, the two politicians were seen shaking hands in…

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Governor Obaseki of Edo State. By Advocatenewsng.com. GOVERNOR of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has raised the alarm about the impact of the ‘Obidient’ movement on the chances of the ruling All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party at the 2023 presidency elections. The ‘Obidient’ movement refers to the supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. In a video published by the AIT, which has now gone viral, Obaseki noted that youths in Nigeria no longer want…

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Senator Victor Umeh, ex-APGA chairman. By Advocatenewsng.com. A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Victor Umeh, has stated that the mass movement trailing the presidential aspiration of the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi, is giving the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, “sleepless nights” and “serious scare”. Umeh stated this in an interactive session with some members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Anambra State Council, in Awka, on Tuesday. He also urged…

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Presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubakar and the running mate and governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has given reasons for picking Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. He gave the reasons in his remarks at the unveiling of Okowa as his running mate at the PDP National Headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Abuja, on Thursday. Okowa and his Rivers State counterpart,…

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